Yellowstone Park is such a great place to view animals- four wolves, 10 grizzly bears, 13 black bears, 12 moose, 8 coyotes, 2 beaver plus mountain sheep, mountain goats, elk, antelope, deer, and lots of bison and their new calves. The rivers are running fast and muddy and the streams have turned into lakes. So warm, sunny and green. Beautiful birds too- prairie falcon, osprey, and red tailed hawk, sandhill cranes and varieties of ducks.
Fantastic viewing of 4 grizzly bears, 2 black bears, and 9 wolves - 8 of them from the Slough Pack. Bison and calves were plentiful, elk, white tail deer, antelope, big horn sheep are everywhere. Saw only one coyote. Red tail hawks, osprey, sandhill cranes, blue birds and many other small birds are enjoying the spring weather.
It is opening weekend for automobile traffic in the Park. The elk and bison look haggard and gaunt due to the extreme winter conditions. It has been ten years since the Park has had so much snow. The west end of the park received an amazing 110 inches in March. Snow melt has been slow and snowstorms are still a common occurrence.
We are enjoying the sights in Yellowstone Park and watched 30 wolves from 4 packs. The howling of the wolves is amazing to listen to. We saw a pack of 7 coyotes a couple of times- the largest in the park. The bison are traveling on the roads because the snow is so deep. Fog, frost and light snow throughout the weekend made the park a winter wonderland. Numerous elk, antelope and bison are near the park entrance at Gardiner where there is no snow. Also saw a few big horned mountain sheep.
We enjoyed a fabulous weekend in Yellowstone Park watching 26 wolves- 16 of the Druid pack, 8 of the Mollies pack which put on a beautiful howling show, one lost pup from the Slough pack and one unknown wolf. We saw 3 grizzly bears, 1 of which was feeding on a carcass and then leaving it to the Druid pack to feed on- it was amazing to watch. We saw 19 coyotes, about 75 antelope and deer and 50 big horned sheep. A thousand elk from the Hellroaring overlook was quite a sight. Hundreds of bison throughout the Lamar Valley. The trumpeter swans are coming into the park and they are so beautiful-we saw about a hundred.