Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
In and around the rivers and small lakes are many types of duck, perhaps the easiest to spot
being the male
mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos),
with his iridescent green head, white neck-ring,
yellow beak, and blue on the wing feathers, while the female is mottled brown with orange
beak and feet and some blue feathers.
Great blue heron
Sandhill crane
he
great blue heron
(Ardea herodias)
likes to fish along the Madison and Firehole Rivers
and near Fishing Bridge. Its blue-gray feathers include some stringy ones in the breast area.
As long as 4 feet (1.2 m), the heron flies and often stands with its neck in an S shape.
