Hungry Black Bear
You know that picture at the top of this post? This is about 15 - 20 yards beyond the right edge of it. I thought I heard some movement in the brush there. I patiently waited for more noise to zero in on the spot. I was rewarded to see a small tree whipping back and forth. "Oboy", thought I, "there is a beaver busily chewing down a tree, let's go watch." So I walked on over to get a closer look. As I approached I discovered there were two areas with this sort of movement. It further turned out there were two bears in the dense foliage busily filling themselves on all of the tasty berries. I looked back to my car to realize it was about four times farther from me than I was to the bears and decided I really didn't need a closer look. This bear seemed to be be looking right at me and thinking about whether chasing me down would be a good calorie investment. Fortunately it decided that a berry in the paw is worth more than a bozo with a camera and I sidled safely back to my car.
Canada
Rockies