Bayard’s bears #1

After weeks of voting in our Eyes on the Teche photo contest in which more than 400 people voted for one or more of the photos submitted to The Daily Iberian’s special section published Feb. 25, the winner was announced after voting ended at midnight Friday. And the winner is ... 

A walk with mama bear ... wildlife lagniappe by photographer Kim Bayard, who searched out wildlife in Patterson and was pleasantly surprised to find a bear with three cubs in the open near a treeline in St. Mary Parish.