Birds of Yellowstone National Park
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![Black-billed magpie at Mammoth Hot Springs](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/e28252e3-f2c3-4572-ad92-da3e0780cef8-magpie.jpeg?width=660&height=501&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Black-billed magpie at Mammoth Hot Springs
NPS/Diane Renkin![Common raven seen Oct. 2013.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/fd184646-4f93-4ded-8ddd-2f0ea4d8ada9-09263B01-1DD8-B71B-0BC792AEB24B8012Original.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Common raven seen Oct. 2013.
NPS/Neal HerbertRaven Scavenging a Sharp-shinned Hawk carcass
NPS / Jacob W. FrankGreen-tailed towhee
NPS / Jacob W. FrankPine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
Jim PeacoTwo bald eagles fighting for bison carcass
NPS/Jim PeacoBohemian waxwings, Bunsen Peak
NPS/Neal Herbert![Clark's nutcracker at Mammoth Hot Springs.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/d9a828cf-3e82-4faa-8f08-ce9693695ef0-5a06452e-44b6-4264-8418-baf8f2fae105Original.jpg?width=660&height=508&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Clark's nutcracker at Mammoth Hot Springs.
NPS/Diane Renkin![Cedar waxwing near the north entrance.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/02a450cc-1e92-4909-8263-1703b1373f48-5bbf8489-e907-4ec1-bdab-6f52f5673e7bOriginal.jpeg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Cedar waxwing near the north entrance.
NPS / Jacob W. Frank![Red-tailed hawk photographed on Oct. 22, 2011.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/350e6fbd-a126-413e-97c6-df9d5d863faa-5da71bd2-d8cc-4589-99c5-d45f39dfd7e4Original.jpg?width=660&height=462&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Red-tailed hawk photographed on Oct. 22, 2011.
NPS/Steve Sarles![American Avocet at Yellowstone Lake.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/13737b46-ef8e-4b95-8ece-035c135464fd-7c0d5251-9f82-4362-b79e-5048b61b9f43Original.jpg?width=660&height=423&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
American Avocet at Yellowstone Lake.
NPS/Jim Peaco![Hairy woodpecker near Silver Gate, MT, photographed in December 2005.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/c5232dd7-c771-45c7-bbeb-7201743e6f88-36ed2f76-1201-4b67-bcee-a71bf4a90d2aOriginal.jpg?width=660&height=480&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Hairy woodpecker near Silver Gate, MT, photographed in December 2005.
Jim Peaco/NPS![Golden eagle, Lamar River January 2015.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/d8043550-54ca-4636-99e1-eeb763abe33d-085FD695-1DD8-B71B-0BF7D454CC989B9BOriginal.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Golden eagle, Lamar River January 2015.
NPS/Neal Herbert![Great Blue Heron feeding on fish.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/9dfb7cdd-743c-414e-b210-75ca303bb9bd-89d72793-5015-44a6-8c66-f68a26898400Original.jpg?width=660&height=425&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Great Blue Heron feeding on fish.
NPS/Jim Peaco![Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/87ae2ce3-3565-4ad4-a8c6-ac54896c38ed-151b3155-bb61-421e-a39a-4509d4a706c5Original.jpg?width=660&height=492&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
Jim Peaco![Turkey Vulture in the Lower Geyser Basin.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/1c5bfddd-1fd5-4de5-bc82-931876e83901-985a35d2-c872-4a3c-ad32-6b09fb76ba47Original.jpg?width=660&height=496&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Turkey Vulture in the Lower Geyser Basin.
NPS/Jim Peaco![Great horned owl in cottonwood tree in Mammoth Hot Springs
June 2, 2016.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/591525c3-e4c2-4597-8a67-605e5f14f0f5-5116e07d-ad2b-4c10-82c0-aa949a436e23Original.jpg?width=593&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Great horned owl in cottonwood tree in Mammoth Hot Springs June 2, 2016.
NPS/Jim Peaco![Western Grebe in October, 2017.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/9a0bffad-7747-4a0a-991e-17e71231036f-21939f7c-1b90-4181-86f6-2141658a8d7eOriginal.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Western Grebe in October, 2017.
NPS / Jacob W. Frank![Dipper at nest.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/f1061f02-a0ae-4603-a515-687268df7d93-62433d6d-fcbc-4a95-af03-3a04321a0644Original.jpg?width=660&height=446&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Dipper at nest.
NPS/Harry Engels![Male Williamson's sapsucker near Mammoth Hot Springs](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/30bdb89c-e5f1-4ac6-8404-eff622649986-82336cae-4a0f-4bbe-b2fa-25ac4147c8cdOriginal.jpg?width=660&height=614&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Male Williamson's sapsucker near Mammoth Hot Springs
NPS/Diane Renkin![Common Nighthawk nestling.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/050b5b10-773e-4bf4-a30b-773201e81167-14302535-7c1e-4753-b01e-ec926ee09103Original.jpg?width=660&height=422&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Common Nighthawk nestling.
NPS/J Hemphill![Yellow-bellied sapsucker.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/ea5db29e-1628-4622-9c59-ed2d19fff321-a739c252-de76-434f-b2e1-ee9d2a62b14cOriginal.jpg?width=445&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
NPS/Harry Engels![White-faced Ibis in May 2014.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/3abf7e0f-94f9-49d0-9e83-68c7791cb963-b9ca7f20-b438-4b2c-abfe-731f4893fe24Original.jpg?width=660&height=524&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
White-faced Ibis in May 2014.
Mike Dunn![Western tanager in July 2014.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/2acea1f5-138a-462c-bbd8-7a24f2327ffd-c6e8ba91-5eab-4869-ba8a-0e88850f312bOriginal.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Western tanager in July 2014.
Lori Wilkinson/NPS![Canada goose & goslings in Lamar Valley May 20, 2017.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/42ea2c07-6fae-4958-99fb-bd8e23eb0eb1-c817041c-a5c1-47db-811f-2fc4b9167500Original.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Canada goose & goslings in Lamar Valley May 20, 2017.
NPS/Neal Herbert![Black-billed magpie feeding in thermal runoff at Mound Terrace.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/386492df-620d-4623-b12c-01f02be5baf9-cac933e4-2dbd-4b9d-a2cc-9be4637fdcfcOriginal.jpg?width=660&height=397&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Black-billed magpie feeding in thermal runoff at Mound Terrace.
NPS/Diane Renkin![Three-toed woodpecker digging for insects in a fallen tree, Mammoth Hot Springs Sept. 17, 2017.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/bd30bd60-db19-45e6-b825-dee3b84e4506-cebf9bdc-8f8c-4482-97f8-fa8b3f78784aOriginal.jpg?width=660&height=464&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Three-toed woodpecker digging for insects in a fallen tree, Mammoth Hot Springs Sept. 17, 2017.
NPS/Neal Herbert![Bohemian waxwing, Bunsen Peak
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Bohemian waxwing, Bunsen Peak .
NPS/Neal Herbert![Juvenile American robin, Mammoth Hot Springs July 8, 2017.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/4a66a6fd-c135-4547-80ae-93c2be1fb150-e979e329-a8b0-4827-ad85-e10e84d792f1Original.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Juvenile American robin, Mammoth Hot Springs July 8, 2017.
NPS/Neal Herbert![Male dusky grouse in display April 22, 2017.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/f933fec4-bdef-434d-aa06-5f88ac0c7bd5-e2989bc4-85ad-4c76-a678-cf3431eb58f8Original.jpeg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Male dusky grouse in display April 22, 2017.
NPS/Neal Herbert![A dipper on a frozen rock in Soda Butte Creek on Dec. 14, 2019.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/63fd6070-b01c-46ed-b5bf-19fb5414253d-eb7b7ce5-7418-4592-b826-21c794d7db19Original.jpeg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A dipper on a frozen rock in Soda Butte Creek on Dec. 14, 2019.
NPS / Josh Spice![Eared grebe near Mammoth in May 2014.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/58983280-aa74-4413-8e08-7dc714d29bf9-eb32283e-7e30-4dc6-ac0d-07e4d33bbf04Original.jpg?width=660&height=389&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Eared grebe near Mammoth in May 2014.
NPS/Neal Herbert![American dipper at Mound Terrace](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/aeee7a4d-d9e0-4486-8e79-f43e2f6f2bbd-ee503b8e-b183-491c-870b-22afcfc94496Original.jpg?width=585&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
American dipper at Mound Terrace
NPS/Diane Renkin![Violet-green swallow seen June 16, 2017.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/724403e5-4a39-4255-b7bf-efd75ae24762-f84040bc-ff6e-4056-85d3-b619a00d8006Original.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Violet-green swallow seen June 16, 2017.
NPS / Jacob W. Frank![Gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/b303260a-1e68-4b11-aa45-a9a743c15434-fcc97a53-f348-43e3-a081-6824a19921ebOriginal.jpg?width=660&height=531&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
NPS/Diane Renkin![Great horned owl chick in cottonwood tree in Mammoth Hot Springs June 2, 2016.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2023/07/19/USAT/db63a6ac-8ba3-4b74-9693-dcac5dfe429b-fe59d24b-df30-4c51-b5a9-728359af3005Original.jpg?width=510&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Great horned owl chick in cottonwood tree in Mammoth Hot Springs June 2, 2016.
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