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7-16-08 Black wolf below Dorthys. Griz up on Dunraven. Marten crossed the road near Arnica Creek. Heron fishing in Hayden. Druids disappeared up Cache. Up in the Beartooths, Cassie and I followed a herd of Goats. Martens at our cabin, including a baby. 7-10-08 17 Druid Pups were seen crossing the Lamar River this morning. Black bear and cub at Tower, grizz up on Dunraven. 7-10-08 Yes Bill our bear page has been updated! See the new grizzy photo. Up in the Beartooths we spotted 7 mt. goats east of west summit. Also a nanny & kid near Beartooth Falls. Wild flowers are magnificent this year. We watched a marten mouse like a pouncing fox along the highway for 15 min. 3 martens at our cabin. Note the ad for Wolf Crossing Cabins to the left of our notes. Also Wolf Page Photos have been updated. 7-4-08 Black bears near Petrified Tree Road and Tower Hill. So far The Druids pup count is still 9, but this number could be much higher. The Sloughs have one pup. It's breeding season for martens at our cabin. 6-29-08 Ran down to Canyon this evening. Found a great gray owl, saw a bear and two gray wolves on Washburn. Another black bear at the Yellowstone Bridge. Also a grizz in the river south of Buffalo Ranch. Druids near Footbridge. Marten at our cabin. 6-23-06 Photos are on PHOTO JOURNAL PAGE This morning Cindy was awakened by piercing screams and a roaring sound. She looked out the window and saw two cow moose racing back and forth right below our cabin. I hopped into the car and stopped directly below our cabin. A grizzly raised its head out of the willows 40 feet away. The cow moose was 20 feet in front of me. I pulled into my neighbors drive and got out trying to find a different angle. Suddenly it stood up 50 feet away with the calf dangling from its' jaws. I went to take a photo, my card was full! The grizz dropped to the ground and lumbered away carrying the calf as I changed cards and took a series of shots. It's now feeding on the calf in thick willows 50 feet off the road right below our cabin. Black bears near Mammoth and Pebble Creek. Druids near Old Lamar Picnic Area. Martens at our cabin. 6-17-08 Cow moose at our cabin with mule deer buck. Also a western tanager. We're watching several nests in the Beartooths. Black bear and cubs near the NorthEast Gate. Courtship for our martens has begun with a male and female here together Sunday afternoon. Cow and newborn calf moose east of Cooke City.6-12-08 Sarah,or Rosie as many folks call her, has lost one of her cubs. It's been snowing for a few days so Dunraven and Beartooth Passes have been closed. Weather is suppose to change for the better tomorrow. Male and female martens visit daily. Black bear near Yellowstone Bridge. Slough Pack with 1 pup still seen at their den site. 6-2-08 Black bear & a griz on two hikes above Pebble Creek. Griz & cub on Dunraven. Great gray owl south of Tower. 2 chicks in golden eagle nest. 5-26-08 Gray wolf near Soda Butte Cone. Black bear sow & cubs up Tower. Other black bears at Little America, Floating Island and north of Hitching Post. Grizz in Little America, north of Fishermans and 2 south of Fishermans. Mountain goats with kids on Barronette. Bighorn sheep with lambs across from Calicite. Great horn owl in the Beartooths. Marten at our cabin. 5-22-08 Richard Yates is in Yellowstone and reported the Druids traveled from The Confluence to Coyote chasing elk along the way. Agates have a kill in Yancey's Hole. The Sloughs with 2 pups were seen at their den site. Black bears up Tower. Martens at our cabin. 5-16-08 Black bear chasing bison calves near Little America, Grizz in Lamar, a lone wolf crossed the road at the Confluence, two chicks in the Eagle nest at mile marker #32 going north from Gardiner. 5-10-08Cinnamon Black Bear above Yellowstone Bridge, another cinnamon black east of Phantom Lake. A grizz and two cubs visible from Hell Roaring (Thanks Bill). Moose at Warm Creek and one at our cabin. Griz below Jct. Butte. Both Druid & Slough wolves are seen daily. Great gray owl in the Beartooths. Both male & female martens visited our cabin this morning. 5-6-08 Black wolf near Trout Lake. I went hiking in the Beartooth foothills. Came across a fresh mt. lion bed with rabbit remains nearby. Also a red-naped sapsucker building it's nest. 5-3-08 The Druids dug out a coyote den in Round Prairie killing 5 of the 6 tiny pups. Two Grizzlies near the road below Jct. Butte. Mountain fox at upper Baronotte. 5-1-08 Kellys Birthday!!! Snow last night. Marten at our cabin. They're plowing Cooke Pass this week. We have a photo in Defenders magazine this issue. (Druid Howlers) 4-29-08 Our WOLF BOOKS are in!!! See add to the left. 4 28-08 Black wolf 20ft off the road just east of Hitching Post. A snowshoe hare that visits our cabin every morning is beginning to change to it's summer coat. Our matens still visit off and on. 4-26-08 Bill watched a grizz chase a black bear off a carcass north side in Little America. Ralph spotted wolves with an elk up on Mums ridge. Wolves had an elk cornered south of Footbridge. Marten at our cabin. Grizzly not far from our cabin. 4-24-08 Gray wolf being seen near the Hitching Post - Soda Butte Cone area often. Badger digging NE of The Old Lamar Picnic Area. Walked up to the Tower Store, Osprey is in the nest, Peregrine perched in the canyon,but the great horned owl was not in the Tower Nest. Heavy snow at times. 4-18-08 Gray wolf north of Soda Butte Cone. Griz in Little America. Marmonts and ground squirrels appearing. Sharp-shinned hawk made 2 kills here at our cabin today. 2 martens still visit daily. 4-15-08 Black Druid wolf was pulling parts of an old carcass out of the Soda Butte this morning just east of Soda Butte Cone. Western meadow lark west of the Buffalo Ranch. The white wolf was near Peregrine. 4-14-08 Cindys Birthday!!! You can now order when the Wolves Returned. $25.00 signed and shipped by mid May. See Book Page. Please add anything extra you would like us to write. Bison calf at Tower Jct. Black bear tracks in the snow. Badger north of Soda Butte Cone. Lone Slough wolf south of Slough. Martens at our cabin. 4-07-08 Golden eagles nesting. Great gray owl near Hell Roaring. Sand-hill cranes at Fishermans. The Sloughs are denning at their old den site NW of Slough. The Druids are dennig at their old den site north of Hitching Post. 2 bull elk died today in this never ending snowy winter. Probably many more to come. One bull west of the Confluence, one east. Pygmy owl killed another grosbeak here at our cabin. Martens still visit daily. 3-28-08 Light gray collared wolf near the road across from Fishermans. Great gray owl just west of Hell Roaring. Marten at our cabin. Below zero last night. 3-27-08 The Sloughs killed a bull elk north of Coyote. Pygmy owl struck again. 3 martens at our cabin. Still snowing!! 3-26-08 Yesterday morning I was awakened just before 6:00 by explosive and cracking sounds from the cabin. Turns out it was a 4.1 Earthquake centered 23 miles south of Silver Gate. Bluebird at Tower, Grizz visible from Hell Roaring. Druids were north of Midpoint. Sloughs northeast of Slough. Bighorn in Wrecker Pull-off. 3 martens and a fox at the cabin last night. Still snowing.3-19-08 The Agates and Sloughs had a brief encounter. Bull elk are losing their antlers, 2 near Lava Creek have one antler. Horned owl on her nest south of Livingston. Snowing heavily. Martens and pygmy owl still visit our cabin daily. 3-15-08 Super 8 Motel in Cooke City has contacted me again with their Spring Wildlife Watchers Special. Rates are $50 per night when you stay at least three nights April 1st -May 31st excluding Memorial Day Weekend. Call 1-877-338-2070. and mention my name.The pygmy owl has been striking daily around 2 P.M. Three martens still visit. We just finished our last scheduled group of the winter and are wondering why it still snows every day. 3-5-08 The Leopold Pack made a double kill near Black-tail Ponds. One black was feeding while 10 more were bedded on the slope behind. The Druid pups made a try at a bull elk near Soda Butte Cone. Pygmy owl at our cabin again, also martens. 3-2-08 The pygmy has struck again. See Photo Journal Page. 1 marten at our cabin. 3-1-08 The Druids made a kill close to the road north side near Midpoint. Rangers moved it farther up as 2 pups watched from a hundred yards. 4 martens at our cabin. 2-25-08 A black & a gray wolf were near Black-tail Lake this morning. The Druids are moving east past The Confluence. Snowy and warm. 2-24-08 Large black male wolf howling near Undine Falls this evening with an answer being returned from across the road. Great Gray Owl near our cabin, a pair of foxes and three flying squirrels this evening. Martens still visiting almost daily. 2-20-08 The Druid alphas are just west of their old den site. More wolves near Coyote. Pygmy owl stikes again. Flying squirrels and snowshoe hare at cabin tonight. Martens visit nearly every day. 2-12-08 Last night at 9PM, I looked out to see a snowshoe hare in our yard. It suddenly darted away and a boreal owl landed in the tree above. A few minutes then the little owl took off and I spotted a marten approaching a few feet behind it. The marten dashed into a hollow stump as a coyote raced by. The marten soon disappeared and the snowshoe reappeared. I turned off the light and went to bed. 2-10-08 The Druids were up Crystal Creek today. 3 martens at our cabin, also a pygmy owl at 1PM. More snow and wind. 2-8-08 The Druids have a kill NE of Coyote this morning. 2 male martens had a territorial dispute here at our cabin. Pygmy owl struck today. Wind and snowy. 2-4-08 The Agates are above Roosevelt, The Sloughs north of Little America. 4 martens at our cabin, also a fox and a raccoon. 2-02-08 The Druids (15) are traveling east from in front of The Buffalo Ranch this morning. 8 Sloughs visable from Slough. Bighorn on the cliffs near Hitching Post. 5 martens at our cabin yesterday, one a new youngster. Snowshoe hare visits nightly. 1-31-08 On my way home last night, 2 wolves were feeding on the old kill near Soda Butte Cone. The rest of the Druids are near Mid Point today. Very windy and snowy. Martens at our cabin daily. The pygmy fed on a grosbeak all after noon at our cabin. Our Wolf Book got a great review, and is still due to be out in April. 1-29-08 Park roads were closed yesterday because of bad weather so I was stranded in Gardiner. Since the North Gate opened one hour before the Northeast Gate I was the only one in the park the whole way. Druids were just leaving their old kill at Soda Butte Cone. Extremely windy and snowing. Marten at our cabin.1-24-08 The Druids were in Round Prairie this morning, and moved west by after noon. At 3:30 this afternoon, I look out to see 3 martens climbing through the trees in our front yard. They seemed amazed by each other, and would often just sit and watch each other with heads cocked this way and that. This went on for over an hour when one finally bounded away. The other 2 were still sitting up in the trees when it got dark. Moose below our cabin.1-21-08 The Druids have a kill (another bull) south of Trout Lake. The pygmy tried for a grosbeak but missed. 2 martens at our cabin. Very cold! -25 tonight. 1-18-08 Check out Photo Jounrnal Page for photos of the Soda Butte Confrontation. Snowing and cold. Martens at the cabin. 1-17-08 I was in Cody for a few days. On a morning drive to the East Gate, the girls and I spotted 100 bighorn sheep. This morning, the Sloughs have a kill south of Coyote and some of the Druids are on an old kill west of Soda Butte, while others have an elk pinned down in the creek farther west. Martens at our cabin. 1-13-08 Two wolves at Round Prairie. Finished 10 day shoot with BBC at our cabin. Good Luck with pine martens, snowshoe hares and birds. The pygmy owl did not show very often. 1-06-08 The pygmy owl came to our cabin 3 times yesterday, but failed to make a kill. Saw one again today. The Druids were moving west through the cottenwoods south of The Buffalo Ranch this morning. 5 more wolves were near the Soda Butte Cone. 1-3-08 Druids have been on a bison carcass at the west end of Round Prairie for the last two days. Sloughs chased four wolves back Slough this morning.12-29-07 The Druids are on a kill south of Footbridge while the Sloughs have a kill across the river southeast of Fishermans. Badger digging at Hitching Post. Pygmy Owl caught a pine grosbeak at our cabin 12:30PM, marten at 3PM. 12-28-07 The Druids are south of Coyote. Marten at our cabin at 1PM. Bull moose at Lower Barronette. 12-26-07 The Druids were moving west through the cottonwoods south of the Buffalo Ranch. Bighorn Ram at Confluence. 12-25-07 Christmas Morning!!! The Druids moved from south of Soda Butte Cone and traveled east to Round Prairie, testing seaveral bull elk along the way. -5 degrees. The pygmy owl killed a grosbeak at noon. Marten this evening. 5 Druid wolves on the old carcass west of Trout Lake. Kelly spotted an ermine near the NE Gate. 12-24-07 Merry Christmas!!! A gray wolf west of Trout Lake, also 2 black wolves in Little America. Marten here at dawn. A pygmy owl hunted outside our window for 5 minutes. Grouse perched on our sign. Snowing. Up to a foot forcasted. I'm in the middle of 7 groups in 10 days. The pygmy owl returned twice more, grabbing a chickadee. The marten also returned at dusk. 12-18-07 The Druids have an elk pinned down in the creek just west of Soda Butte Cone this morning. Snowing.12-17-07 Sloughs on Speciman. 3 martens at our cabin. Moose at Lower Barronette, large mule deer buck near Hellroaring. Wolves are being spotted north of the Park. 12-15-07 The pygmy owl killed another grosbeak at our cabin. See photos on Photo Journal Page 12-12-07 3 wolves south of The Old Lamar Picnic Area. 2 males that have been trailing the Druids and a Druid Pup. -18 last night. 12-10-07 Cindy & Kelly had a black wolf cross the road between the High Bridge and Mammoth. Marten at our cabin. Below zero tonight. 12-09-07 The Series Planet Earth featuring our pine martens will be on Discovery tonight 12-08-07 The Druids are on a kill forty yards west of the Old Lamar Picnic Area tonight. Marten here at the cabin at dawn. Otter tracks near NorthEast entrance along the Soda Butte. 12-07-07 Marten then a pygmy owl at our cabin just after dawn. The little owl stayed all day, feeding on a grosbeak it had captured. 3 moose in the willows below our cabin.