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The blog covers unforgettable nature experiences, wildlife guides, and destination guides. Destination Wildlife believes strongly in the ideas and guidelines of the Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism. Its vision, to use industry practices based on personal and corporate responsibility to uplift whole communities, preserve their cultural heritage and conserve the environment, is both..
Destination Wildlife
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Project SNOWstorm, launched in 2013, has become one the world’s largest collaborative research project focasing on snowy owls. The volunteer organization is funded entirely by donations. This is “Amishtown” Image: Alan Richard photography from Project SNOWstorm Owls
Destination: WIldlife co-founder, Roberta Kravette
Scott Weidensaul, ornithologist, lecturer, field researcher, and author of more than thirty books (!), including many of the most important volumes on birds and avian migration, is also one of the nicest and most generous people I know. He is also the co-founder of many conservat ..read more
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The neon-bright Multi-colored tanager is one of Colombia’s 78 endemic bird species, many only found only in a single tiny “island” of habitat. Colombia is a birder’s paradise. Image: ©Jorman Esteban Berrio
Colombia! Long before I’d first glimpsed its cloud-topped mountains, walked its deep, lush rainforests, or heard the extraordinary sound of dozens of hummingbirds gathered to feed, long before my first trip in 2021, I’d heard Colombia was beautiful. But the reality of Colombia’s wild places, from its shorelines to the páramos to the Andes massive, is more than beautiful - Colombia is unforg ..read more
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The Grand Lady of the Grand Tetons, 27-yo grizzly 399 and her new COY ( cub of the year) take a walk through the biscuitroot flowers. Image: ©Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven
Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven, Wildlife photographer and author.
Editor’s Note: Join us in congratulating Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven on being a winner in the 8th 35 Awards Wildlife Photography category! We are so proud you, Jorn!
Now that summer has officially begun, the bears are roaming, the crowds are arriving to watch them, and it's time for our annual update on the most famous grizzlies in the world!
Grizzly 399, The Queen of Grand Teton ..read more
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There is no birding in Africa without also wildlife watching. This Tawny Eagle was not impressed by the huge male elephant in musth. It calmly watched the unfolding drama (see below!) Image: ©Roberta Kravette
Roberta Kravette
Note from the editor: How does a small non-profit in rural New York State raise money to save vital carbon-sequestering grasslands that provide essential habitat for endangered short-eared and snowy owls, meadowlarks, bobolinks, vesper sparrows, and more? By going to Africa, of course!
Early this year a small group of nature-loving folks, myself included, enjoyed ..read more
Destination Wildlife
1y ago
Five unforgettable books by two unusual authors, Rick McIntyre and John E. Marriott, bear witness to the family live of wolves. Prepare to be surprised. Image: ©Roberta Kravette
Roberta Kravette, Editor and wolf lover!
Wolves.
They seem so familiar, as though we are connected, as though we know them, but then … Wolves are unknowable, unpredictable, and dangerous - aren't they? Isn’t that what we’ve traditionally been taught? I first began reading about wolves because I was curious. And what I discovered is that sometimes what we thought we knew, is wrong.
Thanks to the Yellowstone Project, s ..read more
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1y ago
Gentoo penguins are one of the fascinating wildlife species we encountered on our Antarctic trip with Venturing Crew 774 of Southern California , a co-ed branch of the California Boys Scouts Image: © Bernd Steinebrunner
The Idea Becomes a Reality
© Bernd Steinebrunner Author and photographer.
In December 2021, a group of 39 youth and adults from Venturing Crew 774 of Southern California, a co-ed “branch” of the Boy Scouts, embarked on an epic, once-in-a-lifetime adventure: an expedition to the magical continent of Antarctica.
It was the idea of Jeff B., a Scout leader, scientist, professiona ..read more
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1y ago
THE PHOTOGRAPHER DECIDED TO MOVE!! WHEN THE BISON BEGAN TO PAY ATTENTION, IT IS TIME TO GO. BISON ARE NOT KNOWN FOR THEIR SENSE OF HUMOR. IMAGE THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF ©MARK SETH LENDER
ROBERA KRAVETTE, EDITOR, NATURE LOVER
By Roberta Kravette
This article includes newly updated information and images! (It originally ran in 2019)
Imagine standing on a rounded ridge looking across an endless prairie grassland. A ferruginous hawk soars high above the undulating hills; the wind rustles the grass at your feet. To the west are the telltale signs of a prairie dog town, no sign of its inhabitants ..read more
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1y ago
Spring 2020, the world fell in love when 24-yo grizzly 399 introduced her four adorable cubs to the world. Why was one recently killed by Wyoming Fish and Game Department? Image: ©Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven
By Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven
Last week we wildlife lovers realized our worst fear: one of celebrity grizzly 399's newly weaned cubs was dead. A ranger killed it to protect humans. Why?
Award winning wildlife photographer and D: W Team member, Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven
Why Did Wyoming’s Game and Fish Department Kill a Newly Weaned Grizzly Cub?
After repeated conflicts in residential areas ..read more
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1y ago
"This is what we drove all this way for," I overheard a husband say to his wife. We were in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, admiring a grizzly bear sow and her two yearling cubs grazing peacefully in a patch of willows.
The usual crowds of visitors are already arriving in Jackson Hole this year, albeit somewhat impeded by the construction work keeping Jackson's only airport closed through the end of June. High on most visitors' must-see list is a grizzly bear. And the grizzly visitors most want to see is 399. So, with bears and tourists emerging from their dens, I thought it was tim ..read more
Destination Wildlife
2y ago
How to Get Great Photographs of Javelina
Javelina baby’s are called “reds” because of their reddish color hair. Unlike piglets who are helpless at birth, the red is quickly up and running - literally. Image: ©Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven
By Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven
Wildlife photographer and D: W team member, Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven
When COVID-19 closed international borders in the fall of 2020, I found myself scrambling.
Autumn photography in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, had been great (the moose rut!), but a deep freeze had pushed me south by late October. Expecting to spend the winter months in Mexico photo ..read more