Pronghorn and Mt. Moran

[Teton Chuck]

I took this photo in Grand Teton National Park. The mountain in the background is Mt. Moran. These pronghorn have left the valley on their yearly migration to southern Wyoming. Theirs is the second longest land mammal migration in North America.

[Donald]

Chuck

Great to see one of your pictures. And it is beautiful. The lighting is wonderful.

[terrib]

Agree with Donald. The light is wonderful and it's a great composition. Love the effects of the clouds.

It is good to see you post!

[Mike Buckley]

Seeing your photo reminds me that we or at least I haven't seen you around here lately. Hope all is going well for you.

The light and clouds really make this photo and you captured both very well.

[tbob]

Add me to Terri and Donald. You did a good job of portraying the prairie environment the pronghorn live in.

Do they migrate to avoid deep snow? I always thought the ones in the southern Canadian prairies stayed put and just went to south west facing slopes

[jprzybyla]

Beautiful image Chuck, as has been commented the light is wonderful. Nice to see you posting again.

[deetheturk]

Hi Chuck,

I agree with the rest of the guys,beautiful capture!

David

[Wavelength]

Really really Nice

[John 2]

That's just lovely especially the light.

[Teton Chuck]

Thanks to all of you who commented. I appreciate the feedback. I almost always use a tripod, but this photo required me to do the shot hand held. Trevor, to answer your question. They do migrate to avoid the snow. Sometimes some pronghorn do not leave early enough to avoid the deep snow in the pass that they must cross and are trapped in Jackson Hole. Most of these animals die due to lack of food or predation. A coyote couldn't catch a pronghorn on dry ground, but in deep snow the pronghorn can't run and are very vulnerable to predation.