Wildlife

**bodywhomper** · 11-09-2021, 12:22 PM

Dang. I’ve never seen a big horn in the wild, though I’ve wandered in areas of known herds (eg pine creek canyon in the Sierra).

This is the response i got when i stepped outside to start my day

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**rideit** · 11-10-2021, 08:23 PM

Think your town has critters? This is a few hundred yards from my wife's office, she is often walking our puppy home at this time.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/county1...ough-town/amp/

**zion zig zag** · 11-11-2021, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by rideit

Think your town has critters? This is a few hundred yards from my wife's office, she is often walking our puppy home at this time.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/county1...ough-town/amp/

I don’t see this ending well.

**teleee** · 11-11-2021, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by zion zig zag

I don’t see this ending well.

Nope those cubs are most likely screwed. Way to comfortable around civilization.

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**rideit** · 11-11-2021, 09:29 AM

Yup. Urban Grizzlies aren’t gonna last long after momma kicks them out next spring. Their range is now from Yellowstone to Hoback. It’s also going to change recreational trail paranoia/reality all over the valley.

**zion zig zag** · 11-11-2021, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by rideit

Yup. Urban Grizzlies aren’t gonna last long after momma kicks them out next spring. Their range is now from Yellowstone to Hoback. It’s also going to change recreational trail paranoia/reality all over the valley.

I heard an anti grizz radio ad on the local (Jackson) station yesterday. Paid for by friends of the elk or some group? Is that a new thing or ongoing?

**Norseman** · 11-14-2021, 10:21 AM

**babybear** · 11-14-2021, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by zion zig zag

I heard an anti grizz radio ad on the local (Jackson) station yesterday. Paid for by friends of the elk or some group? Is that a new thing or ongoing?

not really a new thing but that said I have never heard a radio ad before.
same as the anti wolf groups

**Djongo Unchained** · 11-14-2021, 02:14 PM

Most opposition to apex predators in Wyoming originates with the cattle and sheep ranchers/industry.

**teleee** · 11-14-2021, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained

Most opposition to apex predators in Wyoming originates with the cattle and sheep ranchers/industry.

Yea it sure as hell does. If you want to hear some serious grizzly/wolf hate in Wyoming I can introduce you to my family of northwestern Wyoming ranchers.

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**babybear** · 11-17-2021, 08:18 PM

Norse- love the diversity of contributions!
If I did not comment prior, let it be known that I loved seeing your garden/ flower pics this summer too

on another note- have any of you been watching the new PBS Nature this season? It's Rocky Mtn based and there's some incredible footage. Highly rec
https://video.pbsutah.org/show/natur...RoCTbYQAvD_BwE

**Woo-Dus** · 11-18-2021, 05:52 PM

Traffic jam after a ski day last winter. Pretty sure one had a “Native” bumper sticker and shoot me a sideways look.

**stapes** · 11-20-2021, 08:18 AM

Shitty pics of a pretty cool hawk (red tail?) I saw on a run this week.

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**old goat** · 11-20-2021, 11:44 AM

Nature on PBS has been running a series about wildlife in the Rockies. Lots of good video from GTNP, Jellystone, and Glacier. The usual sappy narration. Bear 399 and her 4 cubs feature prominently in episode 2. (Apparently old bears don't sleep any better than old humans--she still wasn't hibernating well into December.)
2 episodes so far, I don't know if more.

(The narration is not nearly as bad as the current Nova about the Universe. That is borderline-to-flat-out unlistenable.)

**Talisman** · 11-20-2021, 03:13 PM

Saw these two bighorn on an early hike and was able to get within 50 feet before they sidled off the trail and grazed 70 feet away.

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**schindlerpiste** · 11-21-2021, 08:05 AM

Happy fuckers in my yard this morning

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**skifishbum** · 11-21-2021, 08:49 AM

venison for t day?
nice pics norse
a couple from a late oct road trip

**Cruiser** · 11-21-2021, 08:56 AM

Nice plump red fox in the yard

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**old goat** · 11-21-2021, 05:48 PM

Saw an osprey yesterday. Shouldn't it be somewhere warmer by now? Bodes ill for the ski season.

**Hopeless Sinner** · 11-21-2021, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by old goat

Saw an osprey yesterday. Shouldn't it be somewhere warmer by now? Bodes ill for the ski season.

Rivers are open so no need to move yet.

**Norseman** · 11-21-2021, 08:31 PM

**old goat** · 11-22-2021, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Hopeless Sinner

Rivers are open so no need to move yet.

The lakes and rivers here don't freeze or freeze rarely. Wouldn't it have to do more with water temps and the availability of fish near the surface? If talking with fishermen at Donner Lake the last few days is any indication the fish are not plentiful--no one has caught a thing, The maps don't show this area to be a year round habitat but bird maps, like flood maps, probably need updating to deal with warming.

**Hopeless Sinner** · 11-22-2021, 12:42 PM

^Our rivers and major streams at 5500-7000' are still open, the water is very shallow, so I'd imagine it's pretty easy pickings for the ospreys (and bald eagles.)

I think they'll beat it on out of there if they sense a 2-3 day storm on it's way.