Squirrels like lunch also

These little squirrels called uinta squirrels resemble small groundhogs.  Squirrels & groundhogs are in the same family, so is easy to see why the look and behave similarly.

A uinta squirrel running across the field

These little squirrels run across the field and try and join the patrons having lunch nearby.

Hello? is anybody in there?

These little squirrels go thru these little pipes in the wall from the nearby field that surrounds the outdoor patio where we had lunch.

A close up of the Tetons

I closer shot of the Tetons while driving by.

Tetons

We stopped for lunch and sat outside.  this was the view, Several of the teton mountains.  The pointed one toward the left is Grand Teton mt.

Tetons near dusk

The Tetons overlooking Jackson lake late afternoon. Jackson Hole WY. The tetons are just south of Yellowstone. We had to drive thru Yellowstone to reach these mts.

Osprey

Mom & dad osprey sitting at home in their nest in the Tetons.

Why did the Bison cross the road???

All traffic stopped as an entire herd of bison crossed from one side of the road to the other. Wildlife has the right away and traffic can get quite backed up.  Some cars would go when there a few seconds break before another bison crossed.  Baby bison would be sandwiched in between larg adults when crossing. 

We were on the motorcycle when we stopped and I got off to take some pics. from across the road once they were all on the other side.  However, one big bison (in the foreground) made snorting growling sounds as it started heading back across the road.  I hid behind someone's car who was parked and then ran to the bike, got on and we moved on.  There were bison all along the roadside and at one point, we were so close to one grazing along the roadside that when it heard the bike, it's eye rolled toward me as he was still grazing and he snort growled. I told John to hurry up and move it, he was very close.  Luckily, he was more interested in eating grass.

A baby bison

This baby bison, along with a entire herd had crossed the road we were driving along.  He just started running along the side of the road.  People/motor vehicles Must yield to all wildlife, wildlife have the right away in Yellowstone.

Marmot

This poor little marmot fella looks around in shock as if to say "hey, where did my friend go"?  Just seconds before I took this shot, a coyote had grabbed his friend marmot and ran off with it in his mouth. We just missed that part, other people had witnessed it though.

Baby pronghorn

One of the pronghorn babies stops to bite a flea.  Lamar Valley, Yellowstone

Baby pronghorn trying to catch up

This baby is trying to catch up with his mom and sibling who moved on without him noticing.  Dad was always nearby though. This is a yearling.

Mommy pronghorn & kids

Mom and the kids grazing in a field, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone.

Daddy Pronghorn

This is the male pronghorn staying behind and watching as his small family grazes.

Chief Sitting Bull

I call this Chief Sitting Bull. We were walking thru a dirt path in a field and this guy was around the corner taking a cat nap....  We walked the other way from there.

Driving along

Driving on the hwy between Thermopolis & Cody, WY

Pronghorns

A small herd of pronghorns (type of antelope), grazing on open range between Cody & Thermopolis, WY

Posing with the specimen

Posing with the speciman we excavated out of mudstone.  Unfortunately, I do not get to keep this :O(  It belongs to the museum since this is all their land and contains thousands of dino specimens.

An Allosaurus bone?

This is a hunk of rock with part of a most likely leg bone of an Allosaurus (meat eater) therapod.  Two of us chiseled for a couple of hours to pull this out, unfortunately, I do not get to keep this.  There is a partial skeleton of an Allosaur lying just a few feet from this.

A dino bone

One of the thousands of dino bones beign excavated by the Dinosaur museum in Thermopolis, WY.  Most likely a femur of a Sauropod (long necked plant eaters), maybe Diplodocus.  There are many Therapods (meat eaters)as well in this particular area.