Black bear at Great Dismal Swamp Refuge

A black bear, front and center, stares straight into the camera lens. Flowering vegetation surrounds the bear in the foreground. Dense forest in the background. A mechanical wheel can be seen behind the bear; a component of a water control structure.

Photo By/Credit

Great Dismal Swamp Refuge/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

11/29/2021

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

A black bear stops to check out a wildlife monitoring camera in midsummer at Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia and North Carolina.

Facility

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Wetland

Recreational Activity

Wildlife watching

Species

Ursus americanus

Subject tags

Mammals

Wetlands

Wildlife refuges

Wildlife viewing

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