Album Wildlife

[Udink]

I didn't know bears ate grass. That explains all the strange crap piles I saw in the La Sals on Saturday. On the return hike after summiting Mt. Waas, about a quarter-mile from the trailhead I ran into a mama and her cub (I'm guessing a yearling?). My bro-in-law and I just stood there, probably less than 100 yards away, and observed for a bit. When the mama eventually noticed us it was a pretty intense moment--she just stared at us, unmoving. Then each bear darted off in opposite directions with the trail in the middle, so we still couldn't get past without coming between them. The mama finally stopped, turned around, and ran back toward where the cub had disappeared into the trees, allowing us to high-tail it back to the Jeep.

 

[slc_dan]

upping the game with all these bear pics! awesome.

 

[Aldaron]

Those are perfect examples of how hard it can be to ID a grizzly vs a black bear. Especially in the heat of the moment, if I saw that sow in Yellowstone I'd be totally confused. From the side on that top picture, you can see the long face like a black bear, but it almost makes me think there's a small shoulder hump. And from the head on picture, you can see the tall ears like a black bear, but the face looks more concave at that angle. And, of course, the color...

 

[DAA]

Couple more of the cubs.

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[Artemus]

Some digested grass in Salt Creek a month ago.
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Nice, almost likes like grass filled horse manure.... Master-level tracking technique would have given extra credence to a magnified scat dissection image and, better yet, the tracker's taste, touch and smell impressions. Just sayin...

 

[DAA]

I did dissect, inspect closely and smell. Did not document the process though and of course I'm getting old and lazy so I skipped the tasting protocol altogether .

- DAA

 

[SirDonB]

well I will enter this with the only wildlife I was able to get a pic of on my camping trip the other weekend...

Here is an Orange Salamander seen near where we set up camp

 

[Rye Jones]

DSC_7258 by Rancorrye, on Flickr


American White Pelican by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Red-tailed Hawk by Rancorrye, on Flickr


White-faced Ibis by Rancorrye, on Flickr


American Avocet by Rancorrye, on Flickr


American Bullfrog by Rancorrye, on Flickr


American White Pelican by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Crotalus oreganus lutosus by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Pituophis catenifer deserticola by Rancorrye, on Flickr


DSC_7122 by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Great Basin Collared Lizard by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Great Basin Gopher Snake by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Greater Short-horned Lizard by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Mule Deer by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Pronghorn by Rancorrye, on Flickr

Wandering Garter Snake by Rancorrye, on Flickr

 

[DAA]

Grizzly swimming in Yellowstone lake.

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[DAA]

Some elk.

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[DAA]

Odds and ends.

A bison swimming the Yellowstone river.

A grouse.

Cow and calf.

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[DAA]

Those big ears aren't just for hearing. You can see this jackrabbit's cooling system at work here.

- DAA

 

[Artemus]

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Found momma sitting on her children all night in the gutter of the library parking lot. When I arrived at sunrise they were all heating up.

Here she is calmly protecting the family after a long, dark night.

One peanut decided he had enough under there.

Then all of them decided they wanted out.


I'm hungry. Time to practice hunting...

 

[Bigred72]

At our campsite in Havasupai

[url=https://flic.kr/p/onYMFu]Here lizard, lizard by bigredutah, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[Bigred72]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/o6Ugnv]Mountain goat by bigredutah, on Flickr[/URL]Havasupai, hiking down to Beaver Falls.

 

[Rye Jones]

A few more from this last week.


Ferruginous Hawk by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Burrowing Owls by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Burrowing Owl by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Swainson's Hawk by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Pronghorn by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Burrowing Owls by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Black-tailed Jackrabbit by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Praire Falcon by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Turkey Vulture by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Northern Desert Horned Lizard by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Great Basin Rattlesnake by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Western Long-nosed Snake by Rancorrye, on Flickr

 

[Artemus]

Great work Rye. I love the owls. Presumably they were captured on Antelope Island ???

 

[Rye Jones]

Great work Rye. I love the owls. Presumably they were captured on Antelope Island ???

Nope... West desert

 

[Rye Jones]

Northern Leopard Frog by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Western Spotted Orbweaver-Neoscona oaxacensis by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Great Basin Gopher Snake-Pituophis catenifer deserticola by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Ferruginous Hawk by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Swainson's Hawk by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Swainson's Hawk by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Ferruginous Hawk by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Mule Deer by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Swainson's Hawk with Rodent by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Swainson's Hawk by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Ferruginous Hawk by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Western Long-nosed Snake-Rhinocheilus lecontei by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Great Basin Gopher Snake-Pituophis catenifer deserticola by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Great Basin Rattlesnake-Crotalus oreganus lutosus by Rye Jones, on Flickr


Northern Leopard Frog by Rye Jones, on Flickr

 

[Nick]

This Great Blue Heron came back to this dead cottonwood tree each night that we camped at this spot. I named him Gilbert. He liked to show off and pose.