wildlife gallery

A golden eagle sprays snow as it lands on the branch of a pine tree.

A long-tailed weasel searches the rocks for a meal.

A juvenile goshawk surveys the landscape for prey on a winter day.

A cottontail sits up on its hind legs in an effort to see over snow drifts.

A bobcat relaxes against the warmth of a sandstone cliff in Clark, Wyoming.

A mature goshawk focuses on the photographer in a moment of mutual awareness.

A pair of young mountain goats look over the edge of a cliff to see where the rest of the herd is located. In Wyoming’s Beartooth Mountains.

A desert cottontail pauses with the rising sun behind him, creating a golden outline.

A fox moves among the granite boulders on the top of the Beartooth Mountains searching for the pika that are common in the area.

A bighorn sheep ewe butts her head against a ram along the north fork of the Shoshone River near Cody, Wyoming.

A black-capped chickadee pulls seeds from a dried mullein plant.

A pronghorn doe and her calf watch from a spot of safety.

A bull elk directs his harem across the plains at sunrise.

A great gray owl floats across a field in Yellowstone National Park.

A great gray owl prepares to land on a perch as it hunts for prey in Yellowstone.

This newborn bison calf seeks refuge under its mother in Yellowstone National Park.

A male northern flicker works on a nesting hole in early spring.

A young pine Martin pops up out of the rocks, curious about the human that sits in his territory.

A dusky grouse perches in a lichen covered tree on Sepulcher Mountain near Mammoth in Yellowstone.

A bald eagle stares out from its perch on a tree above the Yellowstone River.

A violet-green swallow soars over the water of an irrigation ditch in search of bugs.

An American wigeon floats across a pond on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

A mother white rhinoceros and her daughter lie down for an afternoon siesta in Sabi Sands preserve in South Africa.

A male paradise flycatcher rests for a brief moment in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

A mother vervet monkey caresses her baby on Sabi Sands preserve in South Africa.

A group of elephants lines up at a watering hole on Sabi Sands preserve, South Africa.

A polar bear stares into the camera as he approaches the ship with curiosity off Svalbard, Norway.

A polar bear is reflected in the water of the Arctic Ocean as he passes by on an ice floe.

A polar bear exposes the size of a paw as he strides across the ice near Svalbard, Norway.

A great frigate bird sits on the nest during breeding season in the Galapagos. He is trying to prove to a female that he will be a good mate.