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RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-06-2020
Some of the black wolves in YNP :
- 2M
- 3M
- 4M
- 6M
- 9F
- 12M
- 13M or “Old Blue”
- 15M
- 16F
- 18F
- 19F
- 20M
- 21M
- 22M
- 23M
- 24F
- 33F
- 35M
- 36F
- 41F
- 42F (“The Cinderella Wolf”)
- 44F
- 52M
- 56M
- 66M
- 67F
- 77F
- 78F
- 103F
- 104M
- 105F
- 118M
- 126F
- 128M
- 129F
- 132M
- 133M
- 136F
- 137F
- 148F
- 153F
- 154F
- 155F
- 156F
- 164M
- 165M
- 190F
- 193M
- 194M
- 195M
- 196M
- 200F
- 201F
- 202M
- 203M
- 207M
- 208M
- 209F
- 210M
- 216F
- 224M
- 228F
- 229M
- 231M
- 233F
- 235M
- 236M
- 237F
- 239M
- 240M
- 243M
- 245M
- 251F
- 253M aka "Limpy"
- 254M
- 255F
- 256M
- 258M
- 259F
- 260F
- 262M
- 263M
- 267M
- 276M
- 279F
- 280M
- 282M
- 286F
- 287M
- 289M
- 300M
- 301M
- 302M (“The Casanova”)
- 303M
- 304M
- 343M
- 344F
- 349M
- 350M
- 351M
- 352M
- 353F
- 360F
- 361M
- 367M
- 370F
- 371F
- 372F
- 374M
- 375F
- 379M
- 380F
- 381M
- 386F
- 388F
- 389M
- 390F
- 395F
- 396F
- 397F
- 399F
- 400F
- 401F
- 402F
- 403F
- 405M
- 406M
- 408F
- 409F
- 410F
- 422F
- 427F (“U-Black”)
- 434F
- 449M
- 470F
- 472F
- 474M
- 477M
- 478F
- 479M
- 480M
- 481M
- 482M
- 489M
- 490M
- 492F
- 493M
- 494F
- 495M
- 496F
- 497M
- 500M
- 501M
- 525F
- 526F
- 527F
- 529F
- 535M
- 543M
- 544M
- 545F
- 572F
- 574F
- 578F
- 588F
- 590M
- 621F
- 624F
- 629M
- 631F
- 633F
- 634F
- 636M
- 638M
- 642F
- 661M
- 682M
- 684M
- 687M
- 689M
- 690F
- 692F
- 695M
- 697M
- 712M
- 713F
- 714F
- 716F
- 752F
- 754M
- 755M
- 757F
- 758M
- 762M
- 779F
- 794F
- 822F
- 825F
- 829F
- 830F
- 831F
- 838M (“Big Blaze”)
- 859M
- 871M
- 879F
- 889F
- 890M (“Patch”)
- 906M
- 908F
- 910M
- 924F
- 926F (“Spitfire”)
- 933M
- 949M
- 962M
- 967M
- 968F
- 970F
- 979F
- 992M (“Twin”)
- 993M
- 996M
- 1005F
- 1013M
- 1014M
- 1015M
- 1047M
- 1048M
- 1049F
- 1050F
- 1051F
- 1082M
- 1083F
- 1084M
- 1090F
- 1104F
- 1107M
- 1108M
- 1109F
- 1116U
- 1117M
- 1154F
- 1155M
- 1156M
- 1198F
- 1199F
- 1200M
- 1203F
- 1229F
- 1230M
- 1232M
- 1233M
- 1234M
- 1235F
- 1236M
- 1238M
- Dull-Bar
- “Half-Black”
- SW147M
- SW763M
- "Little-T"
- "Small-Dot"
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-06-2020
Some White Wolves :
- 192M
- 540F
- The White Lady
- "The Wapiti White Alpha Female"
- "The Bechler Female"
The others wolves in Yellowstone are grey with some gray/brown [ex : "Big Brown" or commonly known as 778M]
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-06-2020
Actual and Past/Defunct Wolf Packs in YNP :
Note : Bold = Actual Packs in YNP
- 8-Mile
- Agate Creek
- Belcher
- Beartooth
- Blacktail Deer Plateau
- Biscuit Basin
- Buffalo Fork
- Canyon
- Casey Lake
- Chief Joseph
- Cinnabar
- Clear Creek
- Cottonwood Creek
- Cougar Creek
- Crevice Lake
- Crystal Creek/Mollie's
- Druid Peak Pack
- Gibbon Meadows
- Grayling Creek
- Geode Creek
- Hayden Valley
- Hellroaring Creek
- Junction Butte
- Lava Creek
- Lamar Canyon
- Leopold
- Lone Star
- Madison
- Mary Mountain
- Mount Everts
- Nez Perce
- Oxbow Creek
- Phantom Lake
- Prospect Peak
- Quadrant Mountains
- Rose Creek
- Snake River
- Silver
- Slough Creek
- Specimen Ridge
- Swan Lake
- Thorofare
- Tower Pack
- Soda Butte/Yellowstone Delta
- Wapiti Lake
Edit : The Carnelian Creek Pack is a newly formed pack in 2020
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-06-2020
Pups born by year and by pack (1995-2019) :
Note : Only the surviving pups numbers are described in the () with sometimes the proportion survived/born
1995 : 9
16F17F
18F
19F
20M
21M
22M
23M
24F
1996 : 14
Births of 1997: Of the 67 known pup births, 49 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year.
13 Litters (9 packs)Nez Perce (1)
Thorofare (6)
Leopold (5)
Druid (5) (2 litters)
Chief Joseph (5) (2 litters)
Rose Creek (9) (3 litters)
Crystal Creek (6)
Soda Butte (4)
Unknown (3)
Washakie (5)
- Births of 1998 : Of the 44 known pup births, 36 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (81%) .
10 litters (4 packs with 2+ litters)Crystal Creek (8)
Leopold (5)
Rose Creek (10) (2 litters)
Druid (1) (2 litters)
Chief Joseph [I and II] (5 and 5) (2 litters)
Nez Perce (3) (2 litters)
- Births of 1999: Of the 64 known pup births, 38 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (59%) .
11+ Litters from 11+ PacksDruid (2)
Rose Creek (6) (3 Litters)
Leopold (1)
Crystal Creek (1)
Chief Joseph (3)
Nez Perce (5)
Outside YNP
Sheep Mountain (New Name of Chief Joseph II) (3)
Teton (Outside YNP) (5)
Gros Ventre (Outside YNP) (2)
Sunlight Basin (7)
Others (3)
- Births of 2000: Of the 68 known pup births, 55 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (80 %) .
At least 16 litters20/21 pups of the Druid Survived to year end (at least 3 litters)
Chief Joseph (6/8)
Swan Lake (5/5)
Leopold (5-7/10)
Rose Creek (5-8/11) (2 litters)
Yellowstone Delta (7/7)
Nez Perce (7/7)
Sunlight Basin (4/4)
Outside YNP
Absaroka (3/5)
Beartooth (0/2 ?)
Gros Ventre (3/3)
Washakie (2-3/?)
Taylor Peaks (2/4)
Mill Creek (2+/?)
Births of 2001 (In Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem [GYE]): Of the 77-78 known pup births, 43 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (56 %) .
At least 17 littersDruid (11) (at least two litters, up to 4)
Rose Creek II (5)
Leopold (4)
Swan Lake (2)
Mollie’s (6)
Chief Joseph (7)
Nez Perce (? but 1 litter)
Cougar Creek (3)
Yellowstone Delta (5)
Outside YNP
Teton (9)
Washakie (4)
Sunlight Basin (4-5)
Absaroka (4)
Beartooth (3)
Freezout (4)
Sheep Mountain (6)
- Births of 2002 : Of the 65-66 known pup births, 56 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (85 %) .
At least 14 littersDruid (3) (2 litters)
Agate Creek (4) (2 litters)
Bechler (2)
Chief Joseph (8)
Cougar Creek (5)
Geode Creek (3)
Leopold (8)
Mollie’s (2)
Nez Perce (3)
Rose Creek II (3)
Swan Lake (11) (Possibly 2 litters)
Yellowstone Delta (4)
Outside YNP :
Teton (11)
Washakie (5)
Sunlight Basin (4)
Absaroka (3)
Beartooth (3)
Greybull River (3)
Taylor Peak (2)
- Births of 2003 : Of the 75 known pup births, 59 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (78,6 %) .
Agate Creek (4 ?)Bechler (4)
Chief Joseph (5?)
Cougar Creek (4?)
Druid (9) (at least 2 litters)
Geode Creek (2)
Leopold (8)
Mollie’s (2)
Nez Perce (2)
Rose Creek II (3?)
Slough Creek (6)
Swan Lake (6)
Yellowstone Delta (4)
- - Births of 2004 : Of the 86 known pup births, 59 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (69 %) .
Bechler (2)
Biscuit Basin (6)
Chief Joseph (2)
Cougar Creek (5)
Druid (2) (2 litters)
Geode Creek (5) (2 litters)
Gibbon Meadows (2)
Hayden Valley (2)
Leopold (11) (2 litters)
Mollie’s (2)
Nez Perce (2)
Slough Creek (8)
Specimen Ridge (2)
Swan Lake (2)
Yellowstone Delta (4)
- Births of 2005 : Of the 69 known pup births, 22 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (32 %) .
Leopold (2/19)Agate Creek (3)
Slough Creek (3/15)
Yellowstone Delta (5)
Bechler (4)
Gibbon Meadows (3)
Hayden Valley (2)
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-06-2020
- Births of 2006 : Of the 77 known pup births, 60 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (78 %) .
Swan Lake (3)
Leopold (12) (multiple litters)
Hellroaring (1)
Agate Creek (6)
Druid (9) (Probably more than 1 litter)
Oxbow Creek (8) (Probably more than 1 litter)
Mollie’s (5)
Yellowstone Delta (5)
Bechler (5)
Gibbon Meadows (4)
Hayden Valley (2)
- Births of 2007 : Of the 77 known pup births, 64 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (83 %) .
Leopold (3)
Oxbow Creek (8) (More than 1 litter)
Agate Creek (9)
Slough Creek (9) (More than one litter)
Druid (7)
Gardner’s Hole Group (1)
Mollie’s (5)
Yellowstone Delta (6)
Bechler (3)
Cougar Creek (4)
Gibbon Meadows (6)
Hayden Valley (3) (More than one litter)
- Births of 2008 : Of the 77 known pup births, 22 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (29 %) .
Mount Everts (3)
Druid (5/18) (More than one litter)
Mollie’s (3)
Yellowstone Delta (2)
Bechler (3)
Gibbon Meadows (6)
Leopold (0/?) (more than one litter)
- Births of 2009 : Of the 44 known pup births, 23 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (just above 50 %) .
Blacktail (4)
Quadrant Mountain (3)
Cougar Creek (3)
Gibbon Meadows (6)
Grayling Creek (2)
Mollie’s (5)
- Births of 2010 : Of the 45 known pup births, 38 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (84 %) .
Agate Creek (4)
Blacktail (6)
Lamar Canyon (4)
Bechler (7)
Canyon (3)
Mary Mountain (2)
Mollie’s (7)
Yellowstone Delta (5)
- Births of 2011 : Of a X known pup births, 34 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (? %) .
8-Mile (2)
Blacktail (5)
Lamar Canyon (5)
Canyon (2)
Cougar Creek (3)
Mary Mountain (5)
Mollie’s (7)
Yellowstone Delta (5)
- Births of 2012 : Of the X known pup births, 20 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (? %) .
8-Mile (3)
Junction Butte (2)
Lamar Canyon (4)
Bechler (2)
Canyon (2)
Cougar Creek (5)
Snake River (2)
- Births of 2013 : Of the X known pup births, 41 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (? %) .
8-Mile (9)
Junction Butte (4)
Bechler (4)
Canyon (3)
Cougar Creek (6)
Mollie’s (5)
Snake River (4)
Yellowstone Delta (6)
- Births of 2014 : Of the X known pup births, 40 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (? %) .
8-Mile (2/16) (3 litters)
Prospect Peak (6 pups) (2 litters)
Junction Butte (3/5)
Lamar Canyon (6/7)
Mollie’s (6)
Snake River (5)
Yellowstone Delta (5)
Bechler (4)
Cougar Creek (3)
- Births of 2015 : Of the X known pup births, 35 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (? %) .
8-Mile (5)
Junction Butte (8/12) (3 litters)
Prospect Peak (5)
Lamar Canyon (3)
Wapiti Lake (4)
Canyon (2)
Cougar Creek (2)
Mollie’s (6)
- Births of 2016 : Of the X known pup births, 36 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (? %) .
8-Mile (10/12) (At least 2 litters, probably 3)
Junction Butte (4/9) (2 litters)
Prospect Peak (2/4)
Bechler (4)
Canyon (1)
Cougar Creek (2)
Mollie’s (4)
Snake River (5)
Wapiti Lake (4)
- Births of 2017 : Of the X known pup births, 21 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (? %) .
8-Mile (4/5)
Prospect Peak (1)
Cougar Creek (1)
Snake River (3)
Wapiti Lake (12) (2 litters)
- Births of 2018 : Of the X known pup births, 24 of the pups were believed to be still alive at the end of the year (? %) .
8-Mile (4)
Junction Butte (3/11) (3 litters)
Lamar Canyon (3)
Crevice Lake (2)
Cougar Creek (3)
Mollie’s (3)
Wapiti Lake (6/7) (2 litters)
- Birth of 2019 : 61 pups, of which 42 survived to year end (68.9 %)
8-Mile (8/11) (2 litters)
Phantom Lake (7/13) (At least 3 litters)
Junction Butte (8/17) (4 litters)
Lamar Canyon (4)
Bechler (2)
Mollie’s (4)
Wapiti Lake (9) (2 litters)
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-06-2020
Mortality of 1995 and 1996
- 3M
- 4M
- 10M
- 11F
- 12M
- 20M
- 22M
- 32F
- 36F
- 45M
- 47F
Mortality of 1997
- 13M
- 15M
- 17F
- 19F
- 27F
- 28M
- 31M
- 37F
- 38M
- 63F
- 64F
- 66M
- 68F
- 69M
- 71F
- 73-76
- 86-90
- 91F
- #100
- #101
- #102
- 108M
- #110
- #112
- #140
Mortality of 1998
- 6M
- 26F
- 30F
- 35M
- 39F
- 67F
- 83M
- 85F
- 111F
- 127?
- 135M
- 139?
- 141M
- 142F
- 181?
- 3 ? pups
Mortality of 1999
- 43M
- 78F
- 82M
- 123M
- 133M
- 160F
- 165M
- 167F
- 168F
- 182M
- 183F
- 184F
- 185M
- 186M
Mortality of 2000
- 8M
- 14F
- 16F
- 24F
- 40F
- 120M
- 124M
- 129F
- 163M
- 187F
- 188F
- 197F
- 199M
- 230F
Mortality of 2001 (in YNP)
- 33F
- 34M
- 92M
- 148F
- 191M
- 212F
Mortality of 2002
- at least five adults in YNP :
- 2M
- 7F
- 218F
- 254M
- Adult ?
- 15% of the pups
Mortality of 2003
- 105F
- 175F
- 207M
- 208M
- 211M
- 220F
- 251F
- 259F
- 260F
- 294M
- 296M
- 309F
- 346?
- 347M
- 361M
- 363?
Mortality of 2004
- 21M
- 42F
- 72M
- 103F
- 174F
- 194M
- 206M
- 214M
- 215M
- 217F
- 249M
- 261M
- 293F
- 332F
- 342F
- 351M
- 386F
- 393M
- 422F
- 434F
- 435
- 451F
- 466
- 467M
Mortality of 2005
- 44F
- 48F
- 70M
- 152F
- 204M
- 219M
- 227M
- 255F
- 257M
- 327F
- 343M
- 349M
- 352M
- 356M
- 375F
- 379M
- 381M
- 388F
- 475F
- 476F
- 483F
- 484M
- 488M
- 496F
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-06-2020
Mortality of 2006
- 288F
- 377M
- 453M
- 474M
- 487M
- 489M
- 490M
- 493M
- 528M
- 542F
Mortality of 2007
- 287M
- 348M
- 497M
- 524F
- 540F
- 541M
Mortality of 2008
- 151F
- 380F
- 526F
- 534M
- 544M
- 588F
- 589F
- 591F
- 592F
- 623M
- 626F
- 628M
- 629M
- 630F
- 631F
- 643F
- 644F
Mortality of 2009
- 192M
- 302M
- 527F
- 536F
- 569F
- 625F
- 632F
- 694F
- 697M
- 716F
Mortality of 2010
- 383M
- 472F
- 480M
- 482M
- 691F
- 753F
- 756F
- 761F
- SW147M
Mortality of 2011
- 495M
- 586M
- 636M
- 641M
- 642F
- 646F
- 647M
- 692F
- 715F
- 775M
Mortality of 2012
- 471F
- 754M
- 777M
- 793M
- 794F
- 818F
- 819F
- 822F
- 823F
- 824M
- 827M
- 829F
- 830F
- 832F
- 838M
Mortality of 2013
- 686F
- 693F
- 758M
- 759F
- 820F
- 828M
- 831F
Mortality of 2014
- 689M
- 871M
- 889F
- 908F
- 924F
Mortality of 2015
- 478F
- 870F
- 925M
- 968F
- 979F
- 980M
Mortality of 2016
- 911M ("Puff")
- 970F
- 993M
- 995F
- 1012M
Mortality of 2017
- 821F
- 909F
- 949M
- 1083F
Mortality of 2018
- 779F
- 1091F
- 1116U (Hermaphrodite)
Mortality of 2019
- 962M
- 1118F
Mortality of 2020 (as of now)
- 969F
- 1049F
- 1105M
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-06-2020
* Note *
All these births and mortality data were from the Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Reports
(The Link to these reports are in the first post of the thread)
* Other Notes* :
- Pups death (except if collared) are mostly not documented (type of death) in the mortalities summary of the Annual Reports
- Same goes for wolves who wandered out of the park
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-06-2020
The reason/causes of deaths are known for many wolves.
Here are some :
Cars
Control Action/Management/Livestock Depredation
Disease
Handling/Capture when collaring
Harvest/Shot
Illegal Killing
Intraspecific Conflict (Wolf Packs)
Natural (Killed by prey, old age, etc...)
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-07-2020
Here some statistics and facts from the Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Reports regarding mortalities causes amongst Yellowstone wolves
(Next Posts)
Part I (Natural Deaths)
Bear in mind that these informations are shared for these purposes mainly :
Documentation on wolves and understanding wolves
Public Information
Awareness
Knowledge
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-09-2020
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-09-2020
36F (Lone Star Geyser, YNP) (April 14th 1996)
"Wolf #36F was found dead of probable thermal burns on April 14th"
Source : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Reports (1995 and 1996)
*This image is copyright of its original author
Lone Star Geyser 2016, Roy Marino photo credit
More informations about this geyser since we are talking about it :
First Described [Well in written notes I mean] in 1872 by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden Geological Survey.
This particular man is one of the most important man in The Yellowstone History
Location : 4.8 km southeast of Old Faithful Geyser
Type : Cone Geyser
Eruption Intervals : 3 h
Eruption Duration : 30 min
Eruption Height : 35-40 feet (11-12 meters)
Sources : Wikipedia and Geysers-Upper Geyser Basin
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-09-2020
Wolf 17F
"On July 18, shortly after #17F and #34M had moved their pups to a rendezvous site, a tracking flight picked up a mortality signal from #17F’s radio collar. She was picked up that day, and a necropsy later revealed that she had been gored in the chest by a stick. Foul play by humans was not suspected, so it was probable that the wound was sustained while the wolf was chasing an elk. "
Source : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report of 1997
Location : Fawn Creek Area, YNP
Here is a picture of the area :
*This image is copyright of its original author
This is the Fawn Pass Trail [Hiking]
The - - - - are the boundaries of the Idaho/Wyoming [West] and Montana/Wyoming [North]
Green = Part of the Park
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-09-2020
Wolf 6M
"Crystal Creek Pack, Adult Male, Natural (elk)"
"The alpha male, #6, died in August 1998 from an injury caused by an elk; the wolf’s femoral artery was severed. Fifty meters away the elk was found dead and consumed by #6’s packmates."
Source : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report 1998
"The femoral artery is a large artery in the thigh and the main arterial supply to the thigh and leg." [Source : Wikipedia]
RE: Yellowstone Wolf Directory - TheNormalGuy - 04-09-2020
Quote:Wolf 30F and 127F (Thorofare Pack)
"When we visited the site where #35 was found, only hair, urine, blood, and his collar remained in a windblown concavity underneath a log along the Yellowstone Lake shoreline. His mate and pup, #30 and #127, perished in an avalanche, likely fleeing the Soda Butte Pack. "
Quote:Yearling Wolf 83M (Rose Creek Pack)
"A yearling male (#83) died of injuries probably inflicted by an elk."
Source : Yellowstone Wolf Project Annual Report 1998