Wildlife photography in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem @savannahrosewildlife on Instagram
Jackson, WY
Joined February 2021
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Hoback! This old man is pretty famous around here. He’s regressed a lot in his old age but he’s still a tall, stately moose.
Incredible drop tined bull elk chasing his cows through fall colors this season. Sure did enjoy spending time with this bull.
My photo of Grizzly 399 on the latest Wyoming Whiskey bottle. This was such a fun project and I hope you get a chance to grab one while they last!
I saw something pretty incredible recently I can't stop thinking about. This red fox leapt into a pond and attempted to predate a beaver! I can't even imagine how he thought that was a good idea. Even wolves struggle with them. Well, he sure is pretty, even if he isn't smart.
A long tailed weasel in the process of changing from summer browns to winter whites… but the crazy thing is I’ve photographed this exact weasel before! These photos are this fall vs last winter. I love her svelte summer coat and her puffy winter look.
A friend’s father had taken the photograph in Hoback, Wyoming sometime in the 80s or 90s. I remember seeing the rich red of her fur, almost as vivid as the sheep’s blood. I said that is an image I would like to take, someday.
I started to move along the edge of an eroded cliff that overlooked the scene, guiding me to my prize. I crept up to the kill with my heart in my throat, my movements possibly somewhat disguised by the sound of water.
Until last fall. I tracked a cat to a very fresh elk kill, its hind legs cached into the bank of a shallow stream and the rest of the animal under ice cold water. The next morning, l awoke early and waited in the dark a couple hundred yards from the kill as the sun slowly rose.
Of course, even though this encounter was on my own, I owe everything to Jeff Hogan for his expertise and training me to be fluent in the language of these secretive animals.
Three years ago: I started hiking almost every single day of the winter hoping to create the encounter I dreamed of for so long. I hike until I cut tracks. Follow the tracks until I find the kill. Stage the scene for camera traps, or if possible, the potential for a blind.
Finding and photographing an animal that thrives in secrecy, covers any evidence of their feeding and travels generally at night is, to put it simply, extremely challenging.