On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone became the first national park - all 2.2 million acres of it! Many people, when you mention the parks name, immediately think of the geyser Old Faithful. But besides all of the geysers and other geological wonders, there is an abundance of wildlife.
There are, of course, the bison herds. If you visit the park and miss being in a bison jam, were you really even in the park?
Big Bison Jam
Little Bison Jam
The park has wolves...which we tried and tried to find but never got up and out early enough to the area where they are usually found. The park has mountain goats but the one we saw was waaaaayyyyy up the side of a mountain and impossible to get a photo of (I had to use my binoculars to even see the little white dot). There were hawks and eagles but again way in the distance. I'm not sure if any moose were in Yellowstone, I believe I read that they were all in Grand Teton to get away from the wolves and we did indeed see them in that park.
Of course, there were elk like this herd of cows hanging outside of Mammoth Springs right in the middle of town. They caused an elk jam once when we were attempting to get through.
We saw many of the delicate looking but very speedy Pronghorn sheep.
Male Pronghorn
Female Pronghorn
And while we missed seeing any of the Grizzly bears, we did luck out and see one Black bear who was causing a bit of a bear jam on the road. It was up a hill and cars were all pulled over with people trying to get a photo of it as it was in a hurry to get some place else.
In a hurry...
Seriously, you could spend a couple of weeks in Yellowstone and still not see everything it has to offer. It's amazing!
Teri 📷
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