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This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
This bull and his small harem were on the far side of the Madison River near the Madison campground every night in mid September. Around sunrise each day they would cross the river and then the road and head up the ridge across from the river. They attracted quite a crowd each morning.
This cow was part of a harem of about 10 cows and calves just north of Mammoth. The photo was taken shortly before sunset.
It’s been quite warm here in Yellowstone so far and the elk rut seems a bit slow to me. This bull was seen near Seven Mile Bridge.
The elk rut has been slow. This bull was without a harem. Not far away is another bull with a small harem. I had no choice but to shoot into the sun here.
This bull was one of many I saw yesterday in the Lamar Valley. It rained on and off which wetted down the hair on his face and made his eyes more visible.
I’m in Yellowstone. I came for the rut. It’s been quite warm and that may have slowed things down a bit.
This buck was busy defending his harem. I observed him for about an hour before sunset and he was kept busy by four other bucks. He chased them all away without a fight. It’s a bit like swatting flies though.
This buck was on a course which would bring him through the harem. He watched from a few hundred yards away and finally skirted around the above buck and his harem. I’m not sure why he didn’t act like the other bucks. Maybe he’d say he’s a lover, not a fighter. But that doesn’t work. In the pronghorn world, the only lovers are the fighters.
I was backing up some images recently and realized I had forgotten that I photographed this osprey last month. I like the background in this photo which is comprised of the hills on the east side of Tomales Bay. The bird is perched on the top of an ornate gate to a dock along the shoreline in the town of Inverness on the way into Point Reyes National Seashore.
