Spring in Hayden Valley is a special time. We were fortunate to spend three days at the Lake Hotel in mid May, just after it opened. It’s a treat to be there right after the roads and hotels open for the season – the landscape feels very wild and the...
The first glimpses of baby bison are pretty exciting around here. Watch this short video of a couple of new additions to the Yellowstone landscape. Want to stay connected to the wild heart of Yellowstone? Sign Up for our email list to have Yellowstone stories,...
Spring is such an exciting time in the park, it is definitely has to rank as one of our favorites! Each day brings something new, from the first bears, to the brilliant flash of gold and blue of meadowlarks and mountain bluebirds. However, with cold and snow that can...
I could not be more happy or content right now, sitting high above the Lamar River. At least that’s what I started to write in my journal, before I turned and noticed a massive bull bison approaching. He was just grazing, and no doubt would have sauntered right...
There was a fox stalking the streets of Mammoth Hot Springs today. Jenny was up there for a meeting and happened upon it. The fox was hunting ground squirrels, which it would carry across the road and bury. It was the first time we’d seen that caching behavior. Very...
(image above: NPS/Jim Peaco) Few ‘firsts’ are anticipated in Yellowstone as much the first grizzly bear sighting of spring. Over the last decade and a half, we have had many memorable ‘firsts’—some of which were captured on film (yes, actual...
