Mother bear and four cubs

Black bears are common in this area, but they're hard to photograph as they tend to be people-shy. This family of bears has come up very close to the house before -- but this time I got pictures.

Three cubs and the mother ran from the sound of my voice, as I yelled at them to stay away from the garbage. One of the cubs decided he really really liked the smell of fish skin and persisted. A stomp on the deck combined with a yell scared him off.

4/5 are captured in this photo, the other was behind a tree.