Wolfs " Druid Peak Pack "

Well we woke up at 3:30 am yesterday morning and set out for Lamar Valley home of the Druid Peak Pack wolves, 16 strong with 11 pups in he den.  As soon as we arrived we started looking for the yellow SUV we were told this was one of the rangers that specialized in wolves.  It was foggy this morning and after driving 89 miles from one side of the park to the other we were hoping it would burn off soon.  

After passing the street sign that announced we were entering Lamar Valley we started looking for anything that looked like a Wolf.  After we rounded a corner we saw at least three cars parked alongside the road including the yellow Xterra that we were told about.  Opposite the parking area on a hill ( Trash Can Hill ) about 20 feet high was a small group of people including Ranger Rick.  All had these high dollar spotting scopes, these were some serious Wolf watchers.  I set up my camera and tripod but my 400 mm lens was dwarfed by the high power spotting scopes.  Excitement was in the early morning air as people were calling out there is two a black and a gray over to the left.

  From that point it was fantastic we watched a black wolf come down from the hill behind us and join the group, after harassing a coyote.  We watched listened to these guys for hours.  While we were there we saw our first grizzly.  What I liked was the fact it was about 3/4 of a mile away.  We left our perch on top of Trash Can Hill after the wolves had moved off to the West end of Lamar valley.