Stock Photo - Adult brown bear Ursus arctos scratching its back on a tree at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA Pacific Ocean MORE INFO Every July salmon spawn in the river between Naknek Lake and Brooks Lake and brown bears congregate near the falls to catch and eat them as they swim upstream A variety of feeding strategies are employed to catch the salmon including catching them in the air as they jump over the falls, wading in the shallow water for them, diving in deeper water for them, swatting them out of the water and onto the shore, pouncing on them in shallow water, and even stealing them from other bears who have caught them