“The other day, I saw a bear. A great big bear, a way out there. . .”
Driving back to East Glacier one day, we decided to count the different kinds of (larger) animals we saw on our trip: mule deer, prairie dogs, black bears, mountain goats, brook trout, magpies, ravens, goldfinch, pronghorn, elk, bison, pelicans, marmots, chipmunks (two kinds), squirrels (tree and ground), bunnies, hummingbirds, coyote, cows, camels, llamas, horses, osprey, golden eagles, robins, blue jays, geese, ducks, mosquitos, doggies, hawk, dragonflies, grizzly bears, bighorn sheep, bees, and hippies.
Here are photographs of some of these animals.
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Hummingbird (Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado) |
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Yellow-bellied marmot (Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado) |
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Mallard (Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado) |
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Yellow-bellied marmot (Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado) |
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Elk (Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado) |
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Elk (Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado) |
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Chipmunk (Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado) |
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Pronghorn antelope (Natrona County, Wyoming) |
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Ravens (Yellowstone NP, Wyoming) |
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Elk (Yellowstone NP, Wyoming) |
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Bison (Yellowstone NP, Wyoming) |
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Bison (Yellowstone NP, Wyoming) |
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Bison (Yellowstone NP, Wyoming) |
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Elk (Yellowstone NP, Wyoming) |
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Coyote (Yellowstone NP, Wyoming) |
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Deer (Yellowstone NP, Wyoming) |
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Black bear (Yellowstone NP, Wyoming) |
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Osprey (Glacier NP, Montana) |
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Cows (Glacier NP, Montana) |
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Deer (Waterton Lakes NP, Alberta) |
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Black bear (Waterton Lakes NP, Alberta) |
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Deer (Glacier NP, Montana) |
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Grizzly bears (Blackfeet Nation, Montana) |
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Bighorn sheep (Glacier NP, Montana) |
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Mountain goat (Glacier NP, Montana) |
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Mountain goats (Glacier NP, Montana) |
Good god that’s a lot of animals. Very impressive!