Yellowstone and Tetons

[Joel Eade]

That looks good but.... forget the monopod. You will want to do to some long exposures. You won't need a gimbal most likely so a smaller tripod should be adequate if steady enough to shoot exposures up to several seconds and allow auto exposure bracketing as well if you're into that kind of thing. Also don't think the 1DxIII would benefit you much either.....I found very limited bird opportunities when I was there and certainly not many in flight chances within range to make a really nice image. I did see some hawks and one or two eagles but they were out of acceptable range for anything but just a landscape type of shot that included a perched or flying bird very small in the frame but who knows.....you could have a different experience.