Yellowstone
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Quake Lake
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Bison
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Yellowstone West Entrance heading south to Yellowstone Lake
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Waterfall on Firehole Canyon Drive
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Waterfall on Firehole Canyon Drive
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Waterfall on Firehole Canyon Drive
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Firehole River
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Bacteria Mat view from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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The road to the east entrance just opened the previous week
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The road to the east entrance just opened the previous week
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Ice for sale?
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Serious snow plow
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Bison
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Coyote in Hayden Valley
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Coyote in Hayden Valley
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Yellowstone River in Hayden Valley
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Trail to Artist Point
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Artist Point
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Artist Point
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Artist Point
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IMG_0083.JPG 2009-05-25
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IMG_0091.JPG 2009-05-25
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Upper Falls
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Top of Lower Falls
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IMG_0098.JPG 2009-05-25
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Top of Lower Falls
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Top of Lower Falls
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Top of Lower Falls
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Top of Lower Falls
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Yellowstone River
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Heading north through Dunraven Pass
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Heading north through Dunraven Pass
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IMG_0120.JPG 2009-05-25
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Heading north through Dunraven Pass - Falling rocks warning sign
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Heading north through Dunraven Pass
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Heading north through Dunraven Pass
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Heading north through Dunraven Pass - How fast?
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Heading north through Dunraven Pass
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IMG_0131.JPG 2009-05-25
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Heading north through Dunraven Pass
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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IMG_0646.JPG 2009-05-25
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Tower Creek above Tower Fall
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Tower Creek above Tower Fall
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Tower Creek above Tower Fall
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Tower Creek above Tower Fall
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Yellowstone River gorge north of Tower Fall
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Yellowstone River gorge north of Tower Fall
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Badger cub waiting in their den for mom
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Badger Popurazzi
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Bull Elk
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Bull Elk
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Heading to the North Entrance
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Heading to the North Entrance
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Rock formations near the north entrance
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Roosevelt Gate
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Coyote scavaging wolf-killed Elk
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Coyote scavaging wolf-killed Elk
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Coyote scavaging wolf-killed Elk
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Looking eastward into the Lamar Valley
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Heading eastward into Lamar Valley to the Northeast Entrance
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Ground Squirrel
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Westward back into the Lamar Valley, The Thunderer mountain tops off at 10,554 feet
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Soda Butte Creek
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Lamar River
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Slough Creek area
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Tower Creek above Tower Fall
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Tower Creek at Tower Fall
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Tower Creek at Tower Fall
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Tower Creek at Tower Fall
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Tower Creek at Tower Fall
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Antelope Creek just south of Tower Fall
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Antelope Creek just south of Tower Fall
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Soda Butte Creek
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Ground Squirrel
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IMG_0054.JPG 2009-05-26
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Coyote at west end of Lamar Valley
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Coyote at west end of Lamar Valley
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Coyote at west end of Lamar Valley
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Red-tailed Hawk
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This Bison took a liking to Pat and crossed the road for a visit
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Bison along side the car window (Note the daper touch of grass tucked behind a horn)
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Bison along side the car window
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Bison calf
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IMG_0061.JPG 2009-05-26
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Pronghorn
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IMG_0066.JPG 2009-05-26
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Elk on Blacktail Deer Plateau
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Gardner River
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Gardner River
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Bighorn Sheep
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Gardner River coming and going
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Gardiner, MT view from the north Yellowstone gate
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Mid-week Sunrise in North Yellowstone
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Early morning in the Lamar Valley
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Early morning in the Lamar Valley
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Early morning in the Lamar Valley with the 300mm f2.8 I rented from lensrentals.com
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Lamar Valley west of the Yellowstone Association Institute
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Druid pack female wolf crossing the road
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Lamar Valley
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Slough Creek Bison
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Slough Creek Bison with Black-billed Magpies
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Osprey on the Lamar River
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Osprey on the Lamar River
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Lamar River
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North end of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
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North end of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
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IMG_0119.JPG 2009-05-27
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IMG_0120.JPG 2009-05-27
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IMG_0121.JPG 2009-05-27
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Mammoth Hot Springs ranger lodging
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Red-tailed Hawk
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West end of Lamar Valley
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West of Pebble Creek heading east in the Lamar Valley
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Soda Butte
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Soda Butte
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Lamar Valley
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IMG_0395.JPG 2009-05-27
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Lamar Valley
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Lamar Valley
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Late afternoon at Phantom Lake looking for the Great Grey Owl
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Lava Creek
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Thursday morning sunrise
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Thursday morning sunrise
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She was eating and seemed much less shocky
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Black-billed Magpie
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Beaver dam in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Joe, David and Pat
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Slough Creek Bison
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Female Cinnamon Teal in Soda Butte Creek
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Cinnamon Teal in Soda Butte Creek
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Cinnamon Teal in Soda Butte Creek
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IMG_0170.JPG 2009-05-28
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IMG_0175.JPG 2009-05-28
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IMG_0177.JPG 2009-05-28
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IMG_0011.JPG 2009-05-28
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Yellowstone River gorge at Tower Creek
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Osprey nest on top of Hoodoo in Yellowstone River gorge at Tower Creek
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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IMG_6493.JPG 2009-05-28
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IMG_6495.JPG 2009-05-28
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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After a nap, its back to the Park to drive the west road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris
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Gardner River
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We spent most of our time south of the 45th Parallel of Latitude
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Gardner River
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IMG_0008.JPG 2009-05-28
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Up the switchback to Mammoth Hot Springs
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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South on the west loop
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IMG_0021.JPG 2009-05-28
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IMG_0022.JPG 2009-05-28
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Norris Geyser Basin
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Steamboat Geyser at Norris Geyser Basin
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Steamboat Geyser at Norris Geyser Basin
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Norris Geyser Basin
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Loop Trail at Norris Geyser Basin
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Norris Geyser Basin
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Pat at Norris Geyser Basin
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Norris Geyser Basin
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The road between Norris and Canyon Village
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Chipmunk
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Sheepeater Creek
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IMG_0077.JPG 2009-05-28
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Sandhill Crane
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David
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Waterfall on the Gardner River
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Waterfall on the Gardner River
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The road back to Park Headquarters
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Waterfall on the Gardner River
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IMG_0091.JPG 2009-05-28
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IMG_0094.JPG 2009-05-28
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Black-billed Magpie at Park Headquarters
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Black-billed Magpie at Park Headquarters
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Black-billed Magpie at Park Headquarters
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IMG_0004.JPG 2009-05-29
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IMG_0006.JPG 2009-05-29
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IMG_0079.JPG 2009-05-29
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IMG_0080.JPG 2009-05-29
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IMG_0089.JPG 2009-05-29
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Pat watching for wolves in Lamar Valley
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Joe speaks with famed wildlife cinematographer Bob Landis
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Joe speaks with famed wildlife cinematographer Bob Landis
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IMG_0463.JPG 2009-05-29
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IMG_6726.JPG 2009-05-29
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IMG_6746.JPG 2009-05-29
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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Bozeman, MT
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Bozeman, MT
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Bozeman, MT
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Sunset in Bozeman, MT
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Sunset in Bozeman, MT
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Sunset in Bozeman, MT
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Our 2nd Druid pack wolf, this female is nicknamed "White Line"
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Scenic view on road to Quake Lake
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Surviving Slough Creek Male Wolf
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Elk
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Roadside Moose
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Badger Popurazzi
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Marmot
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West end of Lamar Valley looking westward
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Cedar Waxwing
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe near road to Lamar Valley
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Robin at Phantom Lake
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Coyote at west end of Lamar Valley
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Mountain Bluebird
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IMG_0454.JPG 2009-06-08
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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IMG_0483.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid pack female wolf
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Druid Pack Female Wolf and Slough Creek Male Wolf in Lamar Valley
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Pat and Joe
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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IMG_6754.JPG 2009-06-08
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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North into Hayden Valley
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Mountain Goat
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe and baby
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Sandhill Crane
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Coyote in Hayden Valley
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IMG_5929.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_0385.JPG 2009-06-08
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Top of Tower Fall
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"White Line" got a little too close to a 2nd Bison herd
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IMG_5643.JPG 2009-06-08
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The wolves closed the gap slowly after their all-out chase
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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IMG_0097.JPG 2009-06-08
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View from Old Faithful trail
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Extreme environment wildflowers at Fountain Paint Pot
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Wildflowers
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Druid Pack Female Wolf and Slough Creek Male Wolf in Lamar Valley
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Lamar River
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"White Line" got a little too close to a Bison herd
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Trail to Artist Point - this is why Yellowstone got its name
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Black Bear
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Slough Creek Bison
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Chipmunk
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Firehold River view from Old Faithful trail
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Continental Divide
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Oregon Junco
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Black Bear crossing Antelope Creek
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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IMG_6733.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_0976.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_5931.JPG 2009-06-08
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Marmot
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley on the north side of the road
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Chipping Sparrow
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Badger cubs waiting in their den for mom
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The Elk wanted to keep the wolves paying attention to her so as to not find her young
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Gallatan Range
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Pronghorn near Slough Creek
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley on the north side of the road
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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The Elk watched the wolves as they moved off away from her young
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Mini-stampede
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Bighorn Sheep
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram near road to Lamar Valley
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf in Lamar Valley
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View from Old Faithful trail
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe and baby
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Coyote in Hayden Valley
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Common Raven
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Black Bear crossing Antelope Creek
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Slough Creek Bison
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Common Raven
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IMG_6730.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Williamson's Sapsucker
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Beaver handy work in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Hayden Valley Grizzly sow and 2 year old cub 3/4 mile away
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Mini-stampede
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IMG_6728.JPG 2009-06-08
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On the far side of the Lamar River, the wolves meet up and head east
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Wild Flowers on the Gardner River
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Lake Yellowstone
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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IMG_6176.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid pack female wolf
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Black Bear
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Top of Yellowstone River gorge north of Tower Fall
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Flower at Norris Geyser Basin
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North into Hayden Valley
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Black Bear
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Hayden Valley Grizzly sow 3/4 mile away
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View from Old Faithful trail
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IMG_6789.JPG 2009-06-08
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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View from Old Faithful trail
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IMG_0417.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_6535.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_0447.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_6117.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid Pack Female Wolf and Slough Creek Male Wolf in Lamar Valley
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Pat and our friend Joe scanning the distant ridge for Mountain Goats
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North into Hayden Valley
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Extreme environment wildflowers at Fountain Paint Pot
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Mountain Goat
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Common Raven
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Mom is back home at the Badger den
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Bison
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Roosevelt Lodge fence
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IMG_5818.JPG 2009-06-08
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Artist Point
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Black Bear
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Pat and Joe
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IMG_6750.JPG 2009-06-08
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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IMG_0444.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_6241.JPG 2009-06-08
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Mom is back home at the Badger den
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Elk
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Bull Elk
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Badger cubs
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IMG_0222.JPG 2009-06-08
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Gardiner, MT
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Mom is back home at the Badger den
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Surviving Slough Creek Male Wolf
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Blacktail Deer
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Heading north through Dunraven Pass
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Bison
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Bison dust bath
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Black Bear
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A female Elk lures the wolves away from her hidden baby with a chase
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Surviving Slough Creek Male Wolf
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram near road to Lamar Valley
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Canadian Geese at the Museum of the National Park Ranger
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IMG_6752.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Black Bear crossing Antelope Creek
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Lake Yellowstone
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Audubon Warbler
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram amd ewes near road to Lamar Valley
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Wildflowers at Slough Creek
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Pronghorn near Slough Creek
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Cinnamon Teal on Soda Butte Creek
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley on the north side of the road
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IMG_6595.JPG 2009-06-08
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Elk on Blacktail Deer Plateau
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IMG_0404.JPG 2009-06-08
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Bison
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IMG_0123.JPG 2009-06-08
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Back to the other side after stopping traffic for a few minutes
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Slough Creek Black Bear
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Sheepeater Creek
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Yellowstone River
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IMG_6328.JPG 2009-06-08
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Cliff Swallows nesting under an outhouse roof
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Pronghorn near Slough Creek
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Lamar Valley
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley on the north side of the road
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Black Bear
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Yellowstone River in Hayden Valley
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Artist Point
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Slough Creek Bison
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Black Bear
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IMG_0125.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_0122.JPG 2009-06-08
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Wolf crossing the Lamar River
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IMG_5624.JPG 2009-06-08
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A female Elk lures the wolves away from her hidden baby with a chase
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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The female wolf would jump back from the Elk's charge and then rush the shoreline again
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Female Mountain Bluebird peaking out of nest hole in Aspen
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe near road to Lamar Valley
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Exiting through the Roosevelt Gate
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Elk on Blacktail Deer Plateau
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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IMG_0322.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear crossing Antelope Creek
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IMG_6354.JPG 2009-06-08
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Artist Point
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Another splash by the Elk
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Male Mountain Bluebird at nest hole in Aspen
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Wolf crossing the Lamar River
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IMG_0258.JPG 2009-06-08
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Bison at rest
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Black Bear
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Black Bear
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IMG_0104.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear taking a nap above Antelope Creek
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Looking east from the Gallatan Range
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Lamar River
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Distant Coyote
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IMG_0407.JPG 2009-06-08
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Slough Creek Bison
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IMG_0472.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear
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IMG_6327.JPG 2009-06-08
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The Elk wanted to keep the wolves paying attention to her so as to not find her young
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Bighorn Sheep
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IMG_0227.JPG 2009-06-08
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf in Lamar Valley
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Yellowstone River before merging with Tower Creek at Tower Fall
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Surviving Slough Creek Male Wolf
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Mountain Bluebird
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IMG_6768.JPG 2009-06-08
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf in Lamar Valley
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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Mini-stampede
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Partially frozen Scaup Lake
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A final splash before the wolves lose interest entirely
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Surviving Slough Creek Male Wolf
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Wildflowers
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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IMG_0504.JPG 2009-06-08
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Elk on Blacktail Deer Plateau
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram near road to Lamar Valley
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Back at Park Headquarters, Bison seem fond of the fire hydrant as a scratching post
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Norris Geyser Basin
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe and baby
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Ravens scavaging wolf-killed Elk
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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Marmot
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IMG_6537.JPG 2009-06-08
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Bison
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IMG_6134.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Lamar Valley
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Elk on Blacktail Deer Plateau
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North into Hayden Valley
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IMG_6329.JPG 2009-06-08
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Mom is back home at the Badger den
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Ground Squirrel
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Druid Pack Female Wolf and Slough Creek Male Wolf in Lamar Valley (the two very small black dots)
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Great Horned Owl near the Park Headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs
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IMG_0452.JPG 2009-06-08
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A female Elk lures the wolves away from her hidden baby with a chase
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe near road to Lamar Valley
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IMG_0422.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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Soda Butte
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IMG_0009.JPG 2009-06-08
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Wildflowers
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Yellowstone River in Hayden Valley
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Bull Elk
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IMG_0481.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black-billed Magpie
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IMG_6551.JPG 2009-06-08
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Gallatan Range
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IMG_6573.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Coyote commute
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Bighorn Sheep
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Barrow's Goldeneye on Floating Island Lake
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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IMG_0425.JPG 2009-06-08
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Sandhill Crane nesting on Floating Island Lake
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IMG_0498.JPG 2009-06-08
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Badger cubs waiting in their den for mom
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IMG_6550.JPG 2009-06-08
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Wolf crossing the Lamar River
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Roadside Moose on road to Yellowstone West Entrance
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Elk
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IMG_0443.JPG 2009-06-08
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Coyote among Bison in Lamar Valley
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Mountain Bluebird
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IMG_6745.JPG 2009-06-08
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Partially frozen Lake Yellowstone at Steamboat Point
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Elk
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IMG_6755.JPG 2009-06-08
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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View from Old Faithful trail
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IMG_0119.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid Pack Female Wolf and Slough Creek Male Wolf in Lamar Valley
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Black Bear crossing Antelope Creek
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Elk across the Gardner River
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe and baby
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IMG_0112.JPG 2009-06-08
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Gallatan Range
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IMG_0265.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_6601.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Bison
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Sandhill Crane nesting on Floating Island Lake
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On the road to Bozeman
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IMG_0006.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black-billed Magpie
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A final splash before the wolves lose interest entirely
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Coyote scavaging wolf-killed Elk
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Slough Creek Bison
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Slow traffic
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IMG_0217.JPG 2009-06-08
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North into Hayden Valley
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The Elk kept the wolves interested by rushing the shore pushing a wall of water with her chest
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Lamar Valley at Specimen Ridge
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Fountain Paint Pot geysers
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Road to Lamar Valley
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IMG_6749.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Chipping Sparrow
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Chipmunk
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Bull Elk
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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IMG_0462.JPG 2009-06-08
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Bison along side the car window
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Pat
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Badger cubs waiting in their den for mom
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The moose vigil
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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IMG_6240.JPG 2009-06-08
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Coyote scavaging wolf-killed Elk
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Partially frozen Scaup Lake
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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IMG_0465.JPG 2009-06-08
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Coyote in Hayden Valley
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Wolf crossing the Lamar River
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Coyote scent-marking a wolf-killed Elk
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The female Elk ran into the water
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Cedar Waxwing
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IMG_5867.JPG 2009-06-08
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Mallard Ducks
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Pronghorn
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North into Hayden Valley
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Great Horned Owl chicks near the Park Headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs
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Pronghorn
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Gallatan Range
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IMG_0268.JPG 2009-06-08
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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Yellowstone River
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Joe on the edge looking for bear
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Druid Pack Female Wolf and Slough Creek Male Wolf in Lamar Valley
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Mallard Ducks
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IMG_0260.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Tower Creek at Tower Fall
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IMG_5904.JPG 2009-06-08
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Audubon Warbler
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IMG_0493.JPG 2009-06-08
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Partially frozen Lake Yellowstone at Mary Bay
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Bighorn Sheep
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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The wolves were left in the dust
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The wolves closed the gap slowly after their all-out chase
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Pronghorn
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Slough Creek Bison
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North into Hayden Valley
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A female Elk lures the wolves away from her hidden baby with a chase
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe near road to Lamar Valley
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewes near road to Lamar Valley
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IMG_5972.JPG 2009-06-08
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Southbound Coyote in Hayden Valley
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Ground Squirrel
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Hayden Valley
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IMG_0388.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid pack female wolf crossing the road
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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IMG_6229.JPG 2009-06-08
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Sheepeater Cliff
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Elk
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Black Bear
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Quake Lake
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Tower Creek above Tower Fall
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Slow traffic
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Surviving Slough Creek Male Wolf
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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Robin
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IMG_5973.JPG 2009-06-08
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe
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A female Elk lures the wolves away from her hidden baby with a chase
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Coyote den at base of rock
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Coyote and Canadian Geese in Hayden Valley
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Rick McIntyre leads wolf research at Yellowstone
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Badger
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Scenic view on road to Quake Lake
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf leads her beau in Lamar Valley
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe near road to Lamar Valley
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Bison calf
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Mountain Bluebird
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Black Bear crossing Antelope Creek
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Slough Creek Bison
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IMG_0490.JPG 2009-06-08
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North into Hayden Valley
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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IMG_0436.JPG 2009-06-08
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Cedar Waxwing
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley along the Lamar River
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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IMG_0105.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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IMG_6742.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Male Mountain Bluebird
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Elk
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IMG_0442.JPG 2009-06-08
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Partially frozen Lake Yellowstone
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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Female Mountain Bluebird
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Great Horned Owl chicks near the Park Headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Greater Scaup
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Looks like she enjoys making them chase her
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Surviving Slough Creek Male Wolf
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IMG_0452.JPG 2009-06-08
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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IMG_0126.JPG 2009-06-08
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Coyote at west end of Lamar Valley
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IMG_6212.JPG 2009-06-08
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The wolves closed the gap slowly after their all-out chase
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IMG_6788.JPG 2009-06-08
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Cliff Swallows nesting under an outhouse roof
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Robin
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Elk sauna
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Ground Squirrel
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IMG_0081.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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The Elk kept the wolves interested by rushing the shore pushing a wall of water with her chest
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A victory dust-roll ends the encounter
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley on the north side of the road
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IMG_0486.JPG 2009-06-08
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Norris Geyser Basin
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Beaver handy work in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Gray Jay
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The female wolf would jump back from the Elk's charge and then rush the shoreline again
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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Cedar Waxwing
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Sunset buzz
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Gray Jay
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IMG_5983.JPG 2009-06-08
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Norris Geyser Basin
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Our 1st wolf sighting on a distant ridge line... This wolf-dot is from the Druid pack
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IMG_0117.JPG 2009-06-08
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Norris Geyser Basin
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Great Horned Owl chicks near the Park Headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs
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IMG_6753.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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This moose is amazing - she escaped a wolf attach, crossed the road and then gave birth to her calf
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Great Horned Owl chicks near the Park Headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs
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Bison steam bath
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf in Lamar Valley
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Top of Lower Falls
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Great Horned Owl chicks near the Park Headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs
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Slough Creek Bison dust path
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Slough Creek
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Upper Falls
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Coyote and Raven scavaging wolf-killed Elk
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The Elk let the wolves get close and then she put on the speed
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Male Mountain Bluebird
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Yellowstone River
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Perigrine Falcon nesting area across Yellowstone River gorge at Tower Creek
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Cliff Swallows nesting under an outhouse roof
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Norris Geyser Basin
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Looks like she enjoys making them chase her
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IMG_6215.JPG 2009-06-08
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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IMG_6248.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_0098.JPG 2009-06-08
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Elk
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Trail to Artist Point
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Artist Point
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The female wolf would jump back from the Elk's charge and then rush the shoreline again
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The female wolf would jump back from the Elk's charge and then rush the shoreline again
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Swanson Hawk
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram near road to Lamar Valley
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Bison
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IMG_6221.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_0427.JPG 2009-06-08
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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The Elk let the wolves get close and then she put on the speed
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Black-billed Magpie
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram near road to Lamar Valley
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Male Mountain Bluebird flying into nest hole in Aspen
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Slough Creek Bison
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IMG_6116.JPG 2009-06-08
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IMG_0102.JPG 2009-06-08
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Mountain Bluebird
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf in Lamar Valley
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Black Bear crossing Antelope Creek
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Surviving Slough Creek Male Wolf
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IMG_0457.JPG 2009-06-08
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley along the Lamar River
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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IMG_6326.JPG 2009-06-08
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On the far side of the Lamar River, the wolves meet up and head east
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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This is the same Druid pack female wolf that we observed the day before
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A female Elk lures the wolves away from her hidden baby with a chase
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Coyote making room for Ravens at wolf-killed Elk
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Gardner River
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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IMG_6751.JPG 2009-06-08
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Bull Elk
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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Bighorn Sheep
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Blacktail Deer
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View from Fountain Paint Pot trail
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Bison dust bath
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Oregon Junco
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Red-tailed Hawk
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North into Hayden Valley
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North into Hayden Valley
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Mini-stampede
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Coyote den at base of rock
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Gallatan Range
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Elk on Blacktail Deer Plateau
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Artist Point view of Lookout Point
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Grizzly sow and cub at play in the snow (still 3/4 mile away)
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Trail to Artist Point
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Black Bear near the Petrified Tree
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Marmot
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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Slough Creek Male Wolf
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Black-billed Magpie at Park Headquarters
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Black Bear
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Bison dust bath
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Slough Creek Black Bear
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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Bison revived
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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North into Hayden Valley
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Swanson Hawk about to fly
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram near road to Lamar Valley
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Slow traffic
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley on the north side of the road
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Surviving Slough Creek Male Wolf
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Audubon Warbler
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Cliff Swallows nesting under an outhouse roof
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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Trumpeter Swan on Floating Island Lake
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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Elk on Blacktail Deer Plateau
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Coyote scavaging wolf-killed Elk
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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We first checked in on the injured moose at the east end of Lamar Valley
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Tower Creek at Tower Fall
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Slough Creek Bison
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Elk across the Gardner River
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe
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Violet-green Swallow
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Pine cone
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Ground Squirrel
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Artist Point
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Cinnamon Teal on Soda Butte Creek
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe near road to Lamar Valley
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Osprey on the Lamar River
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Marmot
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Gardner River
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White Pelicans on the road to Bozeman, MT
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Bison
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On this morning, the early-bird is a Red-tailed Hawk
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Black Bear at Antelope Creek
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewes and babies
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Osprey nest on top of Hoodoo in Yellowstone River gorge at Tower Creek
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Mom is back home at the Badger den
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Coyote at west end of Lamar Valley
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Partially frozen Lake Yellowstone
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Bison
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A distant howl?
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View from Old Faithful trail
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Bear jam at Phantom Lake
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Slough Creek Black Bear
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Back to the car...
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North into Hayden Valley
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Bull Elk
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Bison dust bath
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Slough Creek Bison
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewes near road to Lamar Valley
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Beaver in pond near Soda Butte Creek
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Bighorn Sheep
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Marmot
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Badger
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Grizzly just west of the Badger den
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Looks like she enjoys making them chase her
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Osprey nest on top of Hoodoo in Yellowstone River gorge at Tower Creek
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Perigrine Falcon nesting area across Yellowstone River gorge at Tower Creek
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Coyote in Hayden Valley
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On the far side of the Lamar River, the wolves meet up and head east
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram near road to Lamar Valley
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Bison calf
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Male Mountain Bluebird at nest hole in Aspen
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A female Elk lures the wolves away from her hidden baby with a chase
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Black Bear crossing Antelope Creek
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We watched her over the next few days and it was amazing how fast she seemed to recover
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Elk on Blacktail Deer Plateau
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Great Horned Owl chicks near the Park Headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley
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IMG_0103.JPG 2009-06-08
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ewe and baby
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Swanson Hawk on a fence post just south of Bozeman, MT
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Black Bear at Phantom Lake
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The Druid Pack Female Wolf finds her beau in Lamar Valley
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Northside view of Old Faithful
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Geyser Hill view from Old Faithful trail
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Bison
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Druid pack female wolf in the Lamar Valley on the north side of the road
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Scaup
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Gallatan Range
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Mammoth Hot Springs