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Soaring over the Tetons

March 30, 2019

A Bald Eagle circles in front of the Teton range to make a second attempt at the raft of coots floating in the lake below.

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Spirit Bear - The Catch

January 17, 2019

A spirit bear snags a silver salmon. Biologists think the white coat makes them more successful when fishing. From the perspective of a fish looking through white water and upwards to the sky, it is a lot easier to detect a black coat, than a white one.

After snorkeling and successfully catching a Silver Salmon, a Spirit Bear shakes off his wet coat. It took me four trips to the Great Bear Rainforest before I had the privilege of photographing the Spirit Bear. It is a rare subspecies of black bear that lives only along the central and northern coast of BC. There are less than 400 Spirit bears in existence, making them one of the rarest bears on the planet. 

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Bison - Winter Warriors

January 11, 2019

As winter settles and temperatures reach -40 degrees, perhaps no animal is as well prepared to survive in this unforgiving climate. 

The distinct shoulder hump on their back, which is actually a protruding muscle, allows them to function as a 1 ton, living snow plow. Unlike other ungulates, such as moose and elk, which scrape with their front feet to access food under the snow, bison use this muscle to rock their massive heads back and forth exposing grass and sedge buried under several feet of snow. Some bison will opt out on this “snow-plow” technique, preferring to graze alongside thermal features where the warm steam from geysers or hot springs melts the snow on the surrounding grass. 

When violent winter storms hit, prompting other wildlife to seek shelter from the chilling wind and blinding snow, bison just plop down where they are and wait it out. Their winter coats are so thick and well insulated that the falling snow doesn’t even melt on their back. In a heavy snow, you can watch the largest land animal North America vanish before your eyes in a matter of moments.

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  • 2020
    • May 27, 2020 Spring - Part II May 27, 2020
    • May 25, 2020 Spring May 25, 2020
    • May 13, 2020 Canada Lynx Kitten May 13, 2020
    • May 10, 2020 Eureka Dunes May 10, 2020
    • May 8, 2020 Fiery-billed Aracari May 8, 2020
    • Apr 22, 2020 Earth Day 2020 Apr 22, 2020
    • Feb 25, 2020 Grizzly Cub Feb 25, 2020
    • Feb 18, 2020 Hayden Valley in February Feb 18, 2020
    • Feb 17, 2020 Lone Bison Feb 17, 2020
    • Feb 13, 2020 Presence of the Canada Lynx Feb 13, 2020
  • 2019
    • Jun 29, 2019 Plate-billed Mountain Toucan Jun 29, 2019
    • Jun 27, 2019 Sword-billed Hummingbird Jun 27, 2019
    • Jun 26, 2019 Long-tailed Sylph Jun 26, 2019
    • Jun 24, 2019 Quetzal Nest Jun 24, 2019
    • Jun 22, 2019 Andean Bear of Ecuador Jun 22, 2019
    • Jun 10, 2019 Andean Cock-of-the-Rock Jun 10, 2019
    • Jun 8, 2019 Costa Rica Jun 8, 2019
    • Jun 4, 2019 Shadow Show Jun 4, 2019
    • Jun 2, 2019 Great Grey Owl Jun 2, 2019
    • May 31, 2019 Spring Grizzly May 31, 2019
    • May 29, 2019 Winter Bison May 29, 2019
    • May 27, 2019 Cross Fox May 27, 2019
    • Apr 12, 2019 Sunrise on the Firehole River Apr 12, 2019
    • Apr 11, 2019 Falling snow collects on a bull moose as he browses in sagebrush flats Apr 11, 2019
    • Apr 10, 2019 Whitebark Pine Apr 10, 2019
    • Apr 9, 2019 Great Grey Owl in Grand Teton Apr 9, 2019
    • Apr 8, 2019 A small tree growing up under a big shadow Apr 8, 2019
    • Apr 7, 2019 What do moose eat in the winter? Apr 7, 2019
    • Apr 6, 2019 Tetons after a winter storm Apr 6, 2019
    • Apr 5, 2019 Ermine Apr 5, 2019
    • Apr 4, 2019 Bull Bison in Grand Teton Apr 4, 2019
    • Apr 3, 2019 Idaho Farmland Apr 3, 2019
    • Apr 2, 2019 Bighorn Rams in Jackson Hole Apr 2, 2019
    • Apr 1, 2019 Solitude - Winter in Yellowstone Apr 1, 2019
    • Mar 31, 2019 Bobby Sock Abstract in Yellowstone Mar 31, 2019
    • Mar 30, 2019 Soaring over the Tetons Mar 30, 2019
    • Mar 29, 2019 Red Fox in Grand Teton Mar 29, 2019
    • Mar 28, 2019 Tetons over Idaho Mar 28, 2019
    • Mar 27, 2019 Lodgepole Pine Mar 27, 2019
    • Jan 19, 2019 Grizzly 399 Jan 19, 2019
    • Jan 17, 2019 Spirit Bear - The Catch Jan 17, 2019
    • Jan 14, 2019 Bald Eagle Hunt Jan 14, 2019
    • Jan 11, 2019 Bison - Winter Warriors Jan 11, 2019
    • Jan 10, 2019 Teton Moose Jan 10, 2019
    • Jan 7, 2019 Teton Storms Jan 7, 2019
    • Jan 5, 2019 The Dive Jan 5, 2019
    • Jan 3, 2019 Grizzly Cubs in the Great Bear Rainforest Jan 3, 2019
    • Jan 1, 2019 Humpback Whale Bubble-net Feeding Jan 1, 2019
  • 2018
    • Dec 30, 2018 The Spirit Bear Dec 30, 2018
    • Jul 4, 2018 Summer Elk Behavior Jul 4, 2018
    • Jun 28, 2018 Tatanka Jun 28, 2018
    • Jun 18, 2018 Sandhill Cranes Jun 18, 2018
    • Apr 10, 2018 Winter Wildlife Feature V - Coyote Apr 10, 2018
    • Mar 28, 2018 Winter Wildlife Feature IV - Ermine Mar 28, 2018
    • Mar 5, 2018 Winter Wildlife Feature III - River Otters Mar 5, 2018
    • Feb 28, 2018 Winter Wildlife Feature II - Wolves Feb 28, 2018
    • Feb 19, 2018 Winter Wildlife Feature I - Bison Feb 19, 2018
    • Feb 12, 2018 Winter in Yellowstone - Intro Feb 12, 2018
    • Jan 23, 2018 Weasels! Jan 23, 2018
  • 2017
    • Dec 28, 2017 Yellowstone Grizzlies Dec 28, 2017
    • Oct 6, 2017 Great Bear Rainforest Oct 6, 2017
    • Aug 15, 2017 Rutting Bison Aug 15, 2017
    • Aug 5, 2017 Silent Huntress - Great Grey Owl Aug 5, 2017
    • Jul 2, 2017 In Search of Great Grey Owls Jul 2, 2017
    • Jun 16, 2017 Camouflage Jun 16, 2017
    • Jun 6, 2017 The Ever-Watchful Eye...or Nose Jun 6, 2017
    • May 26, 2017 Searching For Love On Top Of The World May 26, 2017
    • May 21, 2017 Yellowstone Harlequins - At Home Among Turbulent Waters May 21, 2017
    • May 19, 2017 Sunset on Yellowstone Lake May 19, 2017
    • May 14, 2017 Dusky Grouse May 14, 2017
    • May 6, 2017 Spring Grizzly May 6, 2017
    • May 2, 2017 Yellowstone Volcano May 2, 2017
    • Apr 23, 2017 Where the Wild Things Were Apr 23, 2017
    • Mar 25, 2017 Birds of Costa Rica Mar 25, 2017
    • Mar 13, 2017 Resplendent Quetzal Mar 13, 2017
    • Jan 19, 2017 American Legend Jan 19, 2017
  • 2016
    • Dec 24, 2016 Ghost Dec 24, 2016
    • Dec 18, 2016 Sundogs Dec 18, 2016
    • Dec 15, 2016 Angry Squirrels Dec 15, 2016
    • Sep 14, 2016 Photographing Grand Teton's Elk in the Fall Sep 14, 2016
    • Sep 6, 2016 Perseid Meteor Shower in Grand Teton National Park Sep 6, 2016
    • Aug 26, 2016 Photograph the Improbable Aug 26, 2016
    • Aug 19, 2016 Cultivate Your Vision Aug 19, 2016
    • Aug 11, 2016 Feeling Stagnant in your Photography? Aug 11, 2016
    • Aug 5, 2016 -Remnant of Another World- Aug 5, 2016
    • Jul 11, 2016 How to photograph the sun without permanent eye damage Jul 11, 2016
    • Jun 28, 2016 Phantom of the Wild Jun 28, 2016
    • Jun 26, 2016 "Grizzly Shadows" - Turning Harsh Light Into a Beautiful Photograph Jun 26, 2016
    • Jun 19, 2016 "Fog Crossing" - How Knowledge of Wildlife Behavior Informs Photography Jun 19, 2016