And, speaking of Fishing Bridge


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Posted by Granite Head (63.166.31.240) on 17:35:03 07/10/21

In Reply to: Evening at Fishing Bridge posted by Granite Head

Great gray owls are high on every wildlife photographer's list of subjects. I've seen and photographed them a couple of times in Yellowstone and the Tetons, but with their natural camouflage, and in spite of their large size, they're not easy to find. From some angles, this bird "disappeared" against the tree trunk.

Fortunately for owl-lovers, great grays are crepuscular hunters, meaning they seek prey not only at night, but also in the morning and the evening.

On this evening in Yellowstone we were making our way back to our cabin and came across a small crowd along the roadside at the turnoff to Fishing Bridge/East Entrance road. I was anticipating a bear, since both black and grizzly bears love that area. Even better - because it's rarer - it turned out to be this lovely great gray owl. They often perch relatively low and sit quietly even in the presence of paparazzi (although in this instance the onlookers were very respectful of its physical and aural space). When they do that, the owls are in fact listening intently to the sound their prey - usually small rodents - make as they move through the grass below.



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