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I'm excited about adding this
free safari to my 2023 schedule. For those who do the Yellowstone/Teton Spring Wildlife Safari, this safari is
free. In 2021 during the
holiday break I spent a day shooting Clark's Grebes, with chicks
riding their backs, as the hunted for fish in the waterways adjacent
to the refuge road. Morning and late afternoon were very busy,
and during breaks I photographed the hundreds of Forster's Terns
that were taking bugs off the surface of the waterways on the east
side of the refuge.
Overall, it made for a very rewarding day of
photography, as the photos illustrate. I also shot many other
birds, terns, avocets, as well as a raccoon and a striped skunk. |
If you are participating in the Yellowstone/Teton Spring
Safari, just let me know that you would like to participate in this one day
event, and you are in. There is a nearby hotel and good cafe in Brigham City to eat at. Also, if you are
looking for other photography locations after the spring Yellowstone Safari, then Antelope Island State
Park is not far away.
The deposit is 50% via check, Paypal, or credit card, and
the balance is due halfway between the deposit date and the
safari date unless you are booking within 3 months, then
full payment is due. Check the main safari page for other
information. Spouses can ride/walk along at no charge,
but you must have your own vehicle to travel in.
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I've spent my 38-year wildlife photography
career shooting in the American West. The first 23
years shooting out of Utah, the past 15 years out of
California. With 1500 published photo credits, dozens
of magazine covers and article, and a lifetime wandering the
roads of the west, the photo safaris that I lead are all to
the best locations, at the best times, during peak wildlife
activity periods. |
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shooting at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in 1993,
Antelope Island State Park a few years after that, and
Farmington Bay WMA around 2007. Along with Salt Creek
WMA a few miles farther north, these refuges have always
been excellent locations to photograph wildlife around the
Great Salt Lake. |
This safari is 1 day long. Probably the
biggest negative to shooting at Bear River are the hordes of gnats
and mosquitoes that live here. I'm sure the term "a cloud of
bugs" began here, where sometimes the form dark columns rising above
the bushes along both sides of the road. Put on some repellant
and suck it up, when you leave you can roll the windows down and
draw them out of the vehicle. |
