Category Archives: Mammals

Animal #80 – Uinta Ground Squirrel

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Roger

spermophilus armatus Lamar Valley – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Wednesday, June 19, 2024 – 10:30 am As we drove through Lamar Valley at Yellowstone, looking for any animals we could see (but especially for wolves), we saw several ground squirrels … Continue reading →

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Yellowstone National Park – Day Two

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Roger

We had two goals at Yellowstone today — to look for wolves and other wildlife in Lamar Valley and to see the falls of the Yellowstone River. To avoid retracing our path from the day before, we drove to the … Continue reading →

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Animal #79 – Grizzly Bear

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Roger

ursus (Latin for bear) arctos (Greek for bear) Nine Mile Trailhead – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Tuesday, June 18, 2024 – 6:13 pm We spent the entire day in the park looking at waterfalls and geysers and boiling ponds. We … Continue reading →

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Animal # 78 – American Bison

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Roger

bison bison Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Tuesday, June 18, 2024 – 10:34 am I’ve seen lots of bison in state and national parks, but I waited until I saw them at Yellowstone before I added them to my list. The … Continue reading →

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Five Days Up North

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Roger

We rented a cabin in the Oaken Bucket Resort on Thunder Lake in Rhinelander. While it was actually in town, the resort was on a peninsula and felt a lot remoter than it was. We were about five miles from … Continue reading →

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