WILDLIFE GALLERY
Wilderness Images by Dave Gafney
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Most of the images in this gallery were photographed
in national parks where I have had the privilege to work as
an interpretive naturalist or ranger. I
have a friend in Massachusetts who erects small blinds near swamps and beaver
ponds in nearby state forests where he patiently spends many happy hours.
Each year he captures a few great wildlife images.
I tend not to have the patience for this method.
Perhaps I have been spoiled by the years that I spent living and working
in national parks. It is within
this small percentage of the land area of our country - national parks, national
wildlife refuges, private sanctuaries and some state parks, where hunting has
been prohibited for a prolonged period of time - that the wildlife has lost at
least some of an otherwise healthy phobia regarding human beings.
In most of the country, if you see a wild animal, it will probably be in
full flight, not at all wanting to see you.
For this reason, the more time you spend in national parks or other areas
where the wildlife is strictly protected, the far greater will be your chances
of achieving great wildlife images.
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