Bear necessity
Sitka resident and outdoorsman Hugh Bevan captured this image of a large brownie enjoying one of the delights of spring -- a hearty back-scratching -- with a remote trailcam. This bear was photographed in an area about 10 miles north of Sitka on April 22. It is one of four large bears the trailcam snapped over a 5-week period, suggesting an unusual density of males. Bevan retrieved this camera on May 28 "because I was getting jumpy about going in there to check it."
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