Exploring Nature

Yellowstone-Bones

Yellowstone is a wild place, as evidenced by bones laying about on the trails and pretty much anywhere:

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Yellowstone-More Hot Springs and Geysers

Old Faithful and Mammoth are not the only geysers and hot springs in Yellowstone. Here are some others I saw while there:

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Yellowstone-Sunset in Lamar

Lamar Valley is a nice place to go for animal-viewing, and also to see pretty sunsets!

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Yellowstone-Coyote

One of the many animals I got to see during my time in Yellowstone this Spring was a coyote!

One day, when my friend Lauren and I were traveling down to Old Faithful, I happened to see this coyote trying to pounce on something:

there was still some snow on and off in May! And this coyote did not get what it was trying for this time around…

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Yellowstone-Black Bears

There were quite a few black bears roaming around, including some cute cubs:

who were following their mom…

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Yellowstone-Mammoth Hot Springs

I lived and worked in Mammoth Hot Springs for 5 weeks this Spring, which is located in the upper left (NW) part of Yellowstone. Here are some pics of the terraces (hot springs) there:

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Yellowstone-Bighorn Sheep

I didn’t get a chance to see any male big horn sheep, but I did see a couple of females eating on the side of the road:

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Yellowstone-Ground Squirrels

These little guys were everywhere! Ground squirrels, also known as ‘whistle pigs’ because of the sounds they make, have tons of tunnels and holes everywhere: