Photo Of The Day By Gene Putney

Photo By Gene Putney

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “New Headdress” by Gene Putney. Location: Estes Park, Colorado.

“On an October morning during the elk rut I came across this Rocky Mountain bull elk that found a new headdress he was trying out,” says Putney. “It’s pretty obvious by his expression he wasn’t satisfied with it. I witnessed him for several minutes trying to remove it on nearby trees but just couldn’t remove it off his antlers and eventually went back to guarding his harem.”

See more of Gene Putney’s photography at www.putneynatureimages.com.

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Originally Published January 4, 2021