Yellowstone

Tomorrow will be June 1st and and maybe spring is really just around the corner.  This week has been a hard week for park visitors.  We had heavy snows on Sunday and Monday, closing many park roads until mid day.  We still have the east entrance to Cody only open at night due to the threat of avalanche over Sylvan Pass.  Dunraven pass is still closed with ten + feet of snow over the top and last week the road between Mammoth and Tower experienced a major rock slide and is still closed.  The good news is that the wildlife don't care about all this and have been visible all over the park.  A few pictures from the past week.

I found this young Bald Eagle perched above Pelican Creek.  Based on the white coloring remaining on the belly I guess it is 2 to 3 years old.

I found this beautiful grizzly walking along the shore line of Lake Yellowstone at an area called Mary Bay.

This is actually the same grizzly from last weeks picture of the sow with cub on her back.  I liked her expression in this cropped shot and the snow on her muzzle.  I've looked for her and the cub this week, but no luck yet.  A reminder that you can enlarge the picture by clicking on it.

My manager at the hotel is an award winning photographer.  I invite you to also view his photos of the week at http://www.travelsinbearcountry.com/pow2011.htm#pow .

Until next time, Thanks for viewing.  David