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Monthly Archives: October 2009
In Memoriam
Yesterday it was confirmed that a grizzly unnecessarily killed by a hunter in September was, in fact, one of Bear 399′s cubs. Writer Todd Wilkinson does a much better job of telling the story than I could ever hope to: Controversial Grizzly Bear Death A Family Tragedy Confirmed: Shot Bear 615 Was Cub Of Famed [...]
This Weekend
I took this yesterday while floating/fishing the Snake River with a friend. This was taken today while walking along the Gros Ventre River.
More Bears
The Black Bear sow and her two cubs that I had been looking for most of the week were out today. They were feeding on the river hawthorn berries, which I had incorrectly called serviceberry in a previous post.
Moose
I went looking for bears tonight, but unfortunately could not find any. There was a moose cow and calf out though.
Black Bear
There seems to be a good berry crop this year, which is attracting the bears. I had heard of a black bear sow and her two cubs that were out in the park. I rambled up after work to find them, but I didn’t make it that far. I came across this yearling and its [...]
October Snow
A storm moved through the area last night and today dropping several inches of snow in the valley and even more in the mountains. So today after work, I went to the park to photograph some fall color in the fresh snow. I came across this coyote on the move amid the snow-covered sagebrush.
2 More
A couple more from yesterday. This first one is from Oxbow Bend just as the sun hit the Cathedral Group. This one was taken in the Snake River Canyon. The trees with the yellow leaves are quaking aspen, while the smaller trees with red leaves are bigtooth maple.
Maple
The bigtooth maples in the Snake River Canyon are unfortunately passed their prime, though there are still some that are quite colorful.