Warning: These pictures may be considered gross or graphic by some readers. Read and view with caution ultra refined city folk.

A cow elk gives birth right next to the Administration building at Yellowstone National Park headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs! 

You can see how wildlife and people can live together harmoniously.  And I figure it is one of the few places in the Yellowstone area where a cow elk can safely have her calf without it being eaten immediately by a grizzly or a wolf! 

Ugh come on! Maybe if I pull this string like thing…

Maybe this position will help.

Yeah I know who your daddy is.. I’ll kill the bastard if I ever see him again!

It’s all instinct now

Oh yes a safe delivery! Who IS that nosey man taking pictures?

Up and at ‘em little one

How little and vulnerable

Alright Mom quit pushing!   Hey!     Quit!     I’m still wet

Ughhh Grrrrr Told you!

What?   Are?   These?    THINGS?    Whoa…  LEGS!   I   got   legs!

Hey what’s up mama? Mother and baby bonding

Kinda getting the hang of it.. hey lady whatch ya eating?

Dang right I’m hungry… that’s hard work. Ahhh love you too mom!

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Wyoming Game and Fish still searching for the grizzly bear that mauled 70 year old Erwin Frank Evert to death:

Just hours after a grizzly was tranquilized, collared and left to wake up it mauled to death a 7o year old cabin owner in the Kitty Creek area of Wyoming. (Just 7 miles from the East Entrance of Yellowstone National Park) 

Botanist Erwin Frank Evert of  Park Ridge, Ill, vacationed in his Kitty Creek cabin for nearly 40 years. One afternoon he went out for an afternoon hike and never returned. His wife reported him missing. Erwin was found shortly after at the bear capture site.

The grizzly responsible was left just hours earlier after being captured by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST)that was in the area researching grizzly bears.  The area is only 4 miles away from the  Wyoming Boy Scout Camp. At the time the researchers tranquilized the grizzly there where 150 boy scouts in the area.

Officials are not certain that this was the same bear that attacked and killed the 70 year old hiker. But it is no doubt a no brainer as Evert was found 20 yards from the capture site. The probability is that Erwin Frank Evert came upon the bear as the bear was waking up or shortly after. No doubt the bear was disoriented and in a bad mood.

The mauling occurred approximately 7 miles from the East Entrance of Yellowstone National Park on Thursday. After wardens of the Wyoming Game and Fish, members of Park County Search and Rescue and Scott Steward, a Park County Sheriff,  recovered Erwin’s body they closed the area to protect the public from further attacks.

The U.S. Forest Service furthered issued a closure order for the Kitty Creek area and part of the Shoshone National Forest until the bear is found. Federal wildlife and law enforcement agents are searching for the bear using the electronic tracking equipment put on the grizzly Thursday.

Just another reminder, when hiking the back country, you are not in the zoo! These are free roaming wild animals living in their natural habitat. Bear attacks are rare but they do happen! When in bear country please be prepared. Carry bear spray, do not hike alone and do your hiking in the day time, the evening is hunting time for grizzlies.

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Update

The bear was tracked via the radio collar and shot.  

We would like to express our thoughts and prayers are with Erwin’s wife, family and friends at this tragic time. Erwin, a Botanist,  had just published a massive reference book, “Vascular Plants of the Greater Yellowstone Area” which was his life’s work and his passion.

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Our post office houses thousands of letters, packages and 3 baby bunnies!  What a surprise I had after I dropped an out of state letter in the mail box!

Here is a picture of a yellow barrier that you need to drive past  as your leaving the drop off boxes beside the post office.

And here is the little teeny baby bunny. The little thing was just sitting there beside the barrier like nobody’s business.

 He wasn’t in the least bit afraid of my car. I thought he was lost so I got out of my car to shoo him back into the grass. That’s when he darted underneath the yellow barrier to hide.

I stood there a minute and realized that there where at least 3 baby bunnies living under the barrier. Luckily I had my camera with me. I never could catch the 3 together.

So I’m wondering who do you call to keep these street smart bunnies from getting run over?

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A mountain lion was tranquilized Friday on 25th Street Ina Ave. Thanks to the fast actions of the Game and Fish guys, she won’t be causing any more trouble around here.

 Here is the big mountain lion tranquilized on Friday June 4th on Ina Ave.

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This may be the same cat that has been spotted wondering the Shoshone River bank. She may have followed the Shoshone river into town.  I wonder if she is related to the lion photographed on Casper Mountain?

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People travel from many states and continents to get a glimpse of Yellowstone’s free roaming wildlife. This isn’t a Yellowstone or even a west coast Moose, but still, this is an amazing site to see, and in someones front yard!  

A mother Moose gave birth to a sprawling youngster in the middle of downtown Naubinway, Michigan. Naubinway is about 40 miles west of the Mackinaw bridge in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  The shots below are of the mama and baby moose @ 12 hours old.  Incredible!

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If you have any incredible shots or stories to share please leave a comment below.

CWN