Today was our third day out in Yellowstone with our tour guide, and our main focus today was climate change. What better way to know more about climate change, then to go out searching for the elusive pika. During our short stay there we ended up seeing two pika’s and one of their food staches, after that we heard a group of coyotes giving out warning howls saying there was another predator in the area. The group decided to go maybe find some wolves again, and we got extremely lucky finding the Junction Butte Pack once again but this time eating on a kill.

The pack ended up taking down a bison, and I ended up getting a few neat pictures of them feeding on the kill vigorously and then taking some of the meat away from the carcass. Once watching the wolves was over our group ended up taking a hike all the way up to Junction Butte, where the climb was rough but defiantly worth it. At the top was an awesome view where you could see for miles, and even though there was one agitated bull bison, we still had time for a group picture at the top. The group then proceeded back down in an easier matter, and took another hike down to the river, where we talked about different elements, like precipitation and fire regimes that go on in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. We also had a meeting after our last day with our guide about climate change and how different grasses and amphibians dealt with the increase in temperature, even though it’s only a slight change. After that was all said and done some of the group including myself went down to the Gardiner river to relax in either the very hot or cold water.