Yellowstone Hidden & Revealed: LAPC

In Yellowstone National Park, much of the wildlife is hidden from view. You have to look carefully to find the animals and sometimes they will reveal themselves to you.

Elk in the Lamar Valley are hidden as they blend into the landscape traveling along a ridge top.

However, when they cross a pond they are revealed. The splashing water draws your attention and their pale colored rumps make you take notice of them.

From a distance, this just looks like two lumps in a field. Sandhill cranes’ plumage helps them stay hidden from view.

However, when they raise their head and you see their distinctive silhouette and red cap, they are revealed.

Pronghorn have bars of white on their coats that somehow help them stay hidden from view. These two does are wandering near the river’s edge.

However, when you see them close up, their markings are clearly revealed.

Sometimes all you see are tiny specks in the distance. You try to zoom in as close as you can with your lens but they still remain hidden. The white arrow in this fuzzy photo is pointing at two grizzly bears hundreds of yards away.

However, these magnificent creatures are revealed when you visit a place that helps conserve them. This image was taken at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. I don’t think I would want to be that close to a grizzly on a trail so I will settle for this view.  😉

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