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Wild Dogs, Coyotes, Jackals & Hyena

The pack hunters and scavengers of the wild — African wild dogs, coyotes, jackals, and hyenas captured in their natural habitats.

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This Coyote kept coming up toward the car and retreating again, until he worked up the nerve to pass by and carry on down the road.
A Hyena looking down at me in the Serengeti, Tanzania.
An African Wild Dog prowling in Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park, South Africa
A rarely seen Brown Hyena coming in to a waterhole by Etosha National Park in Namibia.
An African Wild Dog in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
A coyote pouncing in Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
A black backed jackal in Ndutu, Tanzania
Six Hyenas taking a look from their resting spot in a bush in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
A Coyote in a meadow in the early morning, at the edge of the dark evergreen forest it was heading back into.
This Red Fox found a nest full of eggs in Yellowstone National Park and made eight trips, carrying one egg at a time off to bury it before coming back for the next. The little stream got jumped every time.
A young curious African Wild Dog in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
A Coyote sitting by the seashore in the morning light at Point Reyes, California.
A Red Fox kit playing with a stick outside Yellowstone National Park, practicing the skills it will need as an adult.

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A mother Chacma baboon grooming her young baboon in Chobe National Park, Botswana

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This young Lion climbed up the tree in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, and looked down at us in our land cruiser. I'm not sure who was watching who.

Wild Cats

Fishing the shallows paid off for this Brown Bear, which came up with a sockeye.

Bears

An elephant that is red from rolling in the red clay in Tarangire National Park Tanzania

Elephants, Rhinos & Hippos

The waterfowl scattered before I saw anything, and then this Bald Eagle swooped in hunting over the lake.

Owls, Eagles, Hawks & Vultures

A Mountain Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda

Apes, Monkeys & Baboons

A Red-and-green Macaw that flew right in front of us as it came in to land on a nearby branch, in Brazil.

Birds

I heard rustling off the path that sounded bigger than a bird, stepping around the tree I found this Raccoon looking down from the hillside at me.

Otters, Mongoose & Raccoons

This American Bison calf was up on the hillside right next to the road in Yellowstone National Park.

Giraffes, Zebras & Other Ungulates

A Leopard Tortoise in Ndutu, Tanzania

Reptiles & Amphibians

A Southern Tamandua crossing an open field in the evening light, heading for another clump of trees.

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A Red-and-green Macaw that flew right in front of us as it came in to land on a nearby branch, in Brazil.

The Brazilian Pantanal

It was amazing watching a bear this size match the salmon turn for turn.

Katmai National Park