P H O T O E S S AY CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT: These two wild turkeys were photographed near Milepost 316 of the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Linville Falls Visitor Center. PHOTO BY DANA FOREMAN The Roosevelt elk have made an amazing comeback in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They frequently wade into the creeks to cool themselves and drink their fill of water. This mature bull was photographed close to the Blue Ridge Parkway near Milepost 469 on the outskirts of Cherokee, North Carolina. PHOTO BY DANA FOREMAN A male wood duck shows off his beautiful colors on Watauga River in Carter County, Tennessee. PHOTO BY RYAN RICE This bluebird image was captured at Valle Crucis Park, North Carolina. He and his mate were near their nest box and flew into the weeping cherry together, where he paused on one of the branches as if posing for the photographer's camera. PHOTO BY SALLIE WOODRING A wild bobcat pauses for a brief moment along the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Devil's Courthouse in western North Carolina before making his way down the mountain. PHOTO BY JOSHUA MOORE This scarlet tanager was on a branch in Linville, North Carolina, just below Grandfather Mountain, where the photographer finds them every year, flitting from tree to tree and thus difficult to capture with a camera. PHOTO BY SALLIE WOODRING 44 BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COMhttp://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM