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The Quest for Survival

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The Quest for Survival

The photo prompt from The Daily Post this week is Quest. As I mentioned last week, right now all the animals are preparing for winter, it’s the quest for survival.

These little chipmunks were stuffing their cheeks as full as they could with rose hips from the wild roses. They were so much fun to watch.

chipmunks preparing for winter. The Quest for Survival

chipmunk reaching. The Quest for Survival

And of course the moose. They are all about survival of the fittest, and making new baby moose. Even the cows get feisty. They seem to think the bull only gets one girl, I’m sure he doesn’t agree with this view.

These two photos were taken by a friend, and fellow photographer. I saw this happen but I wasn’t ready to shoot as I was looking behind me. It lasted for about 10 seconds and my friend was so kind to send me a few of her photos. Sonia Reid is a painter who lives in Jackson Hole, and takes photos to use as studies for her paintings. Check out her paintings at SoniaReid.com, I like her work a lot.

Next 2 photos from Sonia Reid.

female moose fighting female moose fighting

This is a motion blur shot of the bull running after a smaller bull. Never, ever make the mistake and think these guys are slow and docile. And yes, I was moving quickly out of the way.

Bull moose running

And I just really love this shot. It’s like they posed so perfect for me.

Bull and female moose

And the 52 week photo challenge this week is Handmade. This falling down old cabin is one of my favorite places to get photos. These cabins were all handmade. Every log was hand hewn, everything was built by hand from the ground up.

old cabin and tetons

Have a great Tuesday friends. We keep pushing back our day to leave, so now we are looking at Wednesday. YaY!!

Comments

The Quest for Survival — 11 Comments

  2. I am as always, in awe of how your camera captures so beautiful what you see and how you are ‘one unit’.

    Love the photo of the two moose looking right at you!

    Enjoy your ‘last’ day there. <3

  3. I like seeing both the big and little getting ready for winter :-)
    Nice job getting the moose couple to pose for you; maybe they’ll use the picture for their seasonal cards this winter?

  5. I don’t blame you for not wanting to leave, what a paradise you found. I didn’t realize female moose also fight! I love the “happy couple” posing for you. :) You can date those manmade structures by the nail shapes, there are lots of sources online that show you the shape along with the time frame when they were made. I love the idea that people survived so far from society. Boy, would I LOVE to bring my archaeology organization there!!

  8. Oh, you extended your stay…yay! More wonderful photos for us! :) We have a lot of chipmunks around our new home, and they are truly so much fun to watch. They are not real timid either so we can get quite close (now I’d better get my camera out there too!). I wonder if it’s just the photos, but our chippies here in NH seem a little different in coloring….more chestnut brown.

  9. Love the chipmunk photos, fantastic captures!
    Thank you for sharing your friend’s photos, great shots! The cabin, all by hand!!

  10. The elk cows do that same thing during mating season. It happens so fast and stops really quickly… I’m glad your friend got those photos. And I’m happy that you got out of the way of that bull. Moose have my utmost respect after being the object of their chases a few times. I give them a HUGE berth.

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