Today I spotted my first coyote. It makes me feel much better now, because before I felt like I was pretty useless being unable to find coyotes during observations.
This morning in another observation, our site was approached by a bear. Everyone was pretty excited, and we eventually had to leave the area because it was too close (100 yards). It was amazing to see the bear so close and kind of disarming to watch it graze on grass. The bear gave us a hint of its ferocity when it stood up to look at us and whe
n we saw its 5-inch long claws. It just kept coming so we had to get out of there really fast. We had our bearspray ready the whole time. This has been my closest encounter with a bear, only 5 days into the job. So far every day at Yellowstone, I've been able to see a grizzly bear, and the season is just starting. I really hope I don't have any dangerous encounters.
Oh and this was pretty interesting. This elk died this winter.
cool! if i were completely stupid, i would go up and hug that bear :D
ReplyDeleteeek, dead elk!! creepy :(
sounds fun...sounds so much better than what i'm stuck w/ right now...studying for APs, crap crap crap!!
good luck w/ more tracking and haha keep ur bear spray w/ you at all times!!
This is proof that I read this, yet when I do, I usually realize it has not been updated. Hi bear. Hi afu!
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