Leighton Photography & Imaging

An Adorable, Yet Sloppy Eater: Baby Elk

Posted by Rich Leighton on February - 9 - 2013

If you are a parent, then you know this face well – this very young elk calf is a sloppy eater! I photographed this wild herd yesterday in the Eastern Cascade Mountains near Yakima, Washington on a sunny, cold winter afternoon.

Baby Elk

Baby Elk

~ click to enlarge ~

 

Rich Leighton
February 9, 2013
 
                                                                                                                                                            
 
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