White-Crowned Sparrow, West Thumb Geyser Basin Boardwalk (Wyoming)

Yellowstone National Park. This white-crowned sparrow was hopping around, so I snagged a few pictures. Thereโs not much to say about it, but itโs cute. ๐

Yellowstone National Park. This white-crowned sparrow was hopping around, so I snagged a few pictures. Thereโs not much to say about it, but itโs cute. ๐
National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. These guys weren’t exactly cute, and they also weren’t the type of bighorn sheep we were used to seeing. I actually thought they were Dall’s sheep at first, haha. ๐ But when we went home, I looked in a field guide and discovered that no, they weren’t Dall’s sheep….
Yellowstone National Park. Since we were spending the whole summer in Grant Village, we decided to name the local elk (although, to be honest, there was technically no way to tell if an elk was a different one or not). We came up with Feisty Frizzle. (The “feisty” part came from her charging a dude…
Paicines, California. This scrub jay showed up almost every morning at our site at San Benito Thousand Trails. Often, right before school (my sister and I are homeschooled, thanks to my mom) I would pull out my camera and look around for anything that might be near our site (see Deer Fawn, Critter Sightings and…
Elk Land. There’s not much to say about this picture, except, well, there’s a bunch of elk.
Paicines, California. This cute little baby deer showed up with its mama almost every day to graze and–believe it or not–slurp up water from a dripping faucet! (There was a creek nearby. ๐๐คฃ)
Yellowstone National Park. Grizzly 399! Blurry picture, furry bear. This was super cool, especially noting the fact that she got hit by a car and died only four months later.
Wow! Y’all went to West Thumb?? ๐ฎ๐๐ฅฐ๐๐ฅ