Sunday, May 15, 2016

It was a cold rainy day. It rained off and on all day and it never got above 45 degrees. But, lots of wildlife was seen.

I got to the Slough Creek den area early – about 6:00 am. There were already wolves and pups out. I got a bit of video:

It's a bit hazy because it was a really gray day.  

Later, one of the wolves decided to chase a group of bighorn rams along a ridge top. It had no chance of catching them, but I guess it just wanted to run.

A pronghorn came past the parking area and posed for us:

After that, the wolf activity quit, so I went off looking for more adventure. I found a grizzly bear:

And followed it for a while until it crossed the road and disappeared in the Soda Butte Creek bottom. Then there were wolves chasing elk.

Then there were the bison calves. People have been saying that they aren't seeing as many calves as they had in the past. I think it's still early. I came across this area that had 13 adults and 7 newborn calves. Newborn as in yesterday or today. They were very small.

Even newborn, they know how to treat the photographers. Show them your best side: