Yellowstone Wildlife

In my opinion, wildlife is the most amazing part of Yellowstone National Park. Even though many tourists visit the area because of the scenery and unique hydrothermal features, I find it astonishing how many wild animals you see when out there. Heck, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where I live most of the time, I rarely even see white-tailed deer. This is because hunting is allowed even in most of the parks on Cape Cod and all the animals are in fairly low abundance and are very wary of humans. In Yellowstone, there are eight types of ungulates, or hoofed animals, like bison, deer, and elk – and it is just about impossible not to see them when spending just a few days (or maybe even hours) in the park. With the return of the gray wolf in 1995, Yellowstone now has all of the species that it originally had back when the early explorers first saw this region a couple hundred years ago, including the awe-inspiring grizzly bear.

Wildlife watchers is big business, with people spending millions in Yellowstone alone just to view wolves and other large mega-fauna.

Bison are very cool animals and are observed all over the park, including

stream side meadows,

Lamar Valley – 3 males walking away,

and on the road near Tower Junction,

Look at the birds (cowbirds) on the bison’s back – Free tick prevention! In the scientific world we call this mutualism if both species benefits (birds with food, bison with free parasite removal) or commensalism if it benefits one species (birds) but not the other (bison).

Magpie’s are similar to our blue jays back east.

Mule deer have rope-like tails unlike white-tailed deer who have flag-like tails.

Mule deer browsing on vegetation.

Pronghorn and view in Little America.

Pronghorns are the fastest land animal in North America and are next in line to cheetahs worldwide.

Moose with shed antlers.

Marmot. Back east we have a close relative called the woodchuck or ground hog; but I believe eastern marmot would be a more appropriate name.

Male (ram) bighorn sheep. What a unique angle of this animal near the road.

Elk are the most common large animal in the park, even with wolves relying on them for their chief food source.

Elk dots (about 500) in the distance (center of picture),

and a large herd super up-close.

Dead elk,

and bison are a boon to many predators and the wildlife watchers that like to watch these animals feeding on the dead.

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Coyote and raven on a bison that was killed by the beta male of the Canyon pack.

Ravens all over bison carcass after the coyote leaves.

Coyotes like to travel on road-sides for convenience (quicker travel) and to avoid wolves.

Coyote interacting with a badger.

I personally don’t mind radio-collared animals because these study animals allow us to learn a lot about their species.

Red fox, the same species that lives throughout the world. However, red foxes in Yellowstone are native to the area and evolved in high elevations unlike many red foxes from agricultural regions that came from England.