PAW: Utah wild 1

They're overshadowed by southern Utah's red rock desert but the scenery and wildlife of northern Utah's Wasatch Front are hard to beat. Start with protected elk herds at Hardware Ranch WMA during the recent elk rut festival:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Mammals/Antlered/DML-AR-ME0049-56.htm

Merriwether Lewis named Great Salt Lake's Antelope Island for the pronghorn herds he saw there during Lewis and Clark's expedition west in 1804. Pronghorn run faster than anything but cheetahs and define 'secretive'. I saw these guys out of the corner of my eye as I drove by. They stood still long enough for me to set up and get a couple shots before another passing car spooked them out of a patch of their favorite sagebrush:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Mammals/Horned/DML-HD-PN0003-57.htm

And you've watched me struggle with images of these shaggy old men of the plains. Monday began with rain and settled into heavy clouds to soften the light just enough. Eating's a major passtime for these guys:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Mammals/Horned/DML-HD-BN0241-5.htm

Bison like sagebrush too:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Mammals/Horned/Bison/DML-HD-BN0293-5.htm

When one of these giants shambles over your way you get a little nervous:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Mammals/Horned/Bison/DML-HD-BN0311-5.htm

Are they lovable? You decide:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Mammals/Horned/Bison/DML-HD-BN0328-5.htm

All comments welcome.

Mark Bohrer
www.mountain-and-desert.com
Adventure travel and wildlife photography 


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