The Innocence of Youth
t spent the morning napping up in the tree on the left. When it saw its mother below, this Black Bear (Ursus americanus) spring cub hustled down the trunk, grabbed a few seeds (it missed the black oil sunflower seed that ended up on its nose) and waited for mother to gather its sibling in a tree about 10 yards away. Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary, Orr, Minnesota.