Today’s post features a couple of images I captured in Yellowstone NP (Wyoming) a few years ago.
While hiking around the geyser area, these intriguing patterns caught my attention:
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Today’s post features a lone, wild wolf that I encountered in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley a few winters ago. While driving the snowy road, this lone wolf was seen as he seemed to wander about, following a path in the snow.
Wolf behavior is very complex and I’m not sure what his goal was. Was it to find a mate? Maybe he had left, either willingly or being forced from his old pack, and now looking for a new pack to join? Whatever the purpose, it was interesting to watch him making his way up the long and winding path in the snow … and he stopped a couple of times to let out an eerily moaning howl.
Here are a couple of images of this sighting:
The above image was blown up to see the details. The image below is closer to what the human eye would see; can you spot the wolf?:
Note: Being far away, for a short time I couldn’t decide if this was a grey wolf, or a coyote. But the howl and size led me to believe this was a wolf. And if I’m incorrect, it’s still a wonderful scene in our snowy, first National Park!
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Today’s post features a lone, red fox as it forages in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley, for rodents under the snow cover.
Watching a red fox hunting in snow is a real treat. Using their ultra-sensitive hearing, when they hear a noise under the snow, they stop, tilt their head and listen for the sound of rodents running about, under the snow. Once they identify the location, they will leap in the air and come down, nose first, into the snow … and often re-emerge with a small rodent in their mouth! Unfortunately, this fox was not able to locate any rodents:
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