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

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….
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…
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!
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…
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…
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. We drove down this road in high hopes of seeing exactly this kind of thing. These black bears were so fun to watch, especially the adorable cub. It was extremely disappointing when the baby bear vanished down the other side of the hill.
Wow! Y’all went to West Thumb?? ๐ฎ๐๐ฅฐ๐๐ฅ