Tag: Oscar Dewhurst

Oscar writes: On our last evening in the Tetons, we spent a couple of hours at a spot where in the previous two days we had seen Elk, Otters, Beavers, Grizzly Bears, Bald Eagles, Kingfishers and Moose. Parking up and getting out we saw that there were a few people standing on the river bank…

Oscar writes: Nearly two years ago now I was on holiday with my family in Kenya, more specifically around the Masai Mara. Rather than actually staying inside the main park, we stayed in conservancies, areas where the number of beds are tightly regulated, meaning you can drive around all day and see only a couple…

Oscar writes: Early April last year saw me in Suffolk hoping to photograph Bitterns. Unfortunately I had no luck with them and they stayed very elusive for the duration of my stay. Luckily this Little Egret was a lot more cooperative, spending a lot of time feeding in the new green reeds in front of…

Oscar writes: As we approached the end of our time in America, one animal I hadn’t managed to get any photos of was the Pronghorn. The second fastest land animal on the planet, it can run up to 54 miles per hour and despite closely resembling antelopes, isn’t actually in their family. On one of…

Oscar writes: I took this on the same morning as the previous two images ((Otter, Grizzly Bear) it was a pretty good morning!), and in fact just half an hour after we’d seen the bears. Driving back for lunch we saw car that was pulled over on the side of the road. This is often…

Oscar writes: This is the mother grizzly bear that I mentioned in my last photo (grizzly bear 610 for those interested!). Having realised that we weren’t going to see them from the dirt road we’d taken we moved on down the road. It soon became apparent that we hadn’t seen the last of them though,…

Thank you to Oscar for all his images this year – and a new one will appear at 6pm today.    

Oscar writes: While I was in America we spent 5 days in Grand Teton National Park. On out penultimate morning, while looking out from Oxbow Bend, I spotted a mother grizzly and her two cubs swimming across the lake. I got a few photos of them with the trees behind, and they then passed into…

Oscar writes: While hiking around Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park we came across this gorgeous Steller’s Jay feeding in some conifer trees. Fortunately it didn’t seem bothered by me trying to creep up on it, and happily carried on feeding, letting me take some photos of it. Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f/4 AF-S…

Oscar writes: After our week in Yellowstone, we spent a few days staying near Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park. One of my favourite birds there was the Clark’s Nutcracker, and in fact I saw several in the pine trees just outside the hotel rooms. One morning I spent an hour photographing this bird…