Observations by janetjones

This bison was limping badly (front right leg) and came to a complete stop when it saw me and the car in front of me come around the corner. As the car in front of me stopped in the middle of the lane for a photo, I took one as well - and he had his tail raised and was gruffing at us. My guess is that he was "tapped" by a car. He was heading east and by afternoon as I drove out, he had made it almost to the East Gate. He wasn't limping nearly as much.

The male was displaying, but flew off into the trees as I pulled over for a photo.

A few people have looked at it and ID'd it as a Blue Grouse, but the Yellowstone Bird Checklist doesn't include that, so am listing it as a Dusky Grouse. Happy to take suggestions.

While walking between the Sawmill Group and Geyser Hill, the Western Meadowhawks were hanging out at the Frog Pools. Didn't notice it at the time, but one of the spiders that lives on microbe mats was also caught in the photo.

I had to really search for ones that even had any dried petals on them, so at the tail end of bloom. The rest were well on their way to making seeds. This year's "crop" didn't seem as good as last year, not as many and not as large.

In abundance along the smaller stream here. They have been in bloom for awhile. I'd have to check my field notes to see exactly when I first saw them this year, but it's usually as soon as the snow recedes.

While eating lunch in my car, a pair of ravens started to exhibit courting behavior after they gave up begging from me. They would caw, slightly "shrug" their wings, one would open its beak and the other would pretend feed it, then bow and then they'd both look up and the pattern would repeat. Just as soon as I started to record a video of it, another raven pair flew in and disrupted the courtship behavior.