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Echoes From the Wild, Photo Essays, Echoes Homepage, Legacy Lona Downs 5/7/25 Echoes From the Wild, Photo Essays, Echoes Homepage, Legacy Lona Downs 5/7/25

Echoes from the Wild: In the Quiet of the Reeds

The elusive Shoebill... I wanted to meet him in the wild—not in captivity. In the stillness of a quiet swamp, we met eyes. No barrier. No flinch. Just presence. This is how I hoped to see him… and how I’ll always remember it.

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Majestic. 

#yellowstone #elkcountry #yellowstonenationalpark #wildphotography #lonadownsphotography
Morning light in Hayden Valley.

Mist on the river, golden reflections, and wildlife beginning to stir — one of those Yellowstone mornings when it was hard to put the camera down.
See additional sunrise images from my time in Hayden Valley. Lin
Some mornings the Tetons just hand you one. 🫎
Bull moose shedding his velvet in the early morning light, Grand Teton, September. 
Early alarms pay off… I’d barely sipped my coffee and there he was. 

Have you ever seen a moose in velvet
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