Just a few days before the picture was taken I had heard a large grizzly was around, and I thought it would be nice to see it among the fall colours we had at that time. A couple of days later, I got a heads-up from a friend that a large grizzly was passing through. M122 had decided to move on and was walking on a trail I use a few hundred times each year. We watched him slowly making his way away from town and I waited for him to pass through the area where I might get him in focus. Staying a safe distance from him, I had to focus through the vegetation. I was able to get a couple of images of him in focus, his eye visible and the fall colours around him. He’s 23 or 24 years old, even with the bad berry season we had this year, he still found a way to add weight to get ready for deep sleep this winter. It was the start of October; he was looking healthy as his new winter coat was coming along nicely. Having the experience and being in the same territory for much of his life has its benefits when it comes to finding what you need to survive.
