Drizzly bears! Mother grizzly and her cubs look up to the heavens as it starts to rain on them in Alaska
- The mother and her three young cubs appeared to look solemnly at the sky in anticipation of rain
- The photographs were taken ahead of a downpour in Alaska, which set in for the entire day
- The protective mother bear was fishing in a lake to feed the family and warning off larger bears
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A family of grizzly bears were photographed looking to the heavens as it began to rain.
The mother and her three young cubs appeared to look solemnly at the sky in anticipation of the downpour in Alaska, which set in for the rest of the day.
Photos also show the protective mother fishing in a lake to feed the family and warning off larger bears when they entered her family’s vicinity.
A family of grizzly bears were photographed looking to the heavens as it began to rain
The mother and her three young cubs appeared to look solemnly at the sky in anticipation of the downpour in Alaska, which set in for the rest of the day
A family of grizzly bears look to the heavens as it begins to rain. The mother and her three young cubs appear to look solemnly at the sky in anticipation of the downpour which set in for the rest of the day
Wildlife photographer Jennifer Hadley captured pictures of the group at Crescent Lake, on the southern coast of Alaska.
The 48-year-old said: ‘I encountered this family a few times over a couple of days. It only rained on one of the days, but when it did it rained for pretty much the whole day.
‘There was one tense moment when two sisters came to the beach, and the mother made aggressive gestures towards them while the cubs stood behind her on their hind legs.
Wildlife photographer Jennifer Hadley captured pictures of the group at Crescent Lake, on the southern coast of Alaska
The 48-year-old said: ‘I encountered this family a few times over a couple of days. It only rained on one of the days, but when it did it rained for pretty much the whole day’
Ms Hadley, who lives in North Carolina in the US, added: ‘The mother was so tender and caring, but was ferocious in defending her cubs’
Photos also show the protective mother fishing in a lake to feed the family and warning off larger bears when they entered her family’s vicinity
‘But they eventually relented and went in the opposite direction.’
Ms Hadley, who lives in North Carolina in the US, added: ‘The mother was so tender and caring, but was ferocious in defending her cubs.
‘Alaska is such an amazingly beautiful place, and it was such a privilege to get to know these magnificent animals.’
‘Alaska is such an amazingly beautiful place, and it was such a privilege to get to know these magnificent animals,’ Ms Hadley said