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

Olympic National Park. This deer was spotted on the shores of Lake McDonald. (Hint! The rocks are NOT colorful! The lake is pretty, but donโt be deceived by the edited pictures on Instagram. We were.)
Fall City, Washington. I was just walking around in our site, and I leapt back–a snake? ๐จ But, after the generally general, scary scare, I looked closer. Aha and avast! At last! A banana slug. If it was a banana, it was rather unripe. ๐คฃ These beastly beasts best even the best of sluggish slugs….
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.
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…
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)
Florence, Oregon. We were walking down the Sea Lion Caves Pathway in high hopes of seeing sea lions gathered by the hundreds in the sea caves. The pathway was just basically a sidewalk, one side being a drop-off into the Pacific Ocean, and the other being a steep but short bank. That’s where we saw…
Wow! Y’all went to West Thumb?? ๐ฎ๐๐ฅฐ๐๐ฅ