{"id":12494,"date":"2019-09-07T07:09:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T11:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12494"},"modified":"2019-09-07T07:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T11:09:15","slug":"clarks-nutcracker-at-the-hot-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12494","title":{"rendered":"Clark\u2019s Nutcracker at the Hot Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We left an hour early from the the Lamar Buffalo Ranch on our last day in Yellowstone, headed for the airport in Bozeman, but chasing a Wolf working its way up the valley that we saw from the Bunkhouse window after breakfast. We caught up with the wolf, still quite distant, but then had an extra hour…so we went to the upper terrace of Mammoth Hot Springs. Melissa had never seen the springs and I cajoled her into at least a short hike among the thermal pools. It was a special treat to find so many birds there…from the parking lot and around the pools. This Clark\u2019s Nutcracker was very obliging…working the cones in a pine just off the boardwalk. We saw it from a distance, and were able to approach quite close. Sony RX10iv at something over 600mm optical and into Clear Image Zoom. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr. <\/p>\n

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