Tuesday, June 2, 2015

It was a busy day.

I woke early and went out to the Lamar Valley before sunrise to see if there would be anything on the bison carcass from yesterday. In the moonlight, I could just barely see 2 wolves feeding on it, but they left while it was still dark.

Later, wolf 911M, the alpha male of the Junction Butte pack arrived and started feeding. He was joined by a coyote and the 2 seemed to get along, but the coyote was very wary.

After 911 left with a full belly, it got really quiet, except for a herd of bison swimming the river:

So I decided to drive to over to Canyon for a shower. Along the way, I saw sparring antelope:

And the obligatory bear:

I went back out after dinner, but all I saw was a grizzly bear a long way off. It crossed the road and then made a bee-line across the valley floor to the Lamar River where we lost sight of it.