May 19, 2018

Lots of wildlife today. At one point, you could see wolves, a bald eagle, bighorn sheep, bison, a pronghorn and a grizzly with 2 cubs. Here's a picture of her butt :




Later, there was a black bear near Elk Creek:



And later, we may have figured out what wolf 996 is doing picking up pups and carrying them off. It appears he just wants to play with them. Twice this morning, he tried but the other adults made him drop them. This afternoon, he tried again and was made to drop the pup once, but the second time succeeded is carrying it about 25 feet away and playing with it before he let it go and it went back to the den. Apparently, the time he killed the pup was an accident – he grabbed it too tightly or something.



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