May 2019 trip, May 16
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 6:47 pm
Again I totally missed Obsidian and Rosie. They just don't want me to see them.
But it was a fun time watching two 3-year-old cubs above the road at Calcite. They were just chasing each other as fast as they could go. Not fighting, just having fun, running one way for 100 yards or more, then turning and running back, then going down, then going up.
One of them came down to the road, and the rangers let people stay on the other side of the road as the cub ate grass. One ranger thought the cubs were brothers and likely part of Rosie's last set of triplets. The one had a white patch on his chest, a kind of Rosie characteristic, the ranger said. Some people thought there was another cub down the road, but I don't know for sure.
3 yo cub 2 calcite 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
3 yo cub calcite 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
The chase
cubs chase 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
Running bear
running bear 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
The other cub
other clacite cub 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
At Mammoth, she already chased him once, so he sneaked up by the picnic table. She was a little testy. She then chased one of the other elk.
already chased him once 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
Don't have a cow (bird)
don't eat the bird 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
But it was a fun time watching two 3-year-old cubs above the road at Calcite. They were just chasing each other as fast as they could go. Not fighting, just having fun, running one way for 100 yards or more, then turning and running back, then going down, then going up.
One of them came down to the road, and the rangers let people stay on the other side of the road as the cub ate grass. One ranger thought the cubs were brothers and likely part of Rosie's last set of triplets. The one had a white patch on his chest, a kind of Rosie characteristic, the ranger said. Some people thought there was another cub down the road, but I don't know for sure.
3 yo cub 2 calcite 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
3 yo cub calcite 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
The chase
cubs chase 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
Running bear
running bear 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
The other cub
other clacite cub 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
At Mammoth, she already chased him once, so he sneaked up by the picnic table. She was a little testy. She then chased one of the other elk.
already chased him once 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr
Don't have a cow (bird)
don't eat the bird 5-16-2019 by Linda Hamilton, on Flickr