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Ode to the Wolf Watchers

 Tribute to Yellowstone Wolf Watchers  Welcome to Jellystone National Park  If you’ve never been in nature with a scope, you may not understand the draw. It’s so far away! How can you really see anything? Allow me to illustrate how truly connected you can feel from afar behind the lens of a Swarovski telescope. To watch an animal in its natural habitat, from afar, without obstructing the behaviors can be a breathtaking experience! If you’ve used the phrase ‘to be a fly on the wall’ you know what it feels to want to observe behavior that isn’t modified by your presence. Instead of a fly let’s be the rare pygmy owl and instead of a wall let's pick Montana’s big sky over Yellowstone rather than an interior wall. That’s what it’s like to view wildlife through a scope hundreds of yards away. The combination of the other four senses makes the viewing come to life in a way that is quite humbling. It is truly a privilege to be amongst such grandeur in God’s country, witnessing uninterrupte

Ode to the Wolf Watchers

Tribute to Yellowstone Wolf Watchers  Welcome to Jellystone National Park If you’ve never been in nature with a scope, you may not understand the draw. It’s so far away! How can you really see anything? Allow me to illustrate how truly connected you can feel from a distance behind the lens of a Swarovski telescope. To watch an animal in its natural habitat, from afar, without obstructing the behaviors, can be a breathtaking experience! If you’ve used the phrase ‘to be a fly on the wall’ you know what it feels to want to observe behavior that isn’t modified by your presence. Instead of a fly let’s be the rare pygmy owl and instead of an interior wall let's pick Montana’s big sky over Yellowstone! That’s what it’s like to view wildlife through a scope hundreds of yards away. The combination of the other four senses makes the viewing come to life in a way that is quite humbling.  It is truly a privilege to be amongst such grandeur in God’s country, witnessing uninterrupted musings of