Nosy in the Yukon

March 15th, 2021 Today we’ve landed in a new location where it’s still winter! We’re in Whitehorse, in Canada’s Yukon Territory, greeted by the most amazing snout of a female moose at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve. You can go by foot to see the moose in the preserve. They warn you to stand a couple feet back from the fence

Elephantastic

November 30th, 2020 Have you heard the news? The world’s biggest traveler has arrived in Cambodia. Kaavan, known as “the world’s loneliest elephant” was transported yesterday from a zoo in Pakistan to a wildlife sanctuary outside Siem Reap. After decades of neglect and eight years of loneliness following the death of his female companion in 2012, officials in Pakistan agreed

Bighorn Hello

November 29th, 2020 Moving on from our afternoon at Zion, we meet one of the park’s endangered residents. A mature desert bighorn sheep walks against traffic on the side of the road. Declared locally extinct (extirpated) in the 1960s, a herd of 14 desert bighorn were reintroduced in Zion in 1978. In the years since, the herd has grown to

Grand Teton & Yellowstone Bison

November 8th, 2020 Today, we’re herding up all my remaining photography of bison in Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks. During our photo tour in Grand Teton, we came across a huge herd roaming free on the range near the town of Kelly, north of the Gros Ventre River. This area made world history in 1925 when the Gros Ventre

Lawrence Elk

November 6th, 2020 After yesterday’s chocolate moose, here’s a glimpse of a large herd of elk we spotted on our photo tour around Grand Teton National Park. We hopped out of the vehicle and walked a quarter mile toward them. They were bedded down in the meadow and it wasn’t until they stood up to trot away from us that

Gentle Giant

November 5th, 2020 After yesterday’s party of five, today we’re viewing a solitary moose alongside the road in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. This mature bull carried massive antlers on his head and showed no fear of anything is his proximity. He, alone, had created pandemonium on the highway next to this meadow, with more than 50 people (myself included)

Counting the Moose

November 4th, 2020 Our recent road trip around the western U.S. took us north to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Often, the highlight of a trip to Wyoming is seeing the abundant wildlife all around the state. Even while just driving through on Highway 80 or I-25, Wyoming’s open landscapes feature pronghorn, elk, deer and maybe bison too, if

Where the Bison Roam

October 19th, 2020 Today we masked up, teamed up and explored Grand Teton National Park with a private guide. Cloudy skies provided a moody background of diffused light as we continually scanned the landscape for wildlife. We didn’t see everything we had hoped to, but what we did see was remarkable in one way or another — size, volume or