With the mercury beginning to drop, the region bustles with color and life. The aspen and cottonwood trees are ablaze with oranges and yellows. The large bull elk start to gather up their harems, as their rut with dramatic confrontations and symphonic bugling begins. The gray wolf pups, born in the spring are now traveling with the adults scouring the hillsides for their next meal as well as protecting their territory from neighboring packs. Birds are readying to migrate to warmer climates, squirrels are collecting nuts for their caches, and grizzly bears are eating anything they can find that is in their diet, including the nuts squirrels have cached. At this time of the year, the region turns into a photographers playground, with breathtaking scenery, amazing wildlife and lower number of visitors.
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