Photographs of Grand Teton National Park from June 2013, the final weeks when the 2 natural cubs of grizzly bear 610, and one of 399's cubs adopted two years earlier, were together, including 760.
In the quiet of dawn, a cub of grizzly 610 bawls a loud cry that carries across these large meadows. The sound and pain is obvious, and sad. In a panic, his sibling and mom have fled the meadow and there is a sense of danger in the nearby willows.
One of the yearling cubs of grizzly 610 has been foraging in the wet flats and now has made his way through a willow thicket.
A small number of horses graze the meadows near Moulton Barn. June 2013 is one of the few years I have seen horses kept anywhere other than on the large ranches.
Horses graze in the fields near Moulton Bann with the Teton Range rising in the distance. It is a classic western scene that reminds of simpler days.
It is hard to imagine a more traditional western scene than these horses grazing in Grand Teton National Park.
Grizzly cubs, like 610's, frequently stand to get a better view of their surroundings and to see over the grasses and sage.
A grizzly cub of 610 stands in the wet meadow to get a better view.
A coyote springs across a creek in Grand Teton National Park to return to her waiting litter of pups.
One of grizzly 610's cubs cries in distress after mom and her two sblings scatter after smelling another approaching grizzly.
A cub stands in alarm, looking for 610 who has disappeared.
Arrowroot blooms on the eastern slopes of Signal Mountain.
One of grizzly 610's cubs walks quickly along a willow thicket.
A cub of Grizzly 610, a daughter of Grizzly 399, pauses in her search for mom.
After being deserted in the meadow, one of 610's cubs searches for mom.
Grizzly's 610'ss two cubs forage on grasses and wildflowers, 2013.
Wet from a morning grazing and digging, one of gtizzlyy 610's cub's peers across the meadow.
A grizzly cub, daughter of 610, breaks through a hole in the willow thicket with a wet and muddy face that gives proof to what he has been doing this early morning.
A grizzly cub stands in the shadows to get a better view.
A double rainbow over Cache Creek near the southern entrance to Grand Teton National Park.
As a summer storm passes, a double rainbow emerges with the promise of better tomorrows.
A grizzly cub of 610 stands in a meadow near willow flats and practices his moves.
A golden sunrise on Oxbow Bend of the Snake River.
A large, dark forest grouse closely related to the Sooty Grouse, this Dusky Grouse prefers the woodland edges near open meadows.
A glorious sunrise on Jackson Lake.
A coyote circles through the sage meadows to reach her den and young pups.
Some years are better than others but it is hard to recall a summer with more profuse wildflowers than the summer of 2013.
In just a matter of a couple of weeks, profuse wildflowers spring forth in June.