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. more…

Animal viewing was great in Yellowstone Park- six grizzly bears, 11 wolves, 15 coyotes and 2 moose. Sandhill cranes have paired up and we saw about a dozen. Beautiful osprey, hawks and young bald eagle. more…

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. more…

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. more…

We had a wonderful time in Yellowstone Park this weekend- the last weekend for car traffic through most of the Park. The weather was mostly sunny but cool. We were surprised to see a huge grizzly bear at Elk Park. There are large herds of elk near Swan Lake Flats and the swans are there too. Every day more trumpeter swans arrive there and on the Yellowstone River through Hayden Valley. The swans are beautiful and we loved to hear them honking. The young swans are almost the same size as the parents but are a light gray with a red beak. They are so beautiful when they fly. At Hellroaring we were amazed to see a thousand head of elk on Thursday and Friday and then they were gone the rest of the weekend. There were elk all over Mammoth too. The big bulls we viewed during the rut are not visible close up. more…

Friday we entered Yellowstone Park at 4PM. The weather was cool with a light breeze, high clouds and the roads were very quiet. Right off we saw a coyote running down the side of the road. We saw a small bull elk with cows at the Madison. We viewed a large herd of about 300 elk at Hellroaring and 2 black wolves that were far. At Speciman we saw a grizzly bear walking for about a half minute and then he layed down in the grass and went to sleep. more…