Pika at the summit of Beartooth Pass (10,947 ft)
We had visitor's from Green Bay come and we were happy to give them a wildlife tour.
Kim, who works at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary and her friend Nonnie came to do the full Yellowstone National Park adventures.
Mountains show why they named this Beartooth Pass.
Several Red-tailed Hawks were hunting the heights keeping the Yellow-bellied Marmots in hiding.
Birds were just hanging in the strong winds without flapping or moving.
Surprise! White-rumped Sandpiper lands at a small puddle on the summit!
You can see for miles from up here, Looking southwest is Yellowstone National Park.
Above treeline are many alpine flowers like this Alpine Gentian
Clark's Nutcracker at the high trail above Red Lodge.
Steller's Jay
Steller's Jay hopes people will drop snacks for him.
As we were coming through the park early our first encounter was a Bull Elk.
Much sought after Moose sighting.
Pronghorns doing a little jousting.
We also saw a Black Wolf but too far away for a photo.
Plus hundreds of Bison roaming Lamar Valley.
Since we couldn't find any bears at Yellowstone, we asked our friends if they wanted to go up to the Tom Miner Basin where we had seen Grizzly bears the week before. The bears didn't dissappoint us. We saw a total of nine Grizzly Bears including this curious sow and her two cubs.
A drive four miles east of Livingston we found two families of Wild Turkeys.
This young one is older than the ones below.
Mom calling her chicks to come along quickly
White-tailed deer crossing backwater of the Yellowstone River.
Deer walking up the Shield's River
Eastern Kingbird displays it's seldom seen red crest.
Juvenile Golden Eagles near the river
Three Golden Eagles, one on left is eating a rodent.
Huge Golden Eagle nest high on the cliff ledge.
Mist rises over the Yellowstone in the morning sunrise.
Hen Common Merganser completing her preening exercise.
Rock Wren
We heard and started counting Pinyon Jays (105 flew over us)
We followed them to a resident feeding station.
One day later a few stopped at our backyard feeder.
About 40-50 also came into a neighbor's feeder
Pinyon Jays always seem to be on the move - we hope they come back.
Our Sunflower garden is doing well.
Attracting birds and bees - male American Goldfinch loves the seeds.
A few dark red sunflowers mixed in.
At sunrise the Canada Geese head out to the Barley fields
Another jaunt to Dailey Lake to check the Western Grebes, young are growing fast following close behind Mom hoping for fish from her.
Young Pied-billed Grebe
Great to see blue skies over the blue water of Dailey Lake, For days we had smoke haze making the sky gray and not being able to see the mountains at all.
Thankful to be able to see God's creation all around us!
❤️ Love & Prayers 🙏🏽
Ty & Ida Baumann
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