Wildlife

That’s a beautiful shot Ian. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Doug!

These are wild coastal brown bears but the photo was taken at a feeding station (a remote cannery dump, lol):

Wow those are great images Philip!

Ian: where were those shots taken?

as an aside: the world isn’t ours.

Jeffrey,

Here https://wdfw.wa.gov/places-to-go/wildlife-areas/oak-creek-wildlife-area

“as an aside: the world isn’t ours.”

I mention that they were taken at a feeding station because some people will take photos of zoo animals and try to pass them off as an image captured in the wild.  These elk are free to come and go as they please but I wanted to make sure there wasn’t any appearance of me trying to pass these off as an image captured out in the woods somewhere, which would take quite a bit more work and commitment to capture.

Very cool Nick.   A bunch of our sheep have been relocated due to some sort of disease that was wiping them out.

“Who are you calling a cow?”

Nice tones in that last one, Ian. 👍

Thank you Bonzo.

No one like a showoff Philip… ;)

Those are fantastic!

Sandhill Cranes should be landing in my neck of the woods early March.  I’m hoping to spend a few days in Othello, Washington photographing them.

No one likes a showoff

Thats why I didn’t post the best ones, lol.

Keep ’em coming!

You have some amazing animals up there.  We don’t do too bad in Washington wildlife wise but it’s tough to compete with a Griz and a walrus.

Speaking of a griz and a walrus… (though not exactly getting along since one is attempting to eat the carcass of another).

But, yes, bears are cool.

I give bald eagles a lot of sh!t because they are basically pigeons in Kodiak, but I guess they’re alright when they’re not eating out of a dumpster.

Sandhill cranes are trippy. They are total starch addicts. A major source of their nutrition in Alaskan summers are chocolate lily bulbs (aka “Indian rice”). Kiss your potato patch goodbye if there are sandhills in the neighborhood.

Great timing.  I’ve spent some time running around the Columbia Basin this week chasing down the snow geese and getting skunked more often than not.

One thing I’ve noticed at the various wildlife refuges is that the once prolific magpies are hard to find these days.  I think they are beautiful birds and I’d love to catch a picture of one perched on a fence post or sagebrush but it’s been over a year since I’ve seen one.  As a kid, I used to see them all the time, not just in the desert but around town too.

Walruses are in the running for the weirdest things ever.

If you want some magpies I can send you some. Like the ones squawking their heads off on my roof at 5 am every summer morning. I don’t mean to trivialize or dismiss wildlife (which I absolutely LOVE), but really… 5 am???

This is kind of fun. I forgot I had all of this.

If you don’t think this qualifies as wildlife then you are badly misinformed.

But back on topic.