Saturday, May 9, 2026
It was a slow day at the den site. Nearly all the Junction Butte pack was east in the Lamar Valley causing chaos. They were attacking bison calves and adult bison. I missed all of it, staying at the den site. The word was it was a major mess with traffic.
At one point, they were joined by a grizzly, but after a while, the pack tired of his presence. I saw a short video of 11 wolves chasing him away.
I saw only 1 wolf today. A large uncollared grey. It went down to a nearby carcass and fed.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 It sure is hard to drag myself out of a warm bed into a cold camper at 5:00 am! I got most of my gear unpacked and organized yesterday.Today, I drove back to Slough Creek and spent the morning there. , yet. We had a bit more activity. Several wolves went into and out of the den, one came in with food. And Mom came out and stood on the entrance for a few minutes. I guess she wanted a break from the kids. We're not expecting to see the pups for about a week, yet, so I'm not expecting much until then. After lunch, I drove around to check on some bird nests. The golden eagle nest along Slough Creek road was unoccupied. Either it's not being used this year or the adults were away. The osprey nest in the nearly dead tree in the Lamar Canyon had one adult in it, as did the hawk nest in the crevice at the east end of the canyon. The bald eagle nest in the west end of the Lamar Valley was empty when I got the scope set up. But as I was looking, an adult flew in...
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