Reader Wildlife Photos

These are some of our favorite wildlife photos you've submitted to the Reader Photo Contest.

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Cougar on Fish Creek Trail in North Central Idaho (Robert Millage)

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“Pop Goes The Weasel” (Deborah Scanlon)

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Bears (Reader Photo Contest entry from May 2008)

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Western Tanager in the Teton Range, Wyoming (Shawn Wakefield)

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A young fawn only 20 yards from the AT, not far from Hump Mtn. (Caleb Carr)

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Mule Deer in Yellowstone (Reader Photo Contest Entry)

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Dragonfly (Jennifer Hurst)

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Big horn sheep at Swiftcurrent Pass in Glacier National Park (Richard Etchison)

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Black bear (Reader Photo Contest entry from May 2008)

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Marmot and Pica (Maggie Trigg)

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Photo taken at Gold Bluffs Beach, Redwoods National Park, CA (Suzie Reed)

For more information on the contest visit our entry/rules page.

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