Here’s the 3rd Glacier post – Animals. We did not see moose or bear, but others did and we had some other great sightings of animals during our journey to Glacier National Park.
- a female goldeneye,
- a future flutterby,
- a mountain goat that dislodged a huge rock that came rolling down the hill almost hitting someone in our group,
- a bee on a flower,
- a baby quail about 1.5″ long,
- sheep (goats?) strolling by the lodge,
- a ptarmigan (or grouse?) with her chick,
- a Clark’s nutcracker and
- a marmot.
- Below is another photo of the Goldeneye and her brood as they were being blown down the lake. She had 6 “kids” and they were swimming up, being blown down, swimming up, being blown down – it was very funny and quite a challenge to get them into frame at high zoom. Enlarge the one below – it’s really cute! Click the back button to return to post.
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