Monday, May 27, 2013

Day Trip to Yellowstone

Shanna and I drove up to Yellowstone.

We stopped in West Yellowstone and shopped for a new car companion and jewelry, bought nothing.  Drove down Firehole canyon drive then on to Old Faithful stopping only for birds and wildlife. Ice cream and shopping (still little buying). Walked around Black Sand Basin and Biscuit Basin, drove through Firehole lake drive.  Then stopped at our favorite diner and headed home.  Bought a park pass. Need to go three times this year to make it worth it.

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Saw birds:
  1. Starlings
  2. Magpies
  3. Crows
  4. House sparrows
  5. Red winged blackbirds
  6. Meadowlarks
  7. Red tailed hawks
  8. Swainson’s hawks
  9. Ravens
  10. Flickers
  11. Trumpeter swans
  12. Yellow headed blackbirds
  13. Osprey (with fish)
  14. Scaup
  15. Canada geese (everywhere)
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  17. Great blue heron (good spotting Shanna!)
  18. Yellow rumped warblers
  19. Spotted sandpipers
  20. Common mergansers
  21. Mountain bluebirds!
  22. Turkey vultures
  23. Kestrels
  24. Brewer’s blackbirds
  25. Robins
  26. Brown headed cowbirds

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Also saw
Lots and lots of bison and lots of baby bison!
Ground squirrels
North American Lunatic walking south on HWY 20 outside of Ashton


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