This was recorded in the middle of a warm, sunny, and breezy day during my camping trip at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park at the end of April. I was walking along the Lava Springs Trail between the Horr Pond Campground and Crystal Springs when I happened upon a mother Black Bear and her cubs. I saw the mama bear first walking through the thick undergrowth more than hundred feet away. Upon seeing her I clapped my hands a few times to let her know I was there. She stopped and looked in my direction for a moment before making her way towards a large Ponderosa Pine tree. It was then that I noticed her cubs climbing the tree. They stopped about twenty-five or thirty feet up where a large branch jutted out from the trunk. The mother got to the bottom of the tree and began to climb up towards her cubs. She stopped about ten feet below them and made some interesting and peculiar sounds. I luckily had my parabolic microphone with me and was able to record from a safe distance away.

I wouldn't have heard any of this with just my ears since the bear was so far away, but the parabolic mic does an excellent job of capturing sounds from a distance and worked really well for this recording. I hope you enjoy it!