This week we rented bikes at Old Faithful and biked to some of the more distant thermal features in the Upper Geyser Basin. Behold, Grotto Geyser!
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 6-11 Elk Calf
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| Elk calf checking us out. Wildlife is getting scarcer during the peak of summer! |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-10 Cow Moose
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| Cow moose eating aquatic vegetation in a side channel of the Snake River |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-9 Grizzly 760
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| 760, the 4-year-old son of the famous "610" smells the flowers north of Grand Teton National Park |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-8 Geyser Hill
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| A chilly evening walk on Geyser Hill |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-7 Moose mother and calf
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| A calf moose joins mom. On these hot days, the best place for moose is right in the water. |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-6 Duckling
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| Continuing with yesterday's duck theme, here's a mallard duckling. Some females are already hatching second broods of chicks. |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-5 Common Mergansers
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| Now that breeding is complete, Common Mergansers raft together in large groups. |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-4 Bald Eagles
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| A Bald Eagle scolds an incomer to his territory. |
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| A banded Bald Eagle perches in the shallow water while searching for fish |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-3 Beaver
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| A beaver jumps back in the Snake River |
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| A little lens flare adds to the feeling of the setting sun. Green grass still persists near waterways |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-2 Sandpiper
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| Spotted Sandpiper cruising over the Snake River |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 8-1 House Wren Fledgling
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| Our wrens fledged this week! This chick returns to the safety of its nest after its first flight |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 7-31 Raven and GBH
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 7-30 Trumpeter Swan Chicks
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| Trumpeter Swans on Flat Creek had their two-week-old cygnets out and about today. |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 7-29 Mule Deer Pair
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| A buck and doe mule deer traveling together months before the mating season. |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 7-28 Pronghorn Family
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| Twin fawns with their mother |
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| Fawns are now a miniature, leggy version of their parents, barely able to see over the sagebrush |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 7-27 Porcupine!
Of all the unusual creatures we come across, this baby porcupine has been one of the strangest!
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| "Pet me, I dare you!" |
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The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 7-26 Guest Photos!
Here are a collection of some photographs that readers and friends have sent in over the last couple weeks. Thanks everyone, and enjoy!
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| Black bear eating twinberries in northern Yellowstone. By Erik N at Wildlife Expeditions |
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| Mule deer digiscope photo. By Sarah E at Wildlife Expeditions |
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| Moose in the overlook ponds. By Caroline L at Teton Science Schools |
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| Uinta ground squirrel living in a homesteader barn. By Sam F at the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 7-25 Blue Butterflies
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| These "Blues" are collecting minerals and nutrients from the mud near Ski Lake |
The Yellowstone Phenology Project: 7-24 Bison Herd
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| A nursery herd enjoys the last of the green grass in the Tetons |