Yellowstone wildlife

Here's a look at what wildlife we saw while at Yellowstone last week. Sorry this has taken me so long. I have no excuse really, but I've been catching up on sleep and just enjoying being at home.

The first thing we saw was a moose beside the road. We stopped for pictures, but she was not very cooperative. This a shot Angie got of her with her zoom lens.

I believe this is a girl elk chowing down beside the road at one of our stops. Barely even looked up. Must have been really hungry.

Here are some bison we saw in the middle of the road toward the end of the day. They did end up eventually letting us and the other cars through. You can see that they're shedding their winter coats in exchange for the more stylish spring/summer coats.


After stopping at the Mud Volcano, we spotted a lot of people stopped along the road at one of the turnouts. This usually means something has been spotted. With the large number of vehicles, we were pretty sure it was worth stopping. Indeed it was. On the right side of the road, there was a black wolf. Although I got a glimpse of it through the binoculars, I wasn't able to get a picture. On the left side of the road was a bear. The first photo is one I took of the speck. You can barely see the bear (pun intended). You'll probably have to click on this photo to enlarge it. See the three blobs of snow in a row down the hill? Well, look at the tree just to the left of those snow blobs and then directly down the hill. You can just see the discolored brown speck. That's the bear.

This next photo is one Angie took with her zoom lens and you can actually tell it is, in fact, a bear.

This is the teenage wildlife we took with us through the park when we were shopping at West Yellowstone.