Bears & Raccoons
ORDER CARNIVORA
The commonality of characteristics between these species is they are both carnivores. There is a certain “bear-like” quality to the Racoon, but these two are from different taxonomic families. Bears are from Ursidae, and Racoons from Procyonidae.

Raccoon(Procyon lotor) |
Description: Juveniles, full of mischief. Poway, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2001:06:04 19:47 |
Location:
Poway Grove Park |
Camera Information: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED, |
File Name: A1F04b09-Raccoon-Juveniles |
© 2001 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Raccoon(Procyon lotor) |
Description: Juveniles, full of mischief. Poway, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2001:06:06 19:47 |
Location:
Poway Grove Park |
Camera Information: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED, |
File Name: A1F06b13-Raccoon-Juveniles |
© 2001 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Raccoon(Procyon lotor) |
Description: Mama Racoon in the water. Poway, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2001:06:06 19:47 |
Location:
Poway Grove Park |
Camera Information: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED, |
File Name: A1F06b20-Raccoon-Mother |
© 2001 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


American Black Bear(Ursus americanus) |
Description: Mama and young cubs. Fish Creek, Hyder, Alaska. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:21 6:12 |
Location:
Fish Creek |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 200 mm, f/4.0, 1/30 |
File Name: JCD9832BlackBear |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


North American Brown Bear(Ursus arctos ssp.) |
Description: Mama bear with three cubs in Grand Teton National Park as seen on the drive from Jackson, Wyoming to Yellowstone National Park. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:22 7:31 |
Location:
Colter Bay Village |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X3997-GrizzlyBear |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


American Black Bear(Ursus americanus) |
Description: A nuisance Black Bear at a rest area along Highway 199 just seconds before being chased by worker with loud air horn. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:14 10:08 |
Location:
Idlewild |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X0187-BlackBear |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |

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