Wildlife Log

Throughout the trip the wildlife we saw on our drives and hikes amazed us. We made no serious effort to catalogue everything we saw, but what follows contains much of what we came across

	Organism	Location	Spotter	Date	Notes
1	Cormorant	L.I. Sound	Paul/Jackson	6/25	Ferry Trip
2	Wood Frog	Cooperstown	Jackson	6/27	Pond behind campground
3	Green Frog	Cooperstown	Jamie	6/27	Mass of frog eggs, too
4	Trout	Niagara Falls	Jamie	6/27
5	Bison	Fermi Lab	All	7/3
6	Prairie Dogs	Badlands	All	7/6
7	Prairie Rattlesnake	Badlands	Patrick/Paul	7/6	Rattled at us, went into hole
8	Turkey Vultures	Everywhere	All
9	Killdeer	Badlands	All	7/6
10	Mule Deer	Badlands	All	7/6
11	Meadowlark	Badlands	Paul	7/7	Protecting clutch of eggs
12	Red Tailed Hawk	Badlands	Mark	7/7
13	Goat	Mt. Rushmore	Mark	7/7	Along exit road
14	Pronghorn Antelope	Custer State Park	All	7/7
15	Osprey	Yellowstone	Mark	7/10	Near Tower Falls
16	Black Bear	Yellowstone (better seen later in Shenandoah National Park)	All	7/10	Greeting us at the park, along base of tree
17	Elk	Yellowstone	All	7/10
18	Swifts	Yellowstone	All	7/10
19	Martens	Yellowstone	All	7/10
20	Swallows	Yellowstone	All	7/10
21	Prairie Voles	Yellowstone	All	7/11
22	Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels	Yellowstone – Mt. Washburn Hike	Jamie	7/11
23	Yellow-bellied Marmots	Yellowstone – Mt. Washburn Hike	Jackson	7/11	Seen again near Yellowstone River
24	Pike	Yellowstone – Mt. Washburn Hike	Jackson	7/11
25	Ravens	Yellowstone	All	7/11
26	White Pelicans	Yellowstone – Near Fishing Bridge over Yellowstone River	Mark	7/11
27	Cutthroat Trout	Yellowstone – Near Fishing Bridge over Yellowstone River	Jamie	7/11
28	Thermophylic Bacteria	Yellowstone	All	7/11
29	Grizzly Bear	Yellowstone	All	7/11
30	Moose	Yellowstone	Mark	7/13
31	Coyotes	Yellowstone	Paul	7/14
32	Llamas	Idaho	Mark	7/16
33	Harbor Seal	Government Locks, Seattle	Mark	7/18
34	Salmon	Government Locks, Seattle	Jamie/Patrick	7/18
35	Quail	Side of the Highway in Oregon	Carol	7/21
36	Steel Sea Lions	Oregon Caves	All	7/21
37	Californian Sea Lions	Oregon Caves	All	7/21
38	Egrets	Oregon Coast	Mark	7/22
39	Zebras	San Simeon	All	7/28
40	Ring Necked Lizard	Grand Canyon	Jamie, Patrick, Jackson	8/2
41	White Tailed Deer	Shenandoah National Park	Gene	8/11
42	Wood Toad	Shenandoah National Park	Jamie	8/11