Wyoming: (6) Grand Teton- Wild Animals

Some go seek wild animals, they wait where animals often show up with powerful lenses. We seek, but will snap when opportunities come.

Fall is the season when many wild animals mate and hunt for food to prepare for winter, they "come out" a lot. Chances of encounter are high in the morning and at dawn. I learned from the park newspaper that Grand Teton is a bear country, wearing bear spray is a must. $60+ per can and one use per can! Wow, did not realize it's so expensive. I thought it would cost similar as insect repellent spray. Well, our lives cost more! So we geared up with the bear spray each day we went out, but I still felt a bit nervous. In the end, we did not encounter any bear, it's both a relieve and pity :-). When we returned the rental car to Hertz at the airport, we gave the unused spray to a staff there. And he told us that he saw a bear eating a moose a few hours ago near Jenny Lake!















Mountains in the background makes the beautiful horns of the elk to stand out.















Bald eagle.





















Moose












Chipmunk





























Squirrel














Bees, not exactly wild animals :-)