Animals at Yellowstone

 One of the most famous animals of children in Yellowstone Park is the chipmonk.  He visits picnic tables, and says hello to hikers.

We were surprised to find this male Sage Grouse displaying for a female near Mt. Washburn trail head. 

 Elk herds eat grass in the meadows.

Mothers and babies congregate on the lush lawns of Mammoth.

 A Ground Squirrel kept his eye on the Bison, and on us.

The Bison congregate in large herds in the Lamar Valley.  The north road in the park, is our favorite road for wildlife in the park.  We didn't see any wildlife at all, near Old Faithful, the most populated, congested area of the park.

A lone Pronghorn Antelope wondered through a field.  It was our first time to find one of these here.

We caught a glimpse of a black bear, but no photos were taken.  At one parking area there was a a man who spends his summer vacations volunteering to help a wolf researcher.  He had his scope focused on a carcass of an elk, laying by the Lamar River, taken down around dawn by a mother wolf,  The wolf had been there three times during the day, and he had seen her.  The research scientist had his scope trained on the wolf den, and the mother just gotten back there when we arrived by the river where the carcass was located.  The researcher and volunteers communicate by radio.

We wished to see the wolf, but lunch didn't take that long, and we had many more miles to drive that day.  We will have to watch again, next time we get back to Yellowstone National Park.