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