Friday, May 2, 2025

HOT!

I got here yesterday.  It was cool, but today got hot for this time of year – 70F.

Lots of driving around, there was a large black bear feeding on a carcass in Little America.  Most of the Junction Butte wolf pack were loitering about.  At one point, several got up and approached the bear:



There were 4 grizzlies out in the Lamar Valley, but too far away for pics.

The word is the Junction Butte pack is back at the Slough Creek den.  The alpha female has been spending lots of time in the den.  The rest of the pack has been bringing her food.  It is thought that her pups were born around April 26, so sometime between May 10 and 15 they should be emerging from the den.


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