Photo of the Day: Rocky Mountain Elk

15 Comments on “Photo of the Day: Rocky Mountain Elk”

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   Tribble Wife December 13, 2011 at 8:42 am #

   Beautiful photo!

   I’m nominating you for the Diverse Blogger Award. You can see more about it here.

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     Brian December 13, 2011 at 9:54 am #

     Awesome! We’re delighted. Thank you.

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   Angelia Sims December 13, 2011 at 9:09 am #

   Gorgeous!

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     Brian December 13, 2011 at 9:58 am #

     Thank you. When we saw this guy he was making such a ruckus trying to get some female attention. It was pretty funny to watch. Quite a difference between the sulking animal we saw in real-time and the majestic animal depicted in the still.

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   Rosie December 13, 2011 at 9:34 am #

   What a magnificent animal – great photo!
   I am following your adventures with great interest… DH and I are thinking that would be a great way to spend 5 months of the year in the US when the weather here in the UK is so bad he can’t walk without support (uses a wheelchair mainly), getting to know the States for real! =)
   Thanks for the inspiration!

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     Brian December 13, 2011 at 10:01 am #

     We’ve found RVing to be an ideal way to explore the U.S. There is so much territory to cover, some of it quite remote. I don’t think you can do it justice without some camping.

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   customtripplanning December 13, 2011 at 11:03 am #

   Wonderful photo and great comment about his behavior! Randy male….LOL

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   Kristina December 14, 2011 at 4:42 am #

   Oh this is amazing! Must be an amazing feeling meeting an animal as magnificent as Elk! 🙂

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     Pierotucci December 14, 2011 at 5:33 am #

     I agree with Kristina – it must be simply breath taking to be in person with a piece of nature like this!

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       Brian December 14, 2011 at 10:13 am #

       It really, really is.

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     Brian December 14, 2011 at 10:12 am #

     Our National Parks are really national treasures. They’re nice to visit, but we found staying in the parks to be so much more rewarding. There is nothing quite like having a herd of bison wander through your campground, like in this older post: https://everywhereonce.com/2011/10/10/teddy-roosevelt-bison/ Or watching a randy elk get ignored by an entire herd of females. Viewing nature up close is pretty spectacular.

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   writeangleswithsheila December 14, 2011 at 1:44 pm #

   Simply love this photograph. It’s a stunner.

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   flyingkakapo December 14, 2011 at 9:51 pm #

   Love the photo, pity the elk didn’t move his head into the sun.

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   earthriderjudyberman December 14, 2011 at 10:00 pm #

   He’s stunning, especially with that backdrop. The females were just playing hard to get, I’m sure.

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   Peter Pazucha December 18, 2011 at 8:01 am #

   Gorgeous Image!

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