May 26, 2011
Dusky Grouse in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yeah — a fresh image!

We reached Yellowstone National Park two days ago and scouted in the rain. Yesterday the rain stopped and we started photographing: bison with babies, a trumpeter swan, and a grizzly sow with two yearling cubs. The grizzlies were at a good distance and were foraging in a good setting, but I think the large snow bank between us and them created too much turbulence and all of the images were softer than I would have liked. My favorite image of the day is of a male dusky grouse displaying. We rounded a corner and saw lots of cars pulled off on the shoulder and then we saw lots of photographers with long lenses set up and photographing something. We couldn't locate the subject they were photographing, but because so many photographers were set up, we figured it must have been good. We found a place to park and when we got out we heard someone say that all of the commotion was for a grouse — hmmm. We set up and headed over to where the other photographers were and it turned out to be a male dusky grouse displaying on an awesome perch! I was really glad we stopped and then set up to photograph "just a grouse."

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