Tuesday, May 24, 2016

The weather was, finally, something other than cold and rain/snow. It was much sunnier and warmer. It even got into the 50s today with just a few rain showers.

I slept in a little today and, on the way past the Blacktail Ponds, I saw a wolf. It was close enough for pictures through the scope:

I watched it for a while until it was lost from sight in some hills. Then, it was on towards Slough Creek and the den, but first there was a grizzly and 2 cubs at Specimen trailhead They were close enough for photos, too, but just as I got things set up, the bears went over the top of a hill and we didn't see them again.

There was the usual crowd of people at Slough Creek watching the wolf den, but the distortion from the heat waves was so bad you had a hard time seeing things. So, I left in search of other sights.

There was the owl nest, but the light wasn't good for photos. Then grizzly bears we could see from the ranger station in the Lamar Valley, but they were 3 or 4 miles away, so no photos there.

Finally, there was the osprey in the tree near the head of the Lamar Canyon:

It was a good day.