Yes, Bryce Canyon National Park has geologic amphitheatres and hoodoos, but there is plenty of wildlife too.Ravens are common in Bryce, I didn't see them anywhere else during my Four Corners trip. With the exception of the extreme upper Midwest and the Appalachians, ravens tend to reside west of the 100th meridian in the United States.
Occupying a similar western range is the mule deer. I saw an occasional deer while driving through Utah and Colorado, although these three were the only ones I was able to photograph. There's a colony of endangered Utah Prairie Dogs in the park, although the critters were not cooperative in regards to posing for pictures.
I haven't written much about trees yet. Those are Ponderosa pines and Douglas firs on the right. And where there are trees, there are forest fires, one of which consumed the Douglas fir stand pictured below.
Related posts:
My running partner this afternoon: A buck
California Collision: Mule Deer
Earlier posts:
"Hell of a place," Bryce Canyon
Red Canyon
Cedar Breaks
Taylor Creek Trail
Kolob Canyons
Animals of Zion National Park
The geology of Zion National Park
Overview of Zion National
Moqui Cave
Arizona's White Mesa and roadside stands
The dogs of Kayenta
Monument Valley at sunrise
Monument Valley at sunset
The road to Monument Valley
The monument is closed and in the wrong spot
More of Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park and the Ancients
Gerald R. Ford Memorial Highway
Flatlanders battle the Rocky Mountains and a car gets altitude sickness
Buffalo Bill's gravesite
Buffalo Bill's Scout's Rest Ranch
My rattlesnake sighting
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