Ox Bow Bend In The Fall...

This photograph was taken last fall at Ox Bow Bend, Grand Tetons. For me this is the most beautiful place in the world, I love everything about it from the Tetons Mountains to the moose, deer, river otters, eagles, beaver and many other wildlife species that call this home. The location is beautiful any time of the year but with the willows and aspen trees it is just amazing in the fall. Yes even with all the snow I could still live in this area. By the way that is a bull and three cow moose in the water.

It is Tuesday by now you know what that means, Shane has a new post.

Teton Bull Moose...

Hey it is moose Friday, not really I just didn't know what to say so I called it that. But it is Friday and that is a great thing. This bull was captured along with a few cows during the rut in the Tetons in 2006. Lets see if I can spell this correct, they were found on the Gross Ventre Highway in the camp grounds. If you have never been to the Tetons and you go this is one of the better places to find moose. That's all for know see you on Monday.

Stupid Is As Stupid Does...

It is amazing the stupid things you see people do at National Parks. I guess they forget the first part of wild animal is WILD. These are some of the most unpredictable and dangerous animals you can run into and they just walk right up to him and spoiled photo opportunities for those of us that respect the wildlife and play by the rules. This incident was even worse than the photo shows, but I will not go into that right now. I am sure there are plenty of you out there that look at this site that have run into similar events.

Teton Moose...

Morning Moose...

We had very little luck this year seeing the moose, those we did see were to far away to photograph properly. During the trip we seen one cow in Yellowstone, a bull with two cows and a calf at Oxbow Bend, this bull and one other cow at Oxbow along with the few you see in the fields far away before day light.

When we seen this bull we were out looking for beaver to photograph. We had traveled back Pacific Creek Road on a tip but found no beavers. We did see two dens and a few dams. Bored with the lack of wildlife we were shooting trees and landscapes until we came upon Two Ocean Lake. There we decided to take a short walk, expecting to shoot more landscapes. It is amazing how quiet these large animals are and how easily they cam remain hidden. While walking the shore line of the lake he just appeared out of no where from the Willows. He was a ways off on this chilly morning and wanted to stay that way. We continued to try and approach him but he would just counter by walking further away. He did finally decide to run away telling us it was time to leave. Not the best shots because of the time of the morning and focal length, but still a moose shot and I was just happy to see some.

Check out the Pa Wildlife Photographer's site from a couple of days ago for moose photographs from Yellowstone.

Mr. Ed Where Have You Been

I took this moose photograph in July 2005 near the fishing bridge in Yellowstone. I think this moose was laughing at me for all my hard work while she just hung around waiting on me to show up.

Being a wildlife nut and going to Yellowstone for the first time is like a child in a candy store, I just could not control myself. But I had never seen a moose in the wild before and I just had to see one and I would have killed for it to be a bull.

As we left Yellowstone and started down through the Tetons the chances got better. Upon reaching Ox Bow Bend they got even better yet, but it still had not happened. Now we are heading towards Moose (not the animal but a location) and I have become possessed, Linda and Shane know it also. All I want to do is find moose and we finally found a cow in the water feeding. It was a great first experience as Shane and I snuck up through the mud every time she would put her head under water. Some locals working in the are sent me in another direction to the Gros Verde Road (I think I spelled it correctly) it sounded like a good place to find some bulls. So off we go Linda and Shane in tow wondering when will this idiot stop hunting for moose and let the vacation continue. We get to the location we were sent seeing nothing so I decide it is time for a walk. Twenty minutes into the walk and I spot a moose, and it is a bull at that. A very young bull, small body with antlers just bigger than my hands. Later in the week we spot a few around Ox Bow Bend but still nothing up close and no large males.

With our southern part of the trip finished we head back to Yellowstone, disappointed that we had only seen about four or five moose and none up close. Our first destination in Yellowstone that day was to be the fishing bridge. On our way their we spot a traffic jam meaning wildlife in the area. As we approach we cannot help but to break out in a big smile. Here is this large cow moose feeding in the grass close enough to kick our butts. All that work and she was just hanging around waiting for us.

The hunt for moose that vacation was still allot of fun and something I am glad we did. To this day it still gives up plenty of laughs. Since that time I have been back to Yellowstone and the Tetons to see more moose and Alaska where we watched moose. All have been wonderful experiences but I am still waiting for a good photo of a bull moose. I will get it one of these days.

I Am A Moose

Yes it is a moose eating her late afternoon meal. She was spotted north east of Fairbanks, Alaska on our trip home from Chena Hot Springs. If you have never watched a moose eating in a pond it is quite a treat. They will submerse their heads in the water for what seems like long enough to drown and when they lift their heads back up water gushes everyplace and the greens can be seen sticking out the sides of their mouths.


I first got to experience this a few years ago in the Tetons with my wife and son. My wife waited by the road while Shane and I went off on our journey. Every time the cow would put her head in the water we would creep up on her in a muddy swamp, when she lifted her head we would stop. This went on until we got pretty close and snapped a few photographs. Oh what a joy it was.

What Am I?

I took this photograph this past summer on a rainy day some place in the United States. Do you know what it is? If I had to guess my first thought would be that it is a firefighter (real one) on B shift in Harrisburg and he is trying to drown himself to end the misery. I guess you have to work (I mean work, not employed) there to get that one, but trust me those who do will get it. Feel free to guess or wait until Saturday for another photograph that will show it well.

It Almost Happened

This bull moose roamed around the willows in Teton National Park in September 2006. We trailed he along with another photographer for some time before a moron with a disposable camera ruined every ones day.

When this bull crossed the road the amount of photographers setting up to shoot increased. As we waited by the road with our camera's on tripods this bull and another bull began to approach each other. But along comes a tourist with his disposable camera, he walks past everyone and right up to the two moose and begins to take pictures. Needless to say the best we could hope for at this point would be for the moose to attack the jerk. Unfortunately that never happened and he was the only one to get a photo.

Get Up Cow

This bull moose and several cows were in a camp ground north of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, not far from Moose. I will not attempt to spell the road name as it took me years just to pronounce it correctly. They stayed around the area until we got tired of watching them.

Denali Highway, Alaska

The Denali Highway links Cantwell with Paxson and provides another way to reach Denali National Park. The highway runs a distance of 135 miles of which only 23.9 are paved.

When we decided to use this route to get to Denali it sounded like a great idea. A long road with nothing but wilderness, a photographers delight, there should be lots of wildlife and scenery. Yeah right, scenery anyways. In the first few miles we see our first ever Caribou it was not until the last few miles that we seen any other wildlife, a cow moose. I must admit the snow-capped mountain range was fantastic.

It only took us about eight hours in a camper traveling around 15 miles per hour on a wash board to reach our destination. Knowing what I know now, I would do the same thing all over again.

Wait for me mom

July 16, 2007 a mother moose crosses a field with her two calves in following. This image was captured in Denali National Park, Alaska. We really enjoyed visiting Alaska but the wildlife viewing was not what we expected it to be. It turns out there is much more uninhabited land for the animals to roam in compared to Yellowstone.