The many times that I have been to Yellowstone, it’s always a new experience.  This year I wanted to arrive early during the time the Bison are having their young.  I should have been there in June, but I decided I would take my Niece to Yellowstone. She enjoys nature as much as I do.  I thought she would enjoy seeing a different side of nature then she normally does, but it meant that I had to wait until she was out of school so July was the next best time.   On top of that it’s much more fun to have someone along who enjoys the same things you do.  I enjoyed having her with me on this trip. In fact it was her who spotted that fawn in Wyoming.  It also was her that kept me planted on my mission.  I just wish I could have gotten a few images of that fawn before the little guy took off. Yellowstone dealt us plenty of trouble this time around.  It stormed a couple times there in the park while visiting. One night it managed to soak the tent and get our sleeping bags wet.  That was a dreary night for us. She caught more trouble then I did though and I felt pretty bad about that. We managed to pick ourselves up the next morning having plenty to talk about and sleeping bags to dry.  We spent most of the morning doing that, but that is what is all about.  The rest of the day went off without a hitch visiting Lower falls of Yellowstone River investigating the wildlife in Hayden Valley. We walked another path down to the Lower falls that I had never been to and took a few images.  It’s more eye to eye then some of the other locations. The climb was pretty rough on the way back up, but worth the effort.  We both had a good time.   Wish we could have stayed a little longer.

I went with the task of capturing some images of Grizzly bears, Black bears, Moose and wolves.  Although I did see moose and and Black bear it was the Grizzly that provided me with the shots that I thought said the most.  My Niece and I spotted a wolf near a den in Hayden Valley, but he was to far away from where we were, it was not worth evening considering photographing.  With no such luck of getting a decent image I was pleased to just see they were in the area.  Amanda felt the same way.

The Black-tailed prairie dogs in Northeast part of Wyoming were pretty interesting little critters with their crazy antics and constant barking.  I had a grand opportunity to photograph a fawn that had been laying down in the tall grass below an embankment.  I tried my best to move in position to get some shots of the little guy, but those Prairie Dogs sounded the alarm and alerted the fawn an it’s mother to high tail it out of there.  They didn’t know I meant know harm.  I wasn’t that close, but me being at a higher elevation didn’t help. I was little disappointed, but we moved on leaving them be without capturing any images of the little fella.  Yes, this trip was full of excitement and trying times but it was worth it.

You can view some the work we did in the New Releases on this trip.  I encourage you to take a look around you might find something that suits your fancy.  For now here are a few images from the trip.

My Niece, Amanda

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Here is the squawk box that sounded the alert on me.

Alert! Alert! Alert!

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This third beautiful image of a Bumble Bee in Northeast Wyoming near Devils Tower was taken by my Niece an photographer Amanda.

Bumble Bee by Amanda Dawley

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