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obxhead

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35. We got stuck in a traffic jam for 2 hours in Yellowstone.
Sat Apr 28, 2012, 05:45 PM
Apr 2012

Buffalo had taken over the road and refused to move for 2 hours.

Otters. Little guys, but cool. eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #1
Funny you mention otters RZM Apr 2012 #2
Looooove the otters. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #40
Otters are one my favorite animals! emmadoggy Apr 2012 #65
Buffalo in Yellowstone; also elk there. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #3
I've only seen bison in enclosures RZM Apr 2012 #4
We got stuck in a traffic jam for 2 hours in Yellowstone. obxhead Apr 2012 #35
Yes, Yellowstone is the best place to make sure you'll see wildlife. Liberty Belle Apr 2012 #56
Mountain goats in Lake Louise. Saw a bear in the woods of Quebec as a kid. Saw a moose on a canoe applegrove Apr 2012 #5
Saw a blue whale when we were burying my dad at sea (that's what all the whale watching Flaxbee Apr 2012 #6
Cool stuff RZM Apr 2012 #7
When I was in Central America, I opened my big shutter window, and a guy had a three crunch60 Apr 2012 #8
Sperm Whale off the coast of Massachusetts denbot Apr 2012 #9
A flight of wood storks over the barn csziggy Apr 2012 #10
I've seen bald eagles a couple times RZM Apr 2012 #11
There were bald eagles living north of us in what used to be plantation csziggy Apr 2012 #15
If you want to see more bald eagles, emmadoggy Apr 2012 #67
you can see bald eagles every day in winter breeding season in southeast louisiana pitohui Apr 2012 #88
My husband saw a bald eagle perched in a tree yellerpup Apr 2012 #85
There was an Alvin Show episode that sounds just like that Art_from_Ark May 2012 #90
Eagles spark excitement wherever they go. yellerpup May 2012 #93
bison, bears, and a wolf in yellowstone fishwax Apr 2012 #12
We regularly have raccoons, fox and deer in our yard woodsprite Apr 2012 #13
I saw a pink spoonbill at a refuge in FL (image dialup warning) alphafemale Apr 2012 #14
Actually any pipi_k Apr 2012 #16
On a cruise in southeast Alaska (dialup warning) blaze Apr 2012 #17
Great pics! RZM Apr 2012 #23
gorgeous photos! Are they yours? Flaxbee Apr 2012 #25
Thanks Flaxbee! blaze Apr 2012 #60
HEY! annabanana Apr 2012 #47
:) blaze Apr 2012 #61
Wow.....what a great question.....and such a tough one to answer...... Gato Moteado Apr 2012 #18
A male Pileated Woodpecker. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #19
beautiful! stuntcat Apr 2012 #39
I thought I didn't have much, but I've seen one of those! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #54
We have a family of pileated woodpeckers in our backyard. They had a baby last year GOPonziconz Apr 2012 #80
Beavers. bluedigger Apr 2012 #20
Saw hippos in the river from a distance when I was in Central Africa.. undeterred Apr 2012 #21
That's pretty cool RZM Apr 2012 #22
The people I was staying with had a pretty good sense of how to observe undeterred Apr 2012 #24
Hippos on land at night ate very dangerous. Lucky Luciano Apr 2012 #43
Yeah, everything is dangerous at night... undeterred Apr 2012 #49
I'll agree with that. nt Lucky Luciano Apr 2012 #50
Most of the time However I remember lunasun Apr 2012 #75
emergency car trouble>camp had to be done in area hippos crossed at night! lunasun Apr 2012 #74
Peregrine Falcons Mendocino Apr 2012 #26
A Great Snowy Owl TrogL Apr 2012 #27
10000 Canada Geese TrogL Apr 2012 #31
Had a full grown bobcat jump on the hood of my Jeep. bluesbassman Apr 2012 #28
A grizzly bear, a lynx, a mountain lion cliffordu Apr 2012 #29
Vicuņas in South America. Cleita Apr 2012 #30
Bears, moose, foxes, coyotes, The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #32
A bear...in his natural habitat... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2012 #33
Definitely when I went on safari in Africa at the Londolozi Game Reserve Lucky Luciano Apr 2012 #34
I'm a city boy. Giant rats in the subway. MrSlayer Apr 2012 #36
I live in St Paul, so it's a pretty big list Generic Brad Apr 2012 #37
I saw the wild parrots in San Francisco stuntcat Apr 2012 #38
There was a film about that ... I never saw it, but I'd like to: Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #42
That was what made me want to go find them! stuntcat Apr 2012 #45
We've had up to 50 wild parrots in our yard. Liberty Belle Apr 2012 #57
Skunks are precious! stuntcat Apr 2012 #71
I saw about five of these in a tree in Costa Rica one time ... Quetzal birds: Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #41
Absolutely gorgeous. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #44
Got to see only one fly by in Monteverde cloud forest I think in CR lunasun Apr 2012 #76
Yes, that's where we were when we saw them, in Monteverde. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #89
I like animals that cross that line and begin to accept you as part of the landscape. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #46
Armadillos and Horny Toads Xipe Totec Apr 2012 #48
I always wanted to see a bear. NCTraveler Apr 2012 #51
I saw 13 bears on a 2 week trip to Alaska. Liberty Belle Apr 2012 #58
That sounds great. NCTraveler Apr 2012 #59
I had to rescue a busload of Japanese tourists from a bear TrogL Apr 2012 #87
I would not like to find myself next to a mother and her cubs in the wild. NCTraveler May 2012 #94
A Cobra In Kenya DallasNE Apr 2012 #52
orca, Humpback whales, marlin, manta rays AsahinaKimi Apr 2012 #53
Bears and moose in Alaska, elephant seals at a CA beach Liberty Belle Apr 2012 #55
Once, I saw a Luna Moth sulphurdunn Apr 2012 #62
I saw one of these critters once Botany Apr 2012 #63
Orcas in the San Juan islands Major Nikon Apr 2012 #64
Standing in my front yard, I saw a murder of crows chasing off a bald eagle. siligut Apr 2012 #66
Humpback whale and her baby. avebury Apr 2012 #68
A platypus....while camping in a National Park in Australia livetohike Apr 2012 #69
Big red kangaroos in full flight...just amazing...and so seemingly effortless SwissTony Apr 2012 #70
Dolphins KamaAina Apr 2012 #72
American salt water crocodile. earthbone Apr 2012 #73
Cougar tops the mammal list XemaSab Apr 2012 #77
I saw a Kori Bustard in Namibia. It made me think of a pteroactyl and it's the largest flying bird GOPonziconz Apr 2012 #78
Red-tailed hawk sakabatou Apr 2012 #79
When I was in college... Fearless Apr 2012 #81
If it lives within the borders of Alaska, I've seen it. Arctic Dave Apr 2012 #82
Top of my list oleander hawkmoth Apr 2012 #83
A small flock of wild turkeys. yellerpup Apr 2012 #84
Polar bears in Churchill and around Hudson Bay. sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 #86
Elk, horny toad, and baby bob cat. lonestarnot May 2012 #91
Close encounter as a teenager with a great horned owl JCMach1 May 2012 #92
wild animals byeya May 2012 #95
Mink.. 4_TN_TITANS May 2012 #96
Elephant in Kenya, hippos in SA, leopards in Congo oneshooter May 2012 #97
Just the other evening I got to see a scissortail up close Sentath May 2012 #98
There's a half-man half-gator who lives in the Gotham sewers Bruce Wayne May 2012 #99
Whales from a catamaran off Hawaii - course they were not very close benld74 May 2012 #100
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