While in random mode, I decided to take a deep dive into my archives, starting with this Steller's Jay photographed eleven years ago in Yosemite National Park.

I've had hundreds of sightings of this species over the years, but only a handful of photo ops. This was the first one.

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Starting the year in random mode starting with my favorite wildlife subject. As you might guess, I'll be doing another moose safari this year. Not often do I get a photo op of a moose in water. This is the latest one, taken over two years ago. I'm due in '25.

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The last day of 2024 brings the last of my '24 in review series.
We wrapped up our travel year with another trip to western South Dakota to visit three great parks including Badlands National Park where this shot was taken shortly after sunrise.

A very happy new year everyone. And I hope 2025 is your best yet.

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Custer State Park in South Dakota is one of our favorite places to visit for wildlife sightings and photography. Two species we see pretty often are White-tailed Deer and Merriam's Turkey. However, we don't often see them together, like this.

This is the next to last of my year in review series. One more day left in 2024 and one more '24 image to come.

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The bulls get most of the attention during the elk rut, but I enjoy watching and photographing the cows and calves too. The calves seem mostly unfazed by all the craziness around them, only scurrying away from any danger when a bull gets too close.

This youngster calmly contemplates its next nibble of willows.

I may take another day away from Flickr tomorrow for a day trip to our local National Wildlife Refuge. Reports of many swans and eagles are to tempting to ignore.

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