May 27, 2012 Beaver in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Beaver
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Canon EOS 1D Mk IV, 500 f4 & 1.4x III, 1/15 sec, f8, ISO 400
Image taken on May 12, 2012.
Early during my recent visit to Yellowstone National Park, I came upon a traffic jam late in the evening. Usually where there's a traffic jam with people out of their vehicles with cameras, and this year iPads, there's an interesting animal. I slowed to check it out and saw this beaver out of the water feeding on the other side of the small stream. I quickly pulled over, set up my gear, and headed down to water level. The beaver was quite cooperative an kept eating. It was quite dark, so it was a good thing the beaver wasn't moving around too much.