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

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…
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.)
Canyonlands National Park. This cute critter was skittering about, so I caught it. There’s not much to say about it, except that there’s not much to say about it. (This lizard is a Western Fence Lizard. They can grow to be eight inches long. There are 11 species of lizards at Canyonlands, including the northern…
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…
Lassen Volcanic National Park. Obviously. This cute little guy watched us for a while, and we sure watched him. It was so neat to see this new species! What’s your favorite type of squirrel? There are over two hundred different types, so choose well!
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….
Wow! Y’all went to West Thumb?? ๐ฎ๐๐ฅฐ๐๐ฅ