A Wapati or Elk (Cervus canadensis). Not quite as tall as Moose, the Elk in Jasper are protected from hunting and can be found up to 10 ft. (3 m) from nose to tail with weights up to 450kg (990 lbs). Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Male King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Wollombi Valley, NSW, Australia
One of the beautiful things about being up high in the mountains at dusk is the low angle the sun makes during its final minutes of the day. A halo of light glows though the thick winter coat of this Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) as it grazes in the high altitude meadows leading down from snowbird pass. The blue gray in the upper left is the Robson glacier. Mt Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
