There are a few towns near national parks and refuges that host some of the animals who “spill over” from the protected land. Gardiner, Montana is one of those towns.…
Because humans have effected so many parts of this earth it is becoming increasingly difficult to find areas with no or minimum human impact. Even our beloved Yellowstone is affected…
The fine line of wildlife photography It’s a great honour to be writing for the Yellowstone Daily – an exceptional forum dedicated to my favourite place on Earth, made more special…
I told you about the beaver family we met at Schwabacher’s Landing a little while back. One of the things that surprised me about those beavers is how interested the…
The Lamar Canyons are back and today I realized my dream of seeing them run across Lamar Valley once again. For the amount of time I put in during the…
Over the past couple of days I have been all over the southern end of the park, east and west but excluding Old Faithful and the West Thumb. Early mornings…
When we were in the Tetons recently we made a special attempt to find trumpeter swans. We used to find breeding trumpeters in Yellowstone. There was always a pair near…
Well Martha I saw the darnedest thing today at work. Two of the most beautiful creatures passed right by us - did not even glance our way or nothing, just…
In May a black bear everyone calls Rosie appeared with 3 brand new tiny cubs. At first the cubs just followed her around but very quickly they were playing with…
This morning brought heavy rains and high winds to Yellowstone and so I stayed home, looking out the window and thinking that I should be out there in that park.…
Well, I was jumping for joy today because at last there was some action and some photos to take. Not abundant by any means but enough to keep me entertained.…
During a time when Yellowstone has been unexpectedly slow I have driven frequently to Hayden Valley where I like to spend the last couple of weeks of the season due…
There are many species of pine trees in the Northern Hemisphere. Some of them have relatively light weight seeds, with wings, that are dispersed by wind. Some pines, such as…