Following the Lamar Valley Wolf Pack in Yellowstone : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Following the Lamar Valley Wolf Pack in Yellowstone / krossbow
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The 2nd day of our trip to Yellowstone National Park featured a guided safari by Safari Yellowstone safariyellowstone.com/index.php. Our guide was the owner and very knowledgeable Carl Swoboda. His keen eyes and knowledge of the park, animals and connections to people gave us once in a lifetime experience. We started early in the morning driving into the park. First animal spotted was an elk in Mammoth Hot Springs. From there we headed to the Lamar Valley where we saw bison after bison. First time you see a bison - cool! By the 200th time you're yelling at the tourists that stop in the middle of the road to take a picture for their first sighting. Carl got a signal in passing from one his friends that wolves had been sighted in the valley. We drove to where the wolf watchers had gathered. Luckily Safari Yellowstone provides scopes since we didn't own any at them time. We were able to spot and track the Lamar Valley pack with about 10 other regular wolf watcher enthusiasts. Rick McIntyre, a Biological Technician for the Yellowstone Wolf Project, was there as well recording everything that each person narrated that they saw the wolves doing. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. If you couldn't find them in your scope they would give you directions for aiming your scope or come over and find them for you. I learned how to take pictures using my Panasonic Lumix ZS7 through the scope. Setting it to Macro Zoom was the key. We followed the wolves as they traveled a couple of miles through the valley. At one point they came across a coyote that was in their path. We saw them kill it. Afterward they came down into the grassy valley floor for nap. It appeared to the wolf watchers that the wolves had eaten previously that morning. Carl then took us to look for the carcass of the wolf kill. We learned what kind signs to look for in a recent kill. We also learned a lot about Yellowstone National Park. Carl shared his knowledge about conservation, the animals in the park, geological makeup and history of the park. We never found the carcass but the lessons we learned stayed with us the rest of our trip. We were able to see mountain goats and bighorn sheep through the scopes before having a nice sandwich lunch. Before our safari ended Carl pulled out a map and marked out must-see locations and tips and tricks to catching the best views. Looking back on our trip, having the experience of the tour with Safari Yellowstone at the beginning of trip totally changed the trip for the better. We noticed things we would not have noticed before. We looked for things would never have looked for. We came away from our trip knowing, seeing and remembering so much more than if we had just gone in cold as newbie tourists. Definitely consider spending a little extra on your trip if you want a much more memorable trip to Yellowstone. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-10-15 10:30:18 |
| 撮影者 | krossbow , Outside Washington, D.C., US |
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| 撮影地 | Wyoming, United States 地図 |
| カメラ | DMC-ZS7 , Panasonic |
| 露出 | 0.033 sec (1/30) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.3 |
| 焦点距離 | 44 deg 54' 43.63" N |