Wildlife Count for May 13 Yellwostone Trip Pt. 1

Ok, some of these you need to just trust me on. We had a great day in Yellowstone as far as spotting wildlife. About the only thing we didn't see were any wolf. We were in the Lamarr Valley near Soda Butte where a gaggle of people were pulled over and we asked if they had spotted any wolves and this pri---, I mean JERK of a guy looks at Jenn and sniffs, "Yes, wolves," and turns his back on us. We didn't want to stop and peep through his spotting scope.

The very top one of the Lamarr River has a grizzly on the other side of the river. we watched him through our binoculars for about 20 minutes or so until he waddled up into the trees and we lost track of him.

The second one with two white dots in the middle of the picture is two mountain goats. I pulled the car over to take some pictures of the waterfalls that were coming down the canyon walls. When I got back to the car, there were a few people looking into spotting scopes. I asked if they were watching the falls and the snowslides we kept hearing and they said no, it was a couple of mountain goats they had their eyes on. The picture you see was taken just like that. I was playing with the digital zoom and took their picture without even knowing it. We watched them awhile throught the binocs, too.

The third picture is one of three or four trumpeter swans we saw.

The fourth pic has a mama bear and a baby bear. Jenn got out and watched them for quite awhile while I hovered over our sleeping beauty in the back seat. By the time I went to look, I was watching only the mama, the cub was hidden behind a tree. They're both there in the middle of the triple-clump of trees.

The last pic of of some pronghorn and bison grazing and sunning.