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Yellowstone Part 1: Starting at Madison Junction to Norris, to the Falls and just beyond to a great picnic area by the Yellowstone River. Saturday 9/7/19

Shanna suggested the route and the rest of us said heck yes. It’s been a long time since I spent any time out by the Upper & Lower Falls on the Yellowstone River.

My Nav system now has the coordinates for the Swan Pond in Island Park. I wasn’t going to stop, but for the first time this year they were close to the road. Two adults and two juveniles were there. I think you can see part of one of the juvies.

Trumpeter Swans

I think Canada geese are lovely and am always looking for interesting shots of them.

Angry Canada Geese

Canada Goose

Mood lighting along the Gibbon river valley

I don’t know what they were looking at

The falls are so very impressive.
Yellowstone Falls

Yellowstone Canyon

Pool below the falls

It wasn’t until I got the photos home on my computer that I was able to tell that it wasn’t two ravens nor two hawks chasing around but one of each.

Hawk chasing Raven

Waterfalls

Raven

We had two gray jays hanging out in the picnic area.

Gray jay

A few more Canada geese

And three more Trumpeter swans

Complete Bird List for the Day

1. Rock doves
2. Assorted gulls
3. Killdeer
4. Great blue heron
5. Sandhill cranes
6. Brewer’s blackbirds
7. Various large flocks of blackbirds
8. European starlings
9. Black billed magpies
10. Unidentified, non-breeding plumage ducks
11. Cinnamon teals
12. Green winged teals
13. Common mergansers
14. Trumpeter swans
15. Osprey
16. Common ravens
17. American crows
18. Great gray owl
19. Red tailed hawks
20. Gray jays
21. White crowned sparrows
22. Mountain bluebirds
23. American robins

— Jenny