We have started our Snake River float trips for the year, which means we’ve also started Nature Mapping! We ended up with 40 species of birds and mammals for the river and 24 species of birds mammals and amphibians for the camp. Spring is a great time to check out wildlife along the river. Our most common species was the Canada Goose. Below we have a report for our trip down the river as well as the wildlife we saw at Tipi Camp.
JHWF Snake River Count, Teton, Wyoming, US
May 6, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
34 species
Canada Goose 144
Mallard 56
Barrow’s Goldeneye 1
Common Merganser 24
American White Pelican 54 several bunches on gravel bars as we travelled down the river. None of them flew so we have an accurate count.
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 6
Swainson’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 3
Spotted Sandpiper 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Belted Kingfisher 4
Northern Flicker 4
Merlin 1
Black-billed Magpie 6
American Crow 14
Common Raven 3
Tree Swallow 50
Bank Swallow 5
Cliff Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11
Mountain Bluebird 7
American Robin 31
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) 5
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 47
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Brewer’s Blackbird 7
Moose 2
Marmot 2
Jackson Hole Vintage Adventure Camp, Teton, Wyoming, US
May 6, 2018 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
22 species
Canada Goose 3
Mallard 3
Green-winged Teal 2
Common Merganser 2
Ruffed Grouse 1
American White Pelican 4
Osprey 2
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
American Robin 5
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) 5
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Brewer’s Blackbird 2
Chipmunk 1
Frogs ?