Wildlife Pictures, Page 7
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 Dall Sheep ram sits atop a mountain in Denali National Park.
These seagulls live at the salmon-cleaning station during this time of year.
This golden eagle is soaring through Denali National Park.
Two garter snakes rest on the warm rocks alongside a path through a trout stream gorge.
Every time I drive past the Delta River overlooks on the Richardson Highway southwest of Fairbanks, I look for the wild bison that supposedly calve in that area. I've never seen them until this trip, when a few dozen were milling around out in the open valley next to the big glacial river. I snapped this picture through my spotting scope.
Dall Sheep in Denali National Park.
Morning caribou 2
A whitetail deer takes a cool drink on a hot August afternoon.
Several frightened mergansers scoot away from the canoe.