Saturday May 25thGot up at 3:30 for a 4:30 trip to Lamar Valley. No problems with Dunraven Pass, except some fog. Got to Lamar Valley by 6am.
We stopped first at "Footbridge", and people had already seen wolves coming our way from Soda Butte cone. There were 2 Junctions (996 and gray yearling). Within minutes we had them in our scopes. They joined a third wolf (black yearling), and ate at the carcass and entertained us for over an hour.
Next we watched grizzlies at a different carcass west and within view from Slough. Eventually 2 grizzlies and 2 gray wolves battled for the carcass. At one point we watched a wolf teasing and running circles around the bears. The entertainment went on most of the day, but we traveled elsewhere.
I got updates on softball from both 2 and Jamos during the grizzly show.
Excellent day. We saw 11 new bears, 2 moose, 5 wolves, and lots more.
Met a Dutch couple and had lunch with them; delightful young people.
Two of the Junction Pack. The gray was playful, and jumped on the black (see its GPS collar?). No collar on the gray.
Big grizzly high up the mountain
Cinnamon-colored black bear.
Moose with its new antlers just growing a bit already.
Cow moose
This was over a mile away, so fuzzy. Video is better. As soon as I can get YouTube to work I'll add video for y'all.
Two grizzly (sow at left and 2-year-old young one sitting at right). Just right of young bear is a gray wolf that was playing chase with the grizzlies.
Wolf in middle between the bears.
My fishing buddy taking a pic of a baby bison. Our car was surrounded by bison, and we were stuck for a while.
Buddy has a high-dollar telescope; here is a better pic of the sandhill crane on its eggs.
Even though we were 100 yards away, his scope could zoom right in on the crane.
Black bear yearling at Calcite Springs
Great Horned Owl on nest
Peregrine Falcon on next.