Punteney Wildlife Photography

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The Rest

The animals here don't fit the other galleries, and yet I didn't want to leave them out.

9 photographs

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

An armadillo ran right up to the camera, close enough that keeping it in frame was a struggle.

A Capybara sitting on the edge of the river in Brazil, waiting, though for what I could not say.

Running over the rocks, this Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel popped up for a quick scan of the area.

A Pika calling out from a talus slope at Mount Rainier National Park.

A Southern Tamandua climbed a little way up the tree, paused, then turned around and headed back down.

An armadillo raised up on its hind legs to get a better look and sniff around.

A young Capybara pausing in the grass for a quick sniff and a look around.

This Olympic Marmot had been running around before it sat up in this pose, before going back to foraging. Olympic National Park, Washington.

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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

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.

Wild Dogs, Coyotes, Jackals & Hyena

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

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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