Quite a first day…we saw Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Elk and Black Bears along the road.  The ram in the picture above, wearing the stylish tracking collar, was digging a hole in search of antifreeze.  Biologists guess that they are looking for sodium but no one knows why the antifreeze doesn’t appear to harm the sheep.

These two Cow Elk were like many we observed today, grazing and in no apparent hurry to get anywhere. The Elk here are currently shedding their winter coat.

We had three bear sightings today, this Black Bear was very interested in the grass along the park road.  Perhaps it was in search of salt which may have been applied to the road this past winter. Eventually, it headed back into the woods after a lot of grass munching.