Animals of Yellowstone National Park

Amazing. It's like being on a safari. Check it out.

Coyote:



Bison:





This was the first Bison we saw and he just happened to be on the other side of a gushing geyser!



This guy was sleeping by the side of the road.



We had to pull over for all kinds of animals that were in the road. I entered the park in the pitch dark and almost cruised into an entire herd of Elk, no crap. Here's an assertive little goat --



I love this one of him, one of my favorite YNP shots.



And another bison. There were LOTS of bison.



Can you spot the Mule Deer? At least, that's what I think they are. These pics were taken with my lens at 200mm and then cropped way in, they were pretty far away. It's blurry, but if you look closely, you'll see a baby trying to get a little milkin' teet action in the second shot below.







Little chipmunks and squirrels were everywhere.



A herd of people watching a herd of bison.






I was gored moments after photographing this sign. Just kidding.



No, seriously...we did pet them...ok, not really.





FYI we weren't quite as close as we look in these pics. What...you think I'm stupid? ;)

Some Elk with their young, resting by Mammoth Hot Springs.







Of course, there were some interesting bugs, even though the weather was freezing.





We caught a few Mountain Goats right as we were leaving the park.





Please go to YNP if you have the chance. It's truly spectacular for so many reasons, the animals being just one.

We really wanted to see a moose and we never did...oh well, I guess we'll just have to go back as soon as can be arranged!