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A bison herd moves through a cloud of sunrise-lit dust; one animal lies on its back with hooves raised.

Yellowstone corridor · Montana

Where dust holds the light.

Wildlife photographs by Gregory Laird—behavior, weather and patient distance across Montana’s Yellowstone corridor.

The Wallow · Sagebrush flat · Aug 1, 7:21am

A first edit

Wild lives, on their terms.

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A dark duck stands on a wet rock surrounded by glittering whitewater and flying droplets.

Against the Current

One still body inside a river in motion.

Two ground squirrels sit at a burrow entrance outlined by warm backlight.

Sentries

Slough Creek · July 26.

A bison rolls on its back in dust with three hooves raised into warm evening light.

Upended

Two thousand pounds becomes all gesture.

Black-and-white close view of a bison eye surrounded by dense fur.

The Eye

A horizon reflected in the wet cornea.

A bison grazes close to the camera while a herd spreads across a valley beneath a dark storm shelf.

Storm Grazing

The herd feeds beneath lowering weather.

Two ravens overlap in dark silhouette on a pine branch against blue sky.

Raven Pair

Two profiles inside one silhouette.

A wet bison shakes its head, throwing a fine arc of sunlit water across a green meadow.

Story 01 · Three mornings

The Wallow

Five frames following one behavior from rain-darkened hide to sunrise dust.

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The calendar

One valley, every season.

A visiting photographer gets one week of whatever weather turns up. I get the whole calendar on the same ground, and I can go back to the same animals until the picture is solved.

Winter is the narrow one: December to February the Gardiner–Cooke City road is the only road open in the park. I'm keeping a list for that window.

Field calendar & winter list

Contact

For prints, assignments or licensing, write to Gregory.