Wildlife Pictures, Page 4
Expert wildlife photographers stake out their quarry like a hunter and wait, sometimes for days, for the perfect shot to appear. I am not one of them. But once in a while on a trout stream the wildlife photo opportunities come to me, and when I can I have my camera ready.
A large caribou walks through the bed of a glacial river in Denali National Park.
A dall sheep yew and her lamb walk a trail that appears to be nothing but sheer cliff on the side of a mountian near the Dalton Highway -- I think it was Slope Mountain.
Dall sheep on the side of the mountain overlooking Galbraith Lake, north of Atigun Pass.
This cow caribou ran across the road in front of my car.
More of the same herd of musk oxen.
A lone caribou grazes on the Arctic coastal plain near Prudhoe Bay.
A large mink swims around a trout stream in early spring.
Date AddedMay 25, 2011
CameraDMC-LX3
We found this bear in the spotting scope a few minutes before another group of hunters shot it.
In this "close up" of a grizzly bear laying down on an alpine hillside in Denali National Park, you can almost tell it's a bear.