Jackson’s Year Round, But Often Overlooked Asset!
Flat Creek Wetlands sits on the north edge of the Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Area Visitor’s Center. It couldn’t be more convenient for any Jackson Hole visitor or resident, yet most people drive right by it! Yep, I get it! People are lured to Grand Teton National Park with hopes of seeing a Grizzly, Moose, bugling Elk, Wolf or Bison (short list).
Flat Creek Wetlands is my “St. Vrain”. I’ll explain that near the end of the page!
Spring is usually a very active time at Flat Creek Wetlands, but actually it seems that something is going on there
all year. While I take photos at Flat Creek Wetlands year round,
photos on this page were all taken on May 2nd, 2017. To be more specific, I spent roughly an hour in the morning and another hour in the mid-afternoon. I came home with a couple thousand photos! You might call it a “target rich” environment, yet
I was the only person there taking photos! In the photo above, I captured several Canada Geese, a pair of Trumpeter Swans and a group of Yellow-headed Blackbirds.
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