Yellowstone is huge. You can't really figure out how huge it is until you are there. You can drive hundreds of km within its limits! I spent two full days there and I couldn't visit it all. To see everything properly (long hikes, long reflection times, animal seeking...) you need at least 1 week!! No kidding!! It is so large, that I am still trying to figure out how to divide the visit in several posts...
Today, I will start with something easy: fauna in Yellowstone. This is one of the highlights of the park and, therefore, deserves a post on its own. I was pretty lucky and so quite some bears (3), deers, moose, etc, and many many bison.
As soon as I entered the park, I came into a herd of bison by the road. It was the first time I saw this majestic animal.
Later on, I started figuring out when I had the opportunity for animal sightings. Just stop where there are tens of cars blocking the road!!
A moose with huge antlers:
A black bear in a hurry to avoid hundreds of humans disturbing its daily peace:
Baby and Mama black bears:
A bison drinking some water in one of the thousands of ponds in Yellowstone.
A bison nodding off in one of the thousands of thermal zones in Yellowstone...
Last sighting of deers/elks or whatever those are:
2 comments:
increible yellowstone, eh?
por cierto, lo que pones que es un moose es un elk!
Si! La verdad es que es un sitio impresionante! Lo tiene todo: lagos, bosque, el cañon y actividad volcanica... no puede pedirse nada mas!!
Lo de moose y elk lo he dado por perdido... para mi, todos son ciervos, unos mas grandes y otros mas pequeños.
En algunos sitios vi que elk era europeo y moose americano... pero luego he visto que aqui se supone que hay elks y moose, asi que ya no se lo que pensar. Para confundir un poco mas:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=509418
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