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Eric Albright Photography I consider it an honor to be able to share with you the way I see the natural world. Welcome to Eric Albright Photography on Facebook. No AI used in my work.

Although I probably do this more for myself, it is humbling when a moment that I capture can be appreciated by someone else and may possibly have a positive impact. Please browse through the folders and feel free to comment on any of the images. If you have any interest in purchasing any of my images, click on the "Shop Now" logo. Thanks and I hope you enjoy...Check out my website. ericalbrightphotography.com

If there's a more adorable North American animal than a Bear cub, you'll need some fancy reasoning to change my mind. I ...
12/11/2026

If there's a more adorable North American animal than a Bear cub, you'll need some fancy reasoning to change my mind. I captured these Black Bears cubs in the Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. And no worries, yes mother was nearby and I was at a safe distance for both myself and the Bears. This was in the early springtime, so these little guys were still exploring a brand new world after probably being born while the mother was tucked up in her winter den. Newborn Black Bear cubs weigh less than a pound and are blind, hairless, and dependent on their mother's milk. When the mother and cubs emerge from the den in the springtime, the cubs weigh about 4 to 6 pounds. These cubs grow quickly on high-fat milk and solid food, reaching around 80 pounds by their first birthday. They stay with their mother through their first winter and part of the following spring/summer, roughly 17 to 18 months old, before she chases them away to find their own home range. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below and please Like and Share.

Bonus posting from the bushlands of Kenya. Spent a morning following this big boy, Olonkera and the rest of the Rongai 5...
12/11/2026

Bonus posting from the bushlands of Kenya. Spent a morning following this big boy, Olonkera and the rest of the Rongai 5. Also spent time with the Topi Boys, so I would call that a good day. What are your thoughts Leave a comment and please Like and Share.

I captured this intimidating moment many years ago in Montana back when I was shooting with film. One of the most elusiv...
11/11/2026

I captured this intimidating moment many years ago in Montana back when I was shooting with film. One of the most elusive predators in the Americas, the Cougar is also known by many different names like Mountain Lion, Puma, Catamount or Panther. It has the widest geographic distribution of any native land mammal in the Western Hemisphere, ranging from the Canadian Yukon down to the southern Andes in Patagonia. Cougars are generally solitary animals, except for females raising dependent young. When on the hunt, they are most active around dawn and dusk using an ambush when they rely on short, explosive bursts of speed, reaching up to 50 miles per hour and powerful vertical leaps of up to 18 feet to take down prey. They will often cache their kills with dirt, leaves, or snow to hide them from scavengers. The reason they are not considered as one of the "Big Cats," is that unlike the roar that you can hear from the big cats in the genus Panthera such as Lions and Tigers, Cougars cannot roar. Instead, they communicate using purrs, chirps, whistles, growls, and high-pitched screams. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below and please Like and Share.

Still in Kenya, so still switching it up. Just so you know, I schedule posts like this in advance, so I may also be post...
10/11/2026

Still in Kenya, so still switching it up. Just so you know, I schedule posts like this in advance, so I may also be posting a few cellphone shots or videos of Kenya while I'm here. But today, I have this bull Elk captured in the the Smokies' Cataloochee Valley. After being eliminated from the southern Appalachians in the 1800s due to over-hunting and habitat destruction, these majestic North American animals were successfully brought back starting in 2001. Today, a thriving population of around 200 to 260 Elk wanders the valleys and riverbeds of the Smokies. An adult bull Elk is nothing to mess around with. With his knife sharp antlers and its massive size, they would lay a big hurt on someone foolish enough to get in their way. A full grown bull Elk can weigh up to half a ton and will run over anything that it felt threatened by, especially during the rut. In September and October during the autumn mating season, these dominant bulls can be heard making loud, haunting vocalizations called bugling to attract harems and warn off competing males. It is one of my favorite sounds in the natural world. During this rut is when they are the most dangerous as they will go after anything they believe is getting between them and their harem. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below and please Like and Share.

Since I'm in Kenya this week, I thought I would shake it up a little bit with and an Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear. What al...
09/11/2026

Since I'm in Kenya this week, I thought I would shake it up a little bit with and an Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear. What always gets me about this capture is his claws. These deadly looking instruments measure between 2 to 6 inches, with standard Brown Bear claws around 3 to 5 inches, and massive Kodiak Brown Bear claws reaching up to 6 inches. As threatening as they may look, they are primarily used for digging out roots, tubers, bulbs, and ground-dwelling rodents like ground squirrels, or to excavate deep dens for hibernation. But don't get me wrong, in a confrontation they will use these claws like having multiple knives in each hand...or paw and can inflict massive damage with them. One thing I find interesting is that although they are made of the same material as out own fingernails, keratin, this is wrapped around a living bone core connected directly to the Bear's muscles and tendons. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below and please Like and Share.

I wanted to talk a little bit about this beautiful Lady of Amboseli, her name is Angelina. Obviously her most recognizab...
08/11/2026

I wanted to talk a little bit about this beautiful Lady of Amboseli, her name is Angelina. Obviously her most recognizable feature is her left tusk that curves backwards instead of forward like normal. Angelina has become a well-known African Elephant matriarch in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, born in January 1985. Her life and family group were featured in the BBC series Dynasties II. In early 2020, she gave birth to a rare set of twins, a male and a female named Atlas and Alana, something that only happens in less than 1% of elephant births. But during a severe drought, her male twin sadly passed away due to lack of nutrition, while she successfully raised her surviving female twin. Male Elephant calves need more nutrition because of the way that they grow, so during the drought he couldn't maintain that nutritional needs and passed away. I'm hoping that I get to see her again on the trip I'm on now because I recently found out that she recently welcomed a new calf named Atus. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below and please Like and Share.

So what makes African Elephant bulls like Umoja so special? When one spends time in the presence of animals such as this...
06/11/2026

So what makes African Elephant bulls like Umoja so special? When one spends time in the presence of animals such as this, there is a feeling within that can wash over a person like no other. But other than the emotional response that make these bulls special, there are many things to know about them that help to define what they bring to an Elephant population and what effect their loss can have on future generations. I have mentioned bachelor groups in past postings, so I wanted to talk a little bit about that part of their lives. Although in the past it was believed that adult bulls are strictly solitary, more recent research shows that male Elephants have a much more complex social life and rely heavily on flexible associations with other bulls of all ages and maturity. They do still live a general solitary life, but they will come together to form these bachelor groups. Young bulls leave their family herds around ages 12 to 15, often driven off by the matriarch of the family group. In bachelor groups, these young bulls learn critical survival skills such as sparring, fighting etiquette and how to read social signals from older, more experienced bulls. Mature bulls within these groups establish their own dominance and help suppress abnormal aggression in younger males, maintaining overall peace and social order. Stable bachelor groups with older mentor bulls prevent rogue behavior from the younger less experienced bulls, which also can mean teaching them how to avoid human/wildlife conflict. These older Elephant bull leaders usually take the front position when these groups travel, guiding younger males to reliable food, water sources, and safe migration routes, teaching the next generation of bulls all of this vital information that could take a lifetime to learn. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below and please Like and Share.

This big boy is one of the main reasons that I am back in Kenya this week. Umoja is the legendary resident bull elephant...
05/11/2026

This big boy is one of the main reasons that I am back in Kenya this week. Umoja is the legendary resident bull elephant and "Super Tusker" of Kenya's Selenkay Conservancy and continues to thrive as the primary wildlife ambassador for the region. Umoja is known for his gentle nature and massive tusks and the 39-year-old bull remains a permanent staple of the Amboseli-Selenkay ecosystem. Umoja has spent over 15 years continuously utilizing the 15,000-acre community-owned conservancy. He is also known as a pioneer bull, drawing in other large independent males from nearby Amboseli National Park to form safe bachelor groups away from human conflict zones. While Umoja famously considers Selenkay his primary home, trackers and safari guides note that he occasionally makes brief, treks into the core of Amboseli National Park before returning to settle back in the conservancy's bushlands and quiet waterholes. His presence remains crucial to the success of Selenkay's community-led framework. Income generated from low-impact ecotourism and the related "Adopt-an-Acre" initiatives directly lease the land from local Maasai landowners, ensuring vital migratory corridors are kept protected from agricultural subdivision. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below and please Like and Share.

Once you see a newborn or young African Elephant calf, you realize that they are about the cutest thing you can see in t...
04/11/2026

Once you see a newborn or young African Elephant calf, you realize that they are about the cutest thing you can see in the wild. And with the really young one, it's so much fun to watch them try to use their trunks. It takes a while for them to learn what this thing is for and how to use it and they are often seen wildling flailing around with their trunk because they just don't get it yet. They can be seen tripping over them and stepping on them, sometimes surprising themselves when they accidently step on it. From birth through about six months they can be seen sucking on their trunk similar to human babies. It takes about five years for these young Elephants to master how to use this organ. And just a bit of amazing information, the trunk contains between 40,000 to 50,000 muscles, so you can understand why it takes so long to figure out this amazing appendage for these youngsters. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below and please Like and Share.

When this photo is posted I will be on a plane heading across the Atlantic back to Kenya, once again to one of my main c...
03/11/2026

When this photo is posted I will be on a plane heading across the Atlantic back to Kenya, once again to one of my main comfort zones. I was there at the end of last year and was lucky enough to Capture this Moment with the late, legendary, super-tusker Craig and it was one of the best moments of my life. I had landed in the Amboseli ecosystem and my Maasai guides asked me what I was looking for the most. My quick answer made it obvious...Tuskers and Craig was at the top of my list. But finding a huge animal like this isn't as easy it may seem. Amboseli is not just a national park, it is an ecosystem that stretches from Kenya into Tanzania. So on the day we entered the park for my first visit since 2020, I had high hopes that we could find Craig or one of the other super-tuskers that roam this vast African landscape. After several hours we weren't having any luck, although there were scores or perhaps hundreds of Elephants that were easy to find and photograph, the big bulls that I was really hoping for were eluding us. But then a call came in over the radio that told us about Craig's location. And when we found him grazing among the shrubs I was not disappointed. I was in awe of his size and also about his apparent gentle disposition. I captured a few moments and shot some video of him feeding, all the while he showed only a relaxed ambivalence. Then he turned and just looked down at me with the most gentle, beautiful look and time almost stood still. The way he turned and looked at me, in that moment I felt as if he was giving me a gift. Not just a Captured Moment like this one, but the gift of helping me to see how special these moments really are. Sometimes I get wrapped inside my head about taking the best photographs and forget about the actual moment that I always talk about. He was teaching me to really appreciate each of the moments like this one, because they really are rare. Just two months later, Craig passed away from natural causes. He lived and died on his own terms as a wild Elephant, as it should be. And I still consider the short time I spent with him as a gift. What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below and please Like and Share.

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