Cinnamon-colored Black Bear

 I came across a cinnamon-colored black bear (Ursus americanus) today while training in a new Naturalist.  We were driving on the Gunflint Trail, practicing for our Animal Search activity.

This is the first bear I have seen of this color on the Gunflint Trail in my over 15 years as a resident.  According to the North American Bear Center, 5% of the bears in Minnesota are this color, and about 95% of bears east of the Great Plains are black.

I took the picture of the bear below several years ago.  It is the color of most of the bears I see on the Gunflint Trail.