Lynx in the spruce

The animal I have waited longest for, photographed on nine occasions in twelve years.

Boreal

Lynx 01
Lynx 02 Lynx portrait forest · 600mm · f/4 · 1/800 · ISO 4000
Lynx 03 Lynx gazing evening · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/500 · ISO 2000
Lynx 04 Lynx from above · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1000 · ISO 5000
Lynx 05 Lynx yawning snow · 500mm · f/4 · 1/400 · ISO 1250
Lynx 06 Lynx hunting grass · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250 · ISO 3200
Lynx 07 Lynx on mossy boulder · 600mm · f/4 · 1/320 · ISO 2500
Lynx 08 Two lynxes looking up · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1600 · ISO 6400
Lynx 09 Lynx asleep on tree · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/640 · ISO 1600
Lynx 10 Lynx in tree hollow · 600mm · f/4 · 1/800 · ISO 4000

A lynx will walk past a hide for a decade without letting you see it. Nine sightings in twelve winters, one hundred and thirty-one nights, and forty-one hours in one sitting for the frame on the boulder. This is the gallery I would keep if I could keep only one.