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2 October 2012

Wildlife of the Wild West

We saw 27 mammals. The only two we don’t have photos of are the Yellow-tailed chipmunk and the Eastern fox squirrel.

Mammal #1 - the Desert Cottontail

Mammal #2 - a Rock Squirrel

Mammal #3 - the ever-cute and ever-present Least Chipmunk

The Merganzer, an avian interlude

Mammal #4 - a slightly blurry Common Muskrat

Mammal #5 - the American Red Squirrel

Avian interlude, leaving a pine cone

$Mammal #6 - the River Otter (of course he\'s #1 really)$

An osprey on the wing

$Mammal... drat, we didn\'t see the Beaver, just his handiwork!$

Mammal #7 - a baby Mule Deer sticking his tongue out

Mammal #8 - Mr Shouty, the Elk

Grouse intervention

Quoth the raven: BWAAAAARK!

Mammal #9 - an American Marten with his marmot to go

Mammal #10 - hopefully not the mate of the previous Yellow-bellied Marmot

Mammal #11 - king Pika surveys his domain

Mammal #12 - a pair of dramatically coloured Grey Wolves, not grey at all really

Mammal #13 - the Bison

Mammal #14 - earning his name, the Grizzly Bear chews on a deer

Mammal #15 - fearless Red Fox patrolling the road

Mammal #16 - the Sagebrush Vole

Mammal #17 - my favourite ungulate, the Moose

A red-tailed hawk takes off from his perch

This American Kestrel seems to have caught a big bug

$Mammal #18 - look closely, it\'s an American Deer Mouse$

Mammal #19 - wily Coyote

Mammal #20 - chubby meerkats, aka Black-tailed Prairie Dogs

Mammal #21 - the most enchanting Thirteen Striped Ground Squirrel

Mammal #22 - foofy white Mountain Goat

$Mammal #23 - the Pronghorn, America\'s only antelope$

Mammal #24 - White-tailed Deer looks both ways before crossing

Mammal #25 - a pair of big horned Bighorn Sheep

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