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Clare 🐻‍❄️❄️
@clareryanwild.bsky.social
Wildlife field tech + wildlife photographer 🐺📸
📍Based in Colorado
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Hi I’m Clare, and I’m a wildlife field technician & wildlife photographer based in Colorado. Here are some of my favorite/best photos from 2023 ⭐️ Nikon D610

South Africa • Colorado • Mexico • California • South Dakota • Canada
Portrait of a bighorn ram 🐏

#mammals #wildlifephotography
April 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
April 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Black-footed ferrets are one of the rarest mammals in North America. They are critically endangered with fewer than 500 wild ferrets across their former range.

I was very lucky to see this ferret hunting prairie dogs outside of Denver on Friday morning! #mammals #wildlifephotography
April 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
From 2022, because we had a winter storm rolling in last night 🌕

#nightsky #lunareclipse #bloodmoon
March 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy #TwosDay from these rival New Zealand sea lions!

#mammals #wildlifephotography
March 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Greater sandhill cranes are coming through the San Luis Valley! These birds winter in southern NM, then pass through the valley in March to fuel up before continuing north to their breeding grounds in the northern U.S. & Canada.

📍Monte Vista Nationa Wildlife Refuge

#birds #wildlifephotography
March 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A coyote using the road to travel to avoid expending more energy through heavy snow.

#mammals #wildlifephotography #protectpublicland
March 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Debating making the jump to mirrorless—wildlife photographers who switched or stayed with dslr cameras, what do you recommend?

I currently use the Nikon D850 with the 200-500mm zoom lens, and I want to upgrade to a prime lens. If I’m going to spend the money this may be a good time to switch? 😬
March 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Sharing the road 🦬

#mammals #wildlifephotography
February 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I didn’t see any foxes on my October trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton until I spotted a family of 5 in Colorado on my drive home. This one was happy to pose for me while the others played in the bushes nearby. #mammals #wildlifephotography
November 26, 2024 at 3:58 PM
An American pika chirping in Rocky Mountain National Park #mammals #wildlifephotography
November 25, 2024 at 3:25 PM
We’re right in the middle of the mule deer rut, and this guy made sure not to let a nearby female get to far away while grazing #mammals #wildlifephotography
November 22, 2024 at 1:22 AM
This is one of my favorite fall color shots from last year! A white-tailed buck rests during the rut in the CSKT Bison Range in MT #mammals
November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
A young transient orca having a whale of a time just off Vancouver Island #mammals
November 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
While watching this quail for awhile, I sensed something behind me, and turned to see this guy trying (and ultimately failing) to hunt a rabbit!
November 19, 2024 at 12:11 AM
A male California quail struts across a dirt road in Carmel Valley, CA. I had to wait very quietly next to this path for a long time before the quails felt comfortable enough to come out of the trees again. #birds 🪶
November 18, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Friday’s super moon rising over the Colorado foothills. Taken with my iPhone.
November 17, 2024 at 3:44 PM
This sweet fawn still had his juvenile pelage in mid October. By now, he’ll have lost his spots and be transitioning into a fuzzy, winter fawn. #mammals #wildlifephotography
November 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM
A bull elk runs through a meadow in the early morning light. The smoke from the Pack Trail fire hung very heavy over the valley that day.
📍Jackson, WY #mammals
November 14, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Autumn fox 🍁🦊
November 13, 2024 at 3:25 PM
3 mountain plover chicks in their nest shortly after hatching. Against the odds, ALL 3 of these chicks survived to fledging (the point at which their flight feathers are large enough to achieve flight)!

*chicks tagged and banded with state + federal permits*

#birds #ploverlover #wildlifebiology
November 9, 2024 at 6:37 PM
A swift fox emerging from their den in eastern Colorado
November 8, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Hi everyone, I’ve come over from the “other” place. I know everything is awful now, but hopefully this cute mama + baby southern sea otter duo will help today. Tomorrow we’ll get back to work.
November 6, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Hi I’m Clare, and I’m a wildlife field technician & wildlife photographer based in Colorado. Here are some of my favorite/best photos from 2023 ⭐️ Nikon D610

South Africa • Colorado • Mexico • California • South Dakota • Canada
November 6, 2024 at 8:34 PM