Why do Bull Elk pee on themselves?
December 11, 2022
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The annual mating season, or rut, of Elk is a time that many wildlife photographers and enthusiasts look forward to.
Typically starting in September and lasting into early October, male Elk (also called Bulls) seek out females (also called Cows) for mating.
As the mating season starts, Bull Elk gather Cows into their "harem." Bulls will bugle, ru...
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Grizzly 399 and Bruno in Grand Teton National Park
December 05, 2022
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The day was a Tuesday in late May.
In April and May, I'm out daily in Grand Teton National Park to look for wildlife to photograph.
On this particular day, I was exploring 399's home range when I noticed two bears in the distance.
One looked like an adult, the other like an older cub.
I setup my camera and started waiting; hoping that they woul...
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Grizzly 399 Print Sale
November 27, 2022
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Here's grizzly 399 on a rainy summer day.
She sure looks great for a soon-to-be 27 year old bear!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
November 24, 2022
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!
I am thankful that there are still wild places left.
Places where we can escape to and where we can go to see the wonders of nature and its wildlife.
Here's to many more years of adequate protections for the animals and wild places from an ever-growing human population!
And, I am thankful for you.
Without your support, I...
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Comedy Wildlife: The Story behind the Picture
November 19, 2022
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What is going on with the moose teeth in this image that made it to the finals of the Comedy Wildlife Awards?
Well, it's not photoshopped as some seem to think.
(Sidenote: that wouldn't be possible anyway since the Comedy Wildlife organization checks the RAW file - the picture's "negative" - to make sure no editing or Photoshopping was done to th...
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Bull Moose in Grand Teton National Park
November 17, 2022
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One of the biggest bull moose in Grand Teton National Park, photographed during last year's mating season.
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Performing the Flehmen response
Read more here about this particular behavior
Licking his lips
Taking a break with a view of the valley that is Jackson Hole
("Hole"...
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Grizzly 399 at the Snake River and Jackson Lake Dam
November 13, 2022
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How exiting it is when you run into grizzly 399!
On this particular afternoon exploring Grand Teton National Park, I noticed a small crowd hanging out by the Jackson Lake dam.
In this area of the park, a crowd of people typically means a grizzly bear!
With high hopes of seeing a grizzly and that grizzly hopefully swimming in the river, I parked...
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Fox in Snow
November 10, 2022
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Here is one of my favorite images from this past Spring in Grand Teton National Park.
I camped in the National Park's winter camping area at Colter Bay, next to Jackson Lake. While the temperatures dipped down to 0 F (-18 C), I was out daily looking for wildlife.
With most of the big ungulates (elk and moose) hanging out in the southern section o...
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Where is Grizzly 399?
November 08, 2022
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After the warm and prolonged Fall season, Winter is finally arriving in Grand Teton National Park. Temperatures are expected to drop down to -3 F in a few days (-19 C).
Having fattened up as much as possible during the Fall season, the grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) are now getting ready to enter the next phase of their l...
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Wildlife Short Video: Bull Moose in the Snow
November 04, 2022
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Photography is my passion.
Video... well, not so much.
Nowadays, however, most cameras (and phones) have the option to record videos built-in.
A great image is wonderful to look at, but, admittedly, so is a nice short video of wildlife encounters.
So, I have every intention of recording some of my encounters while out looking for the perfect ph...
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Finalist in the Comedy Wildlife Awards!
October 20, 2022
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Exciting news!
My "smiling moose" image is selected as a finalist in the annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards!
I made this image in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming during the moose's fall mating season. The bull pictured gave me a big grin... by showing his 'shark teeth'.
No, moose don't have sharp shark teeth. In fact, they don't even h...
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Huge Bull Moose
October 18, 2022
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The Troubles of Getting the Perfect Moose Photograph
Moose don't like the sun much so they are mostly active dusk and dawn.
This means that, after a long afternoon hike in nature looking for them, you typically find them bedded down.
While you sit down near the moose when you finally found some, you hope and pray that they will get up to start e...
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Moose at Gros Ventre Campground
October 11, 2022
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Looking at this moose cow and calf, now may not the best time to try and use the bathroom...
I found these two lined up in front one of the Gros Ventre campground's bathrooms.
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Gear Shout-Out *** Cotton Carrier Camera Harness ***
October 05, 2022
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Gear Shout-Out: Cotton Carrier 3G Camera Harness System
As some of you reading this may know: I’m not a gearhead. I don’t buy the ‘latest & greatest’ unless there is a great reason for my style of wildlife photography.
Marketing departments would have us believe that, once their latest product gets launched, you can pretty much throw away their e...
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Fall Colors
September 28, 2022
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After a long summer photographing the bears in Alaska, I made it back to the Tetons just in time for the fall colors.
Due to the warmer than normal temperatures, the fall colors haven't really started yet in most areas of Jackson Hole.
What has definitely started is the moose mating season.
On my daily hikes; searching for moose; I have come acr...
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