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This big boy was peacefully grazing and lifted its head to check me out before continuing. The Plain's Bison is one of two subspecies of the American Bison. A big bull can be 1.75 m tall and weigh 900 kg.
Elk Island National Park, Alberta.
I've used quite a lot of post-processing to bring out the contrast and isolate the subject in this shot taken at RZSS's Highland Wildlife Park near Kincraig.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Wisent oder europäischer Bison, gesehen und fotografiert im Tierpark Sababurg bei Kassel / wisent or european bison,, seen in the zoo Sababurg near Kassel, hesse, germany
Image captured last year on color film (with Mamiya C220), reprocessed in black and white with an infrared emulation.
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Continuing my horns and antlers set with this bison bull photographed in Badlands National Park. His hind legs look like he may have some reptile DNA, but it's just dried mud.
Found this pair of Wood Bison along the AlCan Highway years ago in northern BC.
I'm a big bison fan. They are my favorite critter in Yellowstone. I've been around them often, sometimes fairly close on the roads. But this bull and cow....look at his shoulders, chest and hump. Noticeably larger.
"Unregulated hunting in the 1800s nearly wiped them out, and by the middle of the 20th century some thought the animals were extinct. But then, in 1957, a small herd was found in a remote part of Alberta by the crew of a plane flying overhead. Since then, their numbers have rebounded to around 11,000 in Canada, as governmental organizations have helped breed and repatriate them to a few parts of their former range.
PS: some of you have noticed my lens was at 180. Yes, pretty near them. Was a lucky shot driving the AlCan, a herd was gathered along the highway. I just pulled over, dropped the window, said hi and click. Little risk.
However, they sadly hang near this high speed highway and some are killed each year from driver's not paying attention.
The wood bison differs from the plains bison, the other surviving North American subspecies/ecotype, in a number of important ways. Most notably, the wood bison is heavier, with large males weighing over 900 kilograms (2,000 lb), making it the largest terrestrial animal in North America. The highest point of the wood bison is well ahead of its front legs, while the plains bison's highest point is directly above the front legs. Wood bison also have larger horn cores, a darker and woollier pelage, and less hair on their forelegs and beard." Wikipedia
May they thrive and prosper.
Have a great weekend!
This yearling Plains Bison (Bison bison) fired the winter quite well and is now putting on some extra weight to continue its growth into the second year. There is a healthy population of Plains Bison on the north half of Elk Island National Park east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada while the louth half of the park is inhabited by Wood Bison.
9 May, 2022.
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I've lived in Alaska for 23 years now and have only seen bison three times. The first two times the herd was on the Deltana River at least a half mile away. The third time, five bison came to within 25 yard of us. We were on our way to see family near Tok Alaska when we seen these bison walking in a clearing. Needless to say, we, my wife and I were really excited to see them. We only had a few minutes with them, they turned and went back into the woods, but wow, what an experience.
These bison are part of a herd that was introduced to Alaska back in 1928.
A herd of Bison graze in Yellowstone NP - They have to get going early to entertain the crazy tourist later in the day!
(Yellowstone NP)
Bison on the Prairie, captured on Mamiya medium format camera. Nature Conservancy Prairie Preserve, North of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
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I was surprised to see the female bison cuddle up to her big boyfriend. They would cuddle and eat and then she'd run and he'd chase, etc., etc.
This is at Rocky Mountain Arsenal - National Wildlife Refuge and, of course, those are the Rocky Mountains in the background.
A pair of wood bison seen in northern British Columbia. They are noticeably larger than our Plains Bison. Another fine specimen in comments.
Wood bison, the largest animal in the Americas, once roamed throughout present-day Alaska and western Canada. But unregulated hunting in the 1800s nearly wiped them out, and by the middle of the 20th century some thought the animals were extinct. But then, in 1957, a small herd was found in a remote part of Alberta by the crew of a plane flying overhead. Since then, their numbers have rebounded to around 11,000 in Canada, as governmental organizations have helped breed and repatriate them to a few parts of their former range. May they thrive and prosper.
Have a wonderful Spring week!
Plains Bison (Bison bison) bull bellowing out its call during the onset of the breeding season in Elk Island National Park east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
There were a number of bulls calling out on the grasslands but none of them were really out to challenge another bull on the day we visited the park. I believe it was still early in the season and they were just starting to feel the biological urge.
23 July, 2016.
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A female Plains Bison (Bison bison) grazing in an open meadow in the aspen parkland region of Elk Island National Park east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
14 November, 2015.
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