Tomorrow we will move to a campground at Colter Bay. That will put us closer to the wildlife
action that we enjoy but, from past experience, we know that Internet coverage
will be spotty. For that reason I am
combining several days worth of sightings into this post. Future blog updates will likely become more
infrequent as our location changes.
Monday, May 16, was another overcast day with the clouds
hanging low and rain predicted for much of the day. We entered the park through the south
entrance and, when we were between South Jenny Lake and String Lake, a group of
elk ran across the road just ahead of us.
Pulling to the shoulder we searched the sage brush for the cause of
their alarm. The first wolf was easy to
spot where he had abruptly ended his pursuit when we stopped…
Glassing the surrounding area resulted in the discovery of
three more wolves. It was a pleasant
surprise to find wolves in this part of the park…
Our search for grizzly bears was nearly fruitless. Our only success was to find Blondie napping
beneath a pine tree…
The next morning she was much more cooperative, digging for
roots and insects, and grazing on the fresh grass often within 50 yards of our
car…
The close-up photos of Blondie were taken with a Tamron
150-600mm lens at full extension. That, combined with the 1.5x crop factor of
the Nikon D7100, provided an effective magnification of 900mm…
Not far from where we saw Blondie napping was a sandhill crane…
Cattleman’s landing is located on the shore of the Snake
River and that is where I captured the image of this pelican as it flew
overhead. These interesting birds
migrate to the greater Yellowstone region from the Gulf of Mexico each summer…
As we were leaving Cattleman’s Landing I spotted a pine
martin, only the second one I have ever seen…
After looking for prey in a cottonwood tree and on the
ground, I was surprised to see that it had a large egg that it was apparently
taking to its young somewhere nearby…
On a national forest road we found two whitetail deer…
Whitetails are spreading west and out-competing the native
mule deer (next image) for dominance…
Mormon Row yielded some pronghorns near the road…
A greater sage grouse crossed the dirt road just ahead of us…
Near the bottom of Signal Mountain this black bear grazed
happily near the road…
He was too close to lodging and dining facilities and a ranger
soon appeared to “haze” him up the mountain.
Returning to the campground we passed within sight of the
Gros Ventre Slide. The snow on the slide
lent itself to some fanciful interpretations.
Cheryl thought it looked like an alien face. From my perspective it reminded me of the
face of Mahatmas Gandhi...
What do you
see?
Since starting our road trip I am happy to say that views of the bog have increased almost daily. Two new international viewers have found the blog, one from Laos and one from Angola bringing the international audience to 130 nations.
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