5 New Greatest Wolf Books that Bring You Into the Pack. 2023 Edition

Our five new great wolf books for 2023 bring you into the pack to witness the daily lives of wild wolves. There is no better way to learn about grey wolves. Wolf expert, educator, and author Rick McIntyre has more time observing the life of wolves in the wild than any other human on the planet. Wildlife photographer John E. Marriott discovered and quietly followed a family of wild wolves in Kootenay National Park, Canada, for over five years. He then held their story to protect their lives. Enter the lives of wolves through McIntyre’s and Marriott’s eyes and words, you will never forget the journey.

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Winter Secrets of the New York Grasslands: Snowy Owls, Short-eared Owls, and More

Winter in New York’s Washington County Grasslands is a time of owls and hawks and surprising little songbirds all from the Arctic. The Grassland Bird Trust land in the heart of the Grassland’s IBA is the place to go to see the wintering raptors and wonderful cold weather song birds.

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The Best Place to See Fishing Bears

Hyder, Alaska has bears, lots of hungry, brown (grizzly) bears and when salmon come to spawn, they are the best show in town. Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven’s photography captures the action and shares tips. Called, the “Budget Brooks Falls” because it is so much less expensive than Katmai National Park, come to Hyder to photograph fishing bears, eagles and other wildlife from the safety and convenience of Fish Creek Wildlife Viewing platform.

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Beware the Bold, Bad Birds of the African Bush

African raptors.. Sure, Africa has sweet, colorful, songbirds - but then there are the bad boys of the air. From acrobatic eagles to strutting, snake-stomping raptors to the fabulous fishers, the outrageous behaviors of these birds can leave you speechless. I can not get enough of South Africa’s bad-ass birds! You have to be tough to share your home with lions, leopards, elephants, and jackals. In sub-Saharan Africa, birding has drama all its own.

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9 Reasons You Will Love the Grasslands National Park

Grasslands National Park, in Saskatewan, Canada may be everything a nature lover wants in a park: Camera-ready landscapes, extraordinary topography, photogenic wildlife, endangered species, and no crowds!

The Park preserves one of North America’s largest remaining expanses of native grasslands and supports a wide variety of plains wildlife – including a surprising number of endangered species. To stand in the endless plains is to feel both incredibly small and at one with nature. But if that is not enough, here are nine more reasons to visit Grasslands National Park. New, updated information and images included

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The Killing of Grizzly 1057

Why Did Wyoming’s Game and Fish Department kill newly weaned grizzly cub 1057? When grizzly 399 weaned her four cubs earlier this spring, two of the cubs went north. The other two cubs headed southeast into the Green River Valley where they had found human food in the past. One of these was the young grizzly 1057. A fed bear is a dead bear.

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Close Encounter at Bosque Del Apache Wildlife Refuge

The Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge turned out to be the perfect place for a wildlife photographer to escape from the winter cold. A slim refuge on the Rio Grande in New Mexico, the Bosque del Apache is a famous sanctuary for sandhill cranes, snow geese, and many other birds. But mammals such as coyotes and bobcats live there, too - and then there is the javelina! Tips on finding and photographing javelina and where to stay in the Bosque del Apache area.

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Notes From Africa, A New York Photographer Follows His Heart

Neither COVID nor a hip replacement could keep this photographer from following his heart to Africa and the mountain gorilla’s of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Larry Blau found elephants, lions, rhinos and birds, discovered the gerenuk, and met a silverback. And he found time to write home about it all.

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