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Day 2 AM: Yellowstone Lake

By Willis Chung
Sep 27, 2016
67 Photos

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2016Aug Yellowstone Natl Park 2016Aug Yellowstone Natl Park

Day 2 AM: Yellowstone Lake

Sep 27, 2016
67 Photos

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My campsite at Grant Village Campground the first night. (Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Yellowstone Lake early in the morning. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Long, thin barrier island along the near shore. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Crossing the log bridge from the narrow island. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

It's a longer walk than I was willing to take with my photo gear! (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Reflections in Yellowstone Lake (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Other people came from the campground to enjoy the view.

Least chipmunk foraging (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Least chipmunk, checking out some pine needles (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Least chipmunk, nibbling on pine needles (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Least chipmunk, checking out some fresh pine branches. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Other photographers enjoyed the views on the lake. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle coming in for a landing on a dead tree overlooking Yellowstone Lake (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle landing (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

A flock of ravens wanted to displace the bald eagle from their tree (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

This raven landed on the tree... (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

The eagle fought off the raven's flying attack. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle looking around. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Ravens take up station in a nearby tree (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Unhappy raven, watching the eagle (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle having flown to a different tree, closer to me. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, turning head completely to the rear! (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle in flight. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle in flight

Juvenile bald eagle on short final approach to the original tree, gear down and locked. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, reducing airspeed, flaps full. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, engines to idle. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, flairing for landing (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, thrust reversers engaged (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, touchdown, spoilers deployed. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, brakes applied. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, touchdown roll, brakes full. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, disengage thrust reversers. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle, retracting flaps and spoilers. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle with unhappy ravens circling. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Juvenile bald eagle beginning to scan for lunch.

Creek flowing into the Yellowstone Lake near the campground. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

I didn't expect to find wading birds at Yellowstone! This looks like a solitary sandpiper to me.

A solitary sandpiper, I think (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

A solitary sandpiper, I think (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

A solitary sandpiper, I think (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

A solitary sandpiper, I think (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

A solitary sandpiper, I think (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

I think this a golden eagle! (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Golden eagle looking back at me. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Possible crane footprints in the sand. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Lone tree on the long barrier island. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Osprey landing on a fir or spruce tree. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Osprey settled in the tree. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Osprey in flight (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Moss on dead pine branches (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Very busy squirrel, moving pine cones into its burrow. Here he is going out to get a pine cone. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Squirrel coming back with a pine cone. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Pine cone shuttle in action. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Squirrel pausing after carrying pine cones to its burrow. I wonder how he wipes his mouth off. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Kayakers in Yellowstone Lake. Smoky from all the forest fires. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Kayakers in Yellowstone Lake. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Kayakers in Yellowstone Lake catch sight of something (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Kayakers in Yellowstone Lake, probably following a bird in flight. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

More happy kayakers. (South shore of Yellowstone Lake, Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Back at camp, a grey jay plans a raid on one of my neighbor's breakfast. (Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Success! A whole sausage link! The grey jay is also called the "camp robber" (Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Grey jay figuring out how to eat a sausage link. (Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Sausage for breakfast! (Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

Roadtrek parked at my campsite in Grant Village. (Grant Village Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.)

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