Elk

Yesterday evening I opened the back door to go out onto the deck, but I immediately jumped back inside because there was a cow elk grazing just across the river.  She didn't see me and couldn't hear me over the sound of the river.

From inside I watched her graze along the river and then circle back to where she started.  Nearby a small animal was skulking in the high grass.  I thought it was a coyote at first, but then it bounded out on spindly legs to join the cow elk.  It was her young calf.

These were the best pictures I could get without going out and possibly spooking them.