Wildlife Pictures, Page 5
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.
Wandering tattler. This type of sandpiper is known to nest next to high streams above treeline in rugged Alaska mountains.
This golden eagle was probably attracted by that moose carcass.
Date AddedJun 14, 2011
CameraDMC-LX3
A porcupine climbs a pine tree near a trout stream.
A two families of Canada geese flee our canoe.
These seagulls live at the salmon-cleaning station during this time of year.
A whitetail deer takes a cool drink on a hot August afternoon.
A merganser too young to fly scurries ahead of the canoe.
Two garter snakes rest on the warm rocks alongside a path through a trout stream gorge.