We didn't see the bear, but it's resolute track, embedded along the beach of an inland slough, impressed us sufficently.
Gray whales are bottom feeders and eat mollusks and other marine invertebrates.
These whales were probably feeding on mycens, a type of shrimp-like krill. We'll be curious to see if they return next spring. Our last sighting was Nov 11 and we expect them to be headed to Mexico for the winter by now. Pictograph Working from information on a historical chart of the area, we located a pictograph painted on a sheer cliff on the Admiralty Island shoreline. They are so high above the nearest ledge, that scaffolding must have been used to make them.