Black bears in the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Black bears in the Blue Ridge

Black bears in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in May 2025. I don't have a note of exactly which trail this was, or how the day sat, so I'll keep this one to what is in the frame.

They were moving through the woods, and I stayed back and took the photo. The Blue Ridge is bear country, and this is what they looked like when they stepped into the open.

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