{"id":21807,"date":"2012-10-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=21807"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:31:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:31:59","slug":"the-birds-of-yellowstone-by-don-getty-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/the-birds-of-yellowstone-by-don-getty-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birds of Yellowstone by Don Getty \u2013 Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

When people plan to visit Yellowstone National Park, they generally anticipate seeing wildlife like bears, buffalo, elk, etc. and the natural wonders such as geysers and waterfalls. Often overlooked is the incredible variety of birds.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen Wilson’s Snipes in the Park several times. I photographed this one from the window of my vehicle not far from Lava Creek.<\/p>\n

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Wilson’s Snipe, Yellowstone National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mallard Hen with Ducklings, Yellowstone National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A heavy spring snow helped create this image of a Mallard hen with two of her ducklings.<\/p>\n

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Long-eared Owl, Yellowstone National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This Long-eared Owl was the only one I’ve seen in Yellowstone. It was in a clump of trees, just off the road in the Hayden Valley.<\/p>\n

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Kestrel, Yellowstone National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kestrels nested this spring in an Aspen tree near the new bridge in the area referred to as Little America.<\/p>\n

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Dusky Grouse, Yellowstone National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Lake Butte Overlook is one of the best spots to find displaying Dusky Grouse in the spring.<\/p>\n

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Bald Eagle, Yellowstone National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bald Eagles can be seen throughout Yellowstone, but can be difficult to photograph at a reasonable distance. This one was along the Madison River.<\/p>\n

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Harlequin Duck, Yellowstone National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LeHardy Rapids is the spot to find Harlequin Ducks in early spring.<\/p>\n

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Sandhill Cranes, Yellowstone National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For many years Sandhill Cranes have nested on the small island at Floating Island Lake.<\/p>\n

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Trumpeter Swans, Yellowstone National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trumpeter Swans are most common in the winter. These two were photographed in the spring on ice that had not yet melted on Yellowstone Lake.<\/p>\n

If you missed part one of this article go to http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/the-birds-of-yellowstone-by-don-getty-part-one\/<\/p>\n

The images in this article give you a sampling of the many species of birds I have photographed in Yellowstone. For many more photos go to http:\/\/dongettywildlifephotography.com\/p87851699<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When people plan to visit Yellowstone National Park, they generally anticipate seeing wildlife like bears, buffalo, elk, etc. and the natural wonders such as geysers and waterfalls. Often overlooked is the incredible variety of birds. I’ve seen Wilson’s Snipes in the Park several times. I photographed this one from the window of my vehicle not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":2192521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Snipe_Wil_D4B9869.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6984,5],"tags":[7779,367],"class_list":["post-21807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-wildlife","tag-wyoming","tag-yellowstone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}