Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The wind swept fur accentuates the multitude of colors and luxurious nature of a Teton winter fox pelt. Red Fox are crepuscular (active at dusk and dawn), but during northern winters, they may be active hunting and feeding throughout the day.
I was fortunate to observe let alone photograph this beautiful canid while in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. I traveled to the park to photograph red fox but I never dreamed that I would have the opportunity to photograph a morph fox as well. This particular fox was making a living near a wetlands area and preying on mallard ducks and muskrats.
During autumn, Black Bears (Ursus americanus) gorge on the abundance of River Hawthorne in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, October 2017. As winter approaches both Black and Grizzly Bears enter a state called hyperphagia as they become preoccupied with consuming as much nutrition as possible. "Hyperphagia" is from the Greek words phagia (to eat) and hyper (obsessively) meaning to eat obsessively. Hyperphagia is a biological survival mechanism to ensure that bears enter hibernation with as much fat reserve as possible. The bears that I observed literally consumed berries all day long and I am sure that they were eating all night as well. Canon 5D IV, 100-400mm Mark II, ISO 800, 1/320 second @ f/8, image size 6271 x 3994 pixels.
