Katmai bear cam
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Friday, June 16, 2023
Katmai bear cam season begins now! Livestream here
Visit Explore.org for all 8 bear cams.
Bear cam livestream begins again
Returning for an 11th season, the world-famous bear cam livestream at Katmai National Park in Alaska begins on June 16, 2023. The bear cams go live at 8 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time, or 11 a.m. CDT. Explore.org established the bear cams in 2012. The cams are situated along the Brooks River and at Brook Falls, where brown bears await salmon swimming upstream. Eight cameras will capture the action this year as bears compete for their supper. But you can also see other wildlife on the livestream, from eagles to gulls to the occasional wolf.
Brown bears come to Brooks Falls starting in late June because that’s when the salmon start migrating. By late summer, the salmon spawn and begin to die. So, in September and October, bear activity moves to the lower Brooks River. There, the bears search for dead and dying salmon near the mouth of the river. The most active months on the bear cams are July and September. Also, bears are diurnal, meaning they’re most active during the day. A bear at Brooks Falls can catch and eat more than 30 salmon a day.
Don’t forget, in the fall, to follow along with Fat Bear Week. That’s when the park shares before-and-after pictures, showing how much the bears have plumped up over a summer of engorging themselves. The public gets to vote on which bear they think did the best job of preparing for winter.
Rick Smith
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