A Surprise Request
What a surprise, an email from a National Park inquiring about one of my images! 🙂 🙂 🙂 We are interested in using a photo of a female grizzly with cubs you … Continue reading A Surprise Request
pics & quips from a wandering writer, photographer, professor, reprobate
What a surprise, an email from a National Park inquiring about one of my images! 🙂 🙂 🙂 We are interested in using a photo of a female grizzly with cubs you … Continue reading A Surprise Request
There is a widespread notion that wildlife photographers must go traipsing through the brush and put themselves at risk to capture images of dangerous animals. Admittedly I am only an … Continue reading Secrets & Strategies
A grizzly is a formidable foe, perhaps none more so than Scarface. Oh, he is way past his prime, 24 years old now, nearing the end of the life expectancy … Continue reading Scarface: The Epitome of Wild
‘Tis the season, and a few days ago I was able to observe part of the complex mating ritual that bears engage in during the months of May and June. … Continue reading Two Bears Engaged In A ‘Teaching Moment’
I am disappointed that I have not gotten any close ups of Grizzlies this summer like I was so fortunate to last year in the Tetons. But black bears – … Continue reading …a few good bears, one exquisite wolf
Momma had her paws full with Junior. He was curious and playful, always darting off to chase butterflies or scamper over logs or scramble up trees or poke his nose … Continue reading It Takes A Worried Mom
I have been privileged to stay here in the vicinity of Yellowstone for a month now, and can’t for the life of me think of any reason for leaving just … Continue reading Random Sightings
Black Mama She’s a single mom, Black Mama is, with two kids who nearly drive her crazy. But she’s hard-wired for the job. She knows from experience which meadows are … Continue reading Black Mama & The Cinnamon Twins
Dull gray skies, light drizzle – anywhere else this kind of weather would be ‘gloomy.’ But Yellowstone is not just anywhere. The skies can change instantly and seem to transcend … Continue reading Seven Days in Yellowstone, 2012
Just enough sightings this week in the Smoky Mtns. to whet my appetite. 🙂 Life is good & can only get better 🙂
a few close friends Two Campers & A Bear 🙂 a very old & very lame joke 🙂 And, perhaps my favorite, the bear who was scared of ME!
I first experienced Yellowstone National Park, Montana & Wyoming & the Grand Tetons, in 2008. It was love at first sight. That 5-week summer road trip was to forever change … Continue reading Baptized In The Yellowstone River