Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska

An interview with Harry Bosen in The Roanoke Times describes this encounter:

"Bosen was aware that he wasn't at the top of the food chain in remote Alaska. But, in a sense, that was an integral part of the experience. It was mystical 'being there with a top predator who is not acting like a predator toward you at all even though he had the opportunity.'

"Capturing the essence of the mysticism was watching a grizzly and some wolf cubs near a place called Nursery Ridge playing together."

• Interview with Harry Bosen: Travel: Roar of life in wild Alaska, The Roanoke Times, September 5, 2010.
• More photos from Harry Bosen

Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Ryan Tipp's The Roanoke Times article, "Travel: Roar of life in wild Alaska", continues:

"Bosen said: 'We watched something the guides had never seen. That is the wolves playing with their arch-enemies, the bears.'

"One of the wolf cubs picked up a plastic egg carton and played keep-away with the bear and other wolf."

• Interview with Harry Bosen: Travel: Roar of life in wild Alaska, The Roanoke Times, September 5, 2010.
• More photos from Harry Bosen

Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska

• Interview with Harry Bosen: Travel: Roar of life in wild Alaska, The Roanoke Times, September 5, 2010.
• More photos from Harry Bosen

Joshua Shadow

Joshua Tree National Park. September 2012.

Collared Lizard

Joshua Tree National Park. September 2012.

Cactus Wren, at Nest

Joshua Tree National Park. September 2012.

Elk in Snow Field

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, in September 2011. At the top of the Fall River Road.

"The elk were in the snow field far off on the opposite side of the valley."

Burrowing Owl

Fontana, California.

Mating Gannets

Perce Island, Canada.

Taken with a 200 mm lens on a Minolta 5xi camera.

Geese

Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee.

Taken with a 200 mm lens on a Minolta 5xi camera.

Flock of Geese

San Joaquin River Refuge, California.

A mixed flock of Ross's geese, snow geese and Aleutian Canada geese.

Sandhills at Dawn

Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California.

This photo was printed in the Spring 2012 issue of the Magazine.

Coyote

San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, California.

Burrowing Owl, on Generator

Fontana, California.

Spotted Towhee

Pt. Reyes National Seashore, California.

Young Red-Shouldered Hawk

Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California.

Sandhill Cranes

Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California.

This photo was printed in the Spring 2012 issue of the Magazine.

Tree Frog

Whitewater Preserve, California.

Hawk

Redding, Connecticut.

Cloudscape

Butterfly

Bison and Calf

Bison

Black Bear

Beetles