NATURE STORIES: Black Bear Quintuplets In Northern New Hampshire

I received this from a friend and thought I would share this amazing story & photos.

BLACK BEAR QUINTUPLETS

Black bears typically have two cubs; rarely, one or three. In 2008, in northern New Hampshire , a black bear Sow gave birth to five healthy young. There were two or three reports of sows with as many as 4 cubs, but five was, and is, very extraordinary. I learned of them shortly after they emerged from their den and set myself a goal of photographing all five cubs with their mom - no  matter how much time and effort was involved. I knew the trail they followed on a fairly regular basis, usually shortly before dark.  After spending nearly four hours a day, seven days a week, for more  than six weeks, I had that once-in-a-lifetime  opportunity and  photographed them. I used the equivalent of a very fast film speed on my digital camera. The print is properly focused and well exposed, with  all six bears posing as if they were in a studio for a family portrait. 

I stayed in touch with other people who saw the bears during the summer and into the fall hunting season. All six bears continued to thrive. As time for  hibernation approached, I found still more folks who had seen them, and everything remained OK.  I stayed away from the bears as I was concerned that they might become to me, or to people in general, and treat them as approachable friends.  This could easily  become dangerous for both man and animal. After Halloween, I received no further reports and could only hope the bears  survived until they hibernated. This spring, just before the snow disappeared, all six bears came out of their den and wandered all over the same familiar territory they trekked in the spring of 2008.  I saw them before mid-April and dreamed nightly of taking another family portrait, a highly improbable second once-in-a-lifetime photograph.  On 25 April 2009, I achieved my  dream.  

When something as magical as this happens between man and animal, Native Americans say, We have walked together in the shadow of a rainbow.   And so it is with humility and great pleasure that I share these exhilarating photos with you. Do pass them on!  

Sincerely,

Tom Sears

 

 

 

 

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