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Snow Geese
January 17, 2025 - Need geese?
Thousands of snow geese spend winter a few miles from my house in New Mexico along the Rio Grande. It's qui...
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Grizzly 399 Portrait
January 13, 2025 - And what a beautiful bear she was, grizzly 399.
I photographed her and Spirit when they visited on of their regular clo...
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Teton Sunset
January 10, 2025 - Sunset in the Tetons.
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Bosque Reflections
January 06, 2025 - Snow geese rest in a pond at New Mexico's Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
The geese gather together in the...
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Winter Moose
January 03, 2025 - A young bull moose in the winter landscape. Grand Teton National Park.
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Happy New Year!
January 01, 2025 - Happy New Year!
An iconic view at Monument Valley to celebrate all the beauty and open spaces that the west has to offe...
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Farewell to 2024
December 31, 2024 - Farewell to 2024, the year the world lost its favorite bear...
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Winter Moose
December 30, 2024 - A moose landscape in Grand Teton National Park.
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Abstract Yellowstone
December 27, 2024 - One of the many hot springs near Old Faithful provides endless photo opportunities.
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Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2024 - Merry Christmas!
One of my personal favorite grizzly bear images from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as this young g...
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Pensive Moose
December 23, 2024 - A pensive big bull moose during mating season.
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Moose Silhouette
December 20, 2024 - A young bull moose is silhouetted after sunset. Jackson Hole, WY.
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Looking for Love
December 16, 2024 - A bull moose crosses the river to approach a cow moose on the other side, during the annual mating season.
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Flight Path
December 13, 2024 - This Snow Goose is coming in for the landing!
New Mexico's Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, a perfect place...
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Winter Bison
December 09, 2024 - A big bull bison walks the snow-compacted park road near Yellowstone's Madison Junction.
Most of Yellowstone's roads ar...
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Sandhill at Sunset
December 06, 2024 - A Sandhill Crane silhouetted by the sunset, as he arrives at the pond where he'll spend the night.
New Mexico's Rio Gra...
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Clark's Nutcracker
December 02, 2024 - The infamous Clark's nutcracker, tied closely to the survival of the first widely distributed tree to be placed on the E...
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Bull Moose in Jackson Hole
November 29, 2024 - Winter in Grand Teton and Yellowstone is an amazing time to photograph moose. They rely on eating bitterbrush, which gro...
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Snowy Bull Moose
November 25, 2024 - When the snow starts flying... It's amazing how well adapted moose are to the cold. They thrive in conditions that other...
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Winter Bull
November 22, 2024 - I photographed this bull moose just outside Gros Ventre campground in Grand Teton National Park. Long after the campgrou...
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Photo Contest Winner: WOC
November 20, 2024 - Proud that my moose image is a winner in the annual Wyoming Outdoor Council photo contest!
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Yawn
November 18, 2024 - Yawn... it's Monday!
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Sunset at Bosque del Apache
November 15, 2024 - A fiery sunset at Bosque del Apache along New Mexico's Rio Grande.
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Thousands of Snow Geese
November 11, 2024 - Thousands of snow geese and sandhill cranes spend winter along New Mexico's Rio Grande.
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Full Moon & Sandhill Cranes
November 08, 2024 - A flock of sandhill cranes (officially called a "sedge") flies over the Bernardo waterfowl complex in central New Mexico...
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Photo Contest Winner
November 07, 2024 - Proud to be the winner of the annual Wyoming Wildlife photo contest!
My moose image will feature on the calendar cover...
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Sandhill Cranes at Bosque del Apache
November 04, 2024 - Sandhill Cranes settle in a pond for the night at Bosque del Apache.
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Cheeky Moose
November 01, 2024 - A cheeky bull moose at sunset.
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Creek Moose
October 28, 2024 - I found this young bull on a backcountry hike as he was bedded down. Hours later, he hadn't moved an inch.
It took a bi...
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Grizzly 399 and Vital Ground Foundation
October 26, 2024 - As many of you have asked how we can prevent needless deaths like 399 in the future and what we can do to help, I have d...
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Grand Teton Fall Foliage
October 25, 2024 - An image from a prior fall shows the beauty of fall foliage against the snowy Tetons.
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Grizzly 399 has died
October 23, 2024 - Very sad news from Jackson Hole today... Grizzly 399 has died.
She was struck and killed by a car on Tuesday evening in...
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Young Bull Moose
October 21, 2024 - A young bull moose against a backdrop of fall colors in the Rocky Mountains.
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Moose Water Reflection
October 18, 2024 - Catching a big bull moose as he takes a sip from the creek...
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Winter Awaits
October 14, 2024 - The rut is pretty much finished in the Rockies. Now the long and cold winter awaits. Fortunately there are few animals a...
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Oxbow Bend Fall Colors
October 11, 2024 - A look at Grand Teton National Park's Oxbow Bend and the vista towards Mount Moran, during the fall color season.
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Annoyed Bull Moose
October 07, 2024 - When you find a bull this time of the year, when the mating season is winding down, most of the time the bull is pretty...
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Bugle
October 04, 2024 - Few things beat the experience of having a big bull elk bugle right in front of you!
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Moose Portrait
September 30, 2024 - The leaves are going fast in the Rockies as fall approaches. Soon, the mating season will finish and the moose will quie...
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Moose on the Move
September 27, 2024 - Bull moose are on the move looking for moose cows during the mating season. This big bull crossed the river towards a si...
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Mister Moose
September 23, 2024 - Mister Moose, as he stared into the camera. The moose rut is in full swing throughout the Rockies, from Colorado into Al...
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Big Bull
September 20, 2024 - Hiking along a river, I found a smallish bull moose during mating season.
As I waited for him to do something interesti...
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Snake River Elk Bugle
September 16, 2024 - It doesn't get much better than to see a bugling elk crossing the Snake river among fall colors.
This bull elk was hot...
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Foxy Pose
September 13, 2024 - I found this fox on a hike in Montana's Beartooth mountains.
Clearly uninterested in my presence, he gave me several go...
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Moose Close-Up
September 09, 2024 - The velvet is gone and the bull moose are starting their mating season with their clean, fully grown antlers.
This guy...
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Bugle
September 06, 2024 - It's not just the moose mating season. The elk are having their annual rut also.
The time of the year when the forest i...
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Bear Berry Season
September 02, 2024 - The berries are ripe in the Rockies and you know what that means...
If you want to find a bear, look up in the berry bu...
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Resting Cow Moose
August 30, 2024 - Now that the moose mating season is about to start, it's important to remember the ladies.
The moose cows will be visit...
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Bull Moose in Velvet
August 26, 2024 - It's almost time now for the bull moose to shed their velvet and start the mating season...
Can't wait!
Here's a big b...
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Bison Water Crossing
August 23, 2024 - A young bison crosses a shallow river.
Mating season is about to wind down, giving these bison a chance to prepare for...
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Roadkill Grizzlies
August 19, 2024 - A grizzly family (mom and her 3 cubs) make a meal out of a domestic cow, killed by a vehicle.
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Pouncing Fox
August 16, 2024 - Foxes are fun to watch, especially as they hunt.
This fox was on the hunt for rodents and voles in the tall grass.
Sud...
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Growing Antlers
August 12, 2024 - The bull moose's antlers are getting close to being full-grown.
Still covered in velvet, the bulls will start to rub th...
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Moose in Velvet
August 09, 2024 - The bull moose's antlers are getting close to being full-grown.
Still covered in velvet, the bulls will start to rub th...
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Bison Portrait
August 05, 2024 - A bison bull stares dreamily into Yellowstone's Lamar Valley. The bison mating season is in full swing!
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Bison Rut
August 02, 2024 - It's that time of the year: the bison rut (or mating season) has started!
Here's a cheeky bull "bellowing" (which sound...
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Grizzly 399's Cub Spirit
July 26, 2024 - It's hot in Jackson Hole with temperatures frequently reaching up into the 90s!
I recently saw grizzly 399 and Spirit i...
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COY
May 27, 2024 - Time for some cute COY, aka. Cubs Of the Year.
The only grizzly sow in the Tetons who has COY so for is Felicia, up on...
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Sunset Bison
May 18, 2024 - I photographed this bison just before the sun dipped below the mountains, highlighting the silhouette and the brown-head...
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Bison in Winter
April 05, 2024 - Winter is a great time to visit Yellowstone National Park and experience the harsh environment.
The only road accessibl...
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Spring Elk Migration
March 19, 2024 - Elk on the move in the winter landscape of Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole.
In a pristine snow-covered lands...
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Bison in Yellowstone National Park
March 09, 2024 - A young bull bison poses in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley.
I made this image at 500mm in order to keep a safe distance and...
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Wyoming Wildlife Photo Contest
February 28, 2024 - Wyoming Game & Fish' annual photo contest awarded my "Great Gray Owl" close-up an Honorable Mention.
The winning images...
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Bison Silhouette in Yellowstone
February 25, 2024 - Flashback to last fall when a herd of bison crossed a side channel of the Lamar river in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley....
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Velvet
November 15, 2023 - Close-up of one of the biggest bull moose in Jackson Hole, named Hoback by the locals.
Moose typically drop their antle...
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Gloomy Day Moose
November 09, 2023 - Once the mating season is over in October, the moose start to hang out in groups again.
I hiked out into the sagebrush...
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Fall Color Bull Moose
November 02, 2023 - With the moose rut finally over, the bulls have settled down.
During the rut, the bulls are almost constantly on the mo...
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Uneven Matchup
October 18, 2023 - During the moose mating season, the big bulls typically get the girl.
That doesn't prevent the little (younger) guys fr...
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Long Eared Owl
July 24, 2023 - While hiking in the backcountry a few days ago, I found four bull moose, hanging out together and hiding from the sun's...
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Bull Moose Silhouette
July 20, 2023 - A few days ago, I was fortunate to once again find one of the biggest bull moose in Grand Teton and Jackson Hole, known...
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Photographing Bison in Yellowstone
July 17, 2023 - PetaPixel published my new article " How to Photograph Bison in Yellowstone ": find it by clicking here.
The article in...
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Hoback
July 12, 2023 - On a hike a few days ago, I ran into one of the biggest bull moose in Grand Teton and Jackson Hole. This big bull is kno...
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Moose and the Tetons
April 16, 2023 - As the sun had set behind the Tetons in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, I was on my way back from a hike looking fo...
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World Wildlife Day
March 03, 2023 - Today is World Wildlife Day.
While we keep up the fight to protect nature and its wildlife, a staggering statistic tell...
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Wildlife Photography in a Busy World
February 06, 2023 - As a wildlife photographer, I'm always looking for the 'perfect' shot.
A shot with great lighting.
A good-looking anim...
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Why do Bull Elk pee on themselves?
December 11, 2022 - The annual mating season, or rut, of Elk is a time that many wildlife photographers and enthusiasts look forward to.
Ty...
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Gallery Amaran in Jackson, WY
August 31, 2022 - Proud to now offer a selection of my Fine Art Prints on the town square in Jackson, WY!!!
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World Wildlife Day
March 03, 2022 - Happy World Wildlife Day!
Per the United Nations, today is an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied fo...
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Velvet Moose
February 27, 2022 - One of the biggest bull moose in Jackson Hole, Wyoming feeds in a pond.
The sun hit him just before sunset and lit up t...
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Elk on the Beach
January 12, 2022 - Elk on the beach?
I typically associate elk with snow covered mountains but yes, there are elk that live along the coas...
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Grizzly 399 is off to bed
December 10, 2021 - Good news from Jackson Hole: it appears that grizzly 399 and her four cubs have gone into their den for the winter!
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It's Almost That Time of the Year ...
August 20, 2021 - Back when I grew up in Belgium (Europe), I used to hate September 1 approaching.
You see, with the typical crappy weath...
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Elkshake
May 17, 2021 - Here's a picture made last fall: a bull elk crossed the Snake river in Grand Teton National Park during early evening ho...
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Holiday Sale on Fine Art Prints ~ Ends 12/10/2020
November 20, 2020 - Holiday Sale on Wildlife Fine Art Prints ~ Ends 12/10/2020
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Interview
July 21, 2020 - What inspires a person to devote their life to nature and wildlife photography?
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Snow
May 16, 2020 - Sometimes the best opportunities happen when everyone has gone home.
A long day of searching for wildlife in Wyoming ha...
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Teton Bugle
January 23, 2020 - September and October signal the time for one of my favorite wildlife spectacles in the US: the elk rut!
The Greater Ye...
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Bugling Bull
December 27, 2019 - One of the most amazing sounds in nature for me is the bugling of a bull elk.
The first time I ever heard bugling was w...
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Surprise
December 11, 2019 - It was late June as I was out exploring Yellowstone's Lamar Valley, looking for wildlife.
A bull bison grazed just acro...
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Wildlife Camera
June 30, 2019 - I hung the wildlife camera in the National Forest just outside of Grand Teton National Park. On a hike, I had found a wi...
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Wildlife camera
February 28, 2018 - When sitting in a wildlife blind, it's not always possible to take pictures. The elk in the below video came so close to...
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Bull Elk
September 07, 2017 - The Arizona mountains are alive with the sound of the elk rut!
This bull elk first spent time taking a mud bath before...
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Bull Elk
August 25, 2017 - A bull elk in velvet walks through a pond in the Fort Apache Indian reservation. (taken from a photography blind)
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Indian reservation
June 20, 2017 - An elk visits a pond in the Fort Apache Indian reservation up on the Mogollon rim.
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Top Wildlife Images of 2014
January 05, 2015 - I'm very proud that one of my images was selected as a "Top Wildlife Image of 2014" by Nikonians.
The image was made du...
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