{"id":251596,"date":"2025-10-25T23:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/251596\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T23:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:36:12","slug":"bill-schiess-photos-capture-his-wild-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/251596\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Schiess photos capture his wild life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: Bill Schiess\u2019 Living The Wildlife column will return next week. In the meantime, here is a collection of some of our favorite photos of Bill\u2019s from recent months.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EIN091925SchiessAvocets5-25RTP.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EIN091925SchiessAvocets5-25RTP.jpg\" alt=\"EIN091925SchiessAvocets5 25RTP\" width=\"900\" height=\"582\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-786688\"  \/><\/a>An American avocet flies along the shore of Sandhole Lake. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BULL-ELK.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BULL-ELK.jpg\" alt=\"A bull elk in velvet, poses on a hill before crossing Highway 191 in Jackson Hole. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-768036\"  \/><\/a>A bull elk in velvet, poses on a hill before crossing Highway 191 in Jackson Hole. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RirieEagle12-25.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RirieEagle12-25.jpg\" alt=\"The female Bald eagle trying to dry off its feathers near a swallow colony where it tries to harvest swallows.\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-763972\"  \/><\/a>A female Bald eagle dries its feathers near a swallow colony where it tries to harvest the birds. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burrowing-owl-4.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burrowing-owl-4.jpg\" alt=\"A male Burrowing owl bring in a piece of cow dung to line the nest burrow. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com\" width=\"903\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-746320\"  \/><\/a>A male Burrowing owl bring in a piece of cow dung to line the nest burrow. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/flicker-4.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/flicker-4.jpg\" alt=\"A Red-shafted flicker common to the Western United States. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com\" width=\"895\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-733960\"  \/><\/a>A Red-shafted flicker common to the Western United States. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bighorn15-24.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bighorn15-24.jpg\" alt=\"A herd of Rocky Mountain bighorns headed for Birch Creek for a morning drink. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com\" width=\"905\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-714902\"  \/><\/a>A herd of Rocky Mountain bighorns headed for Birch Creek for a morning drink. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sandhills6-24.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sandhills6-24.jpg\" alt=\"A small flock of cranes, with the Tetons in the background, prepares to land in a corn field to feed. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com\" width=\"906\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-705612\"  \/><\/a>A small flock of cranes, with the Tetons in the background, prepares to land in a corn field to feed. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Geese.jpeg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Geese.jpeg\" alt=\"Geese in fog\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622333\"  \/><\/a>Canada geese and ducks feeding along the edge of the Henrys Fork as thick fog is created by the water being warmer than the air. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rufous2-23.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rufous2-23.jpg\" alt=\"Rufous hummingbird | Courtesy Bill Schiess\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-607514\"  \/><\/a>A Rufous hummingbird. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/River-Otter-family.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/River-Otter-family.jpg\" alt=\"A family of Rocky Mountain river otters at Market Lake. | Bill Schiess, East Idaho News.com\" width=\"915\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-694952\"  \/><\/a>A family of Rocky Mountain river otters at Market Lake. | Bill Schiess, East Idaho News.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/schiess-2.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/schiess-2.jpg\" alt=\"schiess 2\" width=\"860\" height=\"570\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-331568\"  \/><\/a>Bohemian waxwings. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Avocet01.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Avocet01.jpg\" alt=\"Avocet01\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-316898\"  \/><\/a>A flock of American avocet gather in 2017. | Bill Schiess. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sage_Grouse01.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sage_Grouse01.jpg\" alt=\"Sage Grouse01\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-310085\"  \/><\/a>A male sage grouse. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lily.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lily.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful Sego lily near the shore of Silver Lake. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-762466\"  \/><\/a>A beautiful Sego lily near the shore of Silver Lake. | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SawWhet9-24vfinal-1.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SawWhet9-24vfinal-1.jpg\" alt=\"Saw-whet owlet | Bill Schiess\" width=\"347\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-786677\"  \/><\/a>Saw-whet owlet | Bill Schiess, EastIdahoNews.com <\/p>\n<p> \t  \t  \t  \t=htmlentities(get_the_title())?&gt;%0D%0A%0D%0A=get_permalink()?&gt;%0D%0A%0D%0A=htmlentities(&#8216;For more stories like this one, be sure to visit https:\/\/www.eastidahonews.com\/ for all of the 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