shared carcass
I hesitated to post this shot back when I downloaded my Yellowstone shots. It is cropped down and very noisy...Definitely not a good photo. But, it was really a highlight of my trip.
Tom Hyde who I made the trip with had to go back to Bozeman because his 500 f4 lens hadn't come in when it was supposed to. I opted for hanging out to see what I might see. Over a very cold snowy, sleety, rainy five hours I saw alot!! Fortunately I was wearing long pants this day. When I mentioned that I was going to walk the road another photographer handed me a can of bear spray and suggested that it might not be such a good idea...Hungry bears and all...
A great guy, Alfred, pointed this grizzly picking over a carcass by the Lamar River and let me watch through his spotting scope.
The Griz had scared off a couple of coyotes who were scavanging earlier. I then saw this large gray wolf sneaking up from the right and had to try to get something with my rented 500 w 1.4x extender. I felt so lucky to witness a wolf and a grizzly picking over a carcass together. The wolf was definitely the wary one in this encounter.
There is an immature bald eagle on a snag to the right and either another immature eagle or a red tail hawk across the river. Of course there were ravens in the area too.
I never did walk the road and Alfred let me warm up in his van when I got too cold. Not only did I get to see some amazing wildlife that day, I was warmed by the generosity of my fellow nature lovers...and Alfred's heated van.
shared carcass
I hesitated to post this shot back when I downloaded my Yellowstone shots. It is cropped down and very noisy...Definitely not a good photo. But, it was really a highlight of my trip.
Tom Hyde who I made the trip with had to go back to Bozeman because his 500 f4 lens hadn't come in when it was supposed to. I opted for hanging out to see what I might see. Over a very cold snowy, sleety, rainy five hours I saw alot!! Fortunately I was wearing long pants this day. When I mentioned that I was going to walk the road another photographer handed me a can of bear spray and suggested that it might not be such a good idea...Hungry bears and all...
A great guy, Alfred, pointed this grizzly picking over a carcass by the Lamar River and let me watch through his spotting scope.
The Griz had scared off a couple of coyotes who were scavanging earlier. I then saw this large gray wolf sneaking up from the right and had to try to get something with my rented 500 w 1.4x extender. I felt so lucky to witness a wolf and a grizzly picking over a carcass together. The wolf was definitely the wary one in this encounter.
There is an immature bald eagle on a snag to the right and either another immature eagle or a red tail hawk across the river. Of course there were ravens in the area too.
I never did walk the road and Alfred let me warm up in his van when I got too cold. Not only did I get to see some amazing wildlife that day, I was warmed by the generosity of my fellow nature lovers...and Alfred's heated van.