Day 3, Wednesday

Ok so I am trying to get this post put in before dark... last night I was run out of the library by dive-bombing bats! They came like three inches from my face and got worse when I went outside to make a phone call! 

Today we set out to search for chipmunks on some roads that led outside the park. So far no one can tell us where the good populations of chippys are outside of the park, its been frustrating! Dr. Wilson wants to talk to this lady about maybe letting us just trap around the research center where there arent any tourists and where we have seen the chips... she is coming here for a seminar tomorrow so we'll see how that goes.

We climbed a mountain and saw nothing and drove around and saw nothing again! Hank, the guy that runs the center showed us a couple of places to go and we went to check one out... there was a sign posted that said it was a frequented area by bears! AHH, I have heard too many stories about the bears people have been seeing!

Here are the pictures for today!

Those are Elk grazing in a feild, last night a bear chased them all down but didn't catch any. I didnt see it but two people from our cabin did. This is not very close to our cabin.

This is a pronghorn without its horns! Very beautiful guys

The illusive Least Chipmunk! This is what we're looking for. This guy was on the trail up to the library, unfortunately we cannot trap him since he is living inside of the park.

We found some scratches on the trees near our cabin from bear claws. Thankfully they were not fresh! This is Dr. Wilson for those of you who don't know him.

This red fox was blocking our way to the cabin on the road. He is a little mangy and usually more red than this but very pretty. The people that live here said he hangs out a lot around the center and is not easily spooked!