How many have you photographed?

[Dave McClung]

Backpacker Magazine recently published an "A" list for wildlife in the U.S. How many of them have you photographed?

The "A" List:

Alligators,
Bald Eagles,
Bears,
Bighorn Sheep,
Elk,
Moose,
Mountain Lions,
Wolves
I have photographed all of them at least once in the wild. Photographing them in captivity doesn't count.
I would guess that mountain lions and wolves are the hardest to find. The wolf I photographed was in Alaska.

[Julie Reed]

My husband loves to take pictures of wild animals. He has photographed:
Bighorn Sheep
Bears
Elk
Moose

[Dave McClung]

My husband loves to take pictures of wild animals. He has photographed:
Bighorn Sheep
Bears
Elk
Moose

There is a lot of luck involved in takng pictures of wild animals. One pretty well has to spend a lot of time where animals are.

I suspect that the hardest one to get is the wolf. There just aren't many of them. I took a picture of one in Alaska.

Mountain Lions are also hard to find. One just has to be lucky. I have photographed two. One was in Colorado and the other in Arizona.

[Jonathan Long]

On this my score would be a big ol' -0-... given where I live nothing on the list is around me on a regular basis... I could go photograph bears if I travelled north a couple hoursand they have some wolves in far northwestern WI - that's about 8 hours drive from here, and if I went west a couple of hours I might get a Bald Eagle...

This list seems biased towards the western states.... us Midwesterners are out of luck....

Jon

[Dave McClung]

On this my score would be a big ol' -0-... given where I live nothing on the list is around me on a regular basis... I could go photograph bears if I travelled north a couple hoursand they have some wolves in far northwestern WI - that's about 8 hours drive from here, and if I went west a couple of hours I might get a Bald Eagle...

This list seems biased towards the western states.... us Midwesterners are out of luck....

Jon

I don't know how they came up with their list. I would guess that people in Alaska would have the best chance of getting all of them near where they live.

PS: I don't think they will see an alligator in Alaska, but could see the rest.

[Julie Reed]

All of ours have been taken at National Parks. I remember when we saw bears at Yosemite in the picnic area where we were eating. I ran as fast as I could to the car and my husband calmly grabbed the camara and walked even closer to take a picture.

[Jim Chabot]

Backpacker Magazine recently published an "A" list for wildlife in the U.S. How many of them have you photographed?

The "A" List:

Alligators,
Bald Eagles,
Bears,
Bighorn Sheep,
Elk,
Moose,
Mountain Lions,
Wolves
I have photographed all of them at least once in the wild. Photographing them in captivity doesn't count.
I would guess that mountain lions and wolves are the hardest to find. The wolf I photographed was in Alaska.



Moose is the only one that I have photographed, they are plentiful in Northern Maine and relatively easy to find and photograph. I have seen many Bald Eagles up here, never when I have had my camera out. In the seven years that I have ridden snow sled, I have so far only encountered a Wolf once. I'm guessing that a Mountain Lion could be difficult, I have only seen one and he or she was moving right along, no time to get a photo.

[Judy Hamilton]

My aim is not to encounter these animals..this is why I have the mountain lion scaring yellow
umbrella..remember??
I have photographed the black bear and elk (I mistaken for large deer) when in Yellowstone

[Dana Grant]

I have no desire to see these animals in the wild. Nope. None whatsoever. That is, unless I'm in a cabin or something and they walk by......LOL Yep, I'm what is commonly known as "CHICKEN" and proud of it!!! ha ha ha ha