Wildlife Pictures

An Alaskan moose in Denali National Park stands among tundra willows.

Two big mule deer bucks move quietly through a pinion-juniper forest.

A large bulk elk pauses on a hillside with the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the background.

A big buck is alert to something to his right.

A whitetail deer buck in a pine forest inspects a holly tree licking branch. Licking branches are commonly found above ground scrapes, upon which bucks and does urinate during the breeding season (the rut).

A turkey gobbler strutting with his tail feathers displayed.

With head high, ears back and teeth bared, a big bull elk displays threatening behavior. This type of behavior is designed almost exclusively to intimidate rivals. Several variations are available for this photograph.

An alert whitetail deer buck looks to his right from behind weeds (Virginia white-tailed deer in habitat).

A large buck whitetail deer walking across a stream.

A big buck stands at the edge of the woods following a snow storm.

A big mule deer buck stands alert next to a pinion tree in a grassy meadow.

A buck whitetail deer jumps over a fence.

A brown bear charging through a stream in pursuit of a salmon. Notice the blood on the upper lip of this bear.

An eastern coyote standing in grass at the edge of an old field.

An Alaska sockeye salmon leaping from rapids.

A whitetail deer buck pauses to look back over his shoulder.

A big mule deer buck standing among pinion and juniper trees.

A high-head threat: This is one of the most descriptive and amazing elk behavior pictures I've made to date. As described in "Elk of North America: Ecology and Management" by Thomas and Toweill: "In approaching an opponent in high-head threat, a cow or bull will retract the upper lip as if exposing rudimentary canines, grind the teeth and utter a soft hissing sound. In full intensity, the nose points almost upward, the eyes roll forward as if to maintain the slit of the pupil horizontally, and the tongue may protrude from the side of the mouth." Other than the nose pointing almost upward, all other aspects of this behavior are shown in this photograph.

Bugling elk scene: A huge bull elk bugles during a foggy morning, while two cows from his harem stand on a hillside above him.

A pair of mule deer bucks in western grasslands.

A great egret perched on a cypress limb.

A whitetail deer buck leaping over a barbed wire fence.

A big bull elk bugling at the edge of a pine forest.

A whitetail buck pauses to look over his shoulder.