Female on the water's Edge

During the summer, the bears have zones while waiting to get out on the sea ice. The big males wait closest to the water' sedge. The females are usually found further inland. When they are with their cubs, they can be up to 120 km inland during the summer. In between are the sub-adults, which can be thought of as the teenagers. Now is a point when they all converge to prepare to head out. 

There was a big male bear lounging not far from her. At first I thought he didn't notice her, but a she left, he raised his head to calmly watch her walk away. She was a little skittish, running a bit when she noticed someone come out with a big lens.

You can see that her features are a bit different from the male bears in the other pictures. Males tend to have a more squared face. The necks on the females tend to be a bit shorter. Females often have cleaner looking coats, as well. It can be hard to determine a femae's age because as soon as she is mature enough to mate, she stops growing. The final clue that told us this was a female bear was that there were yellow stains on the back of her legs. Females urinate backward while males urinate forward. It's hard to see some of those features in this picture, but maybe you will be able to recognize her pictures on my Google Plus photo stream.