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The Bison were acting really unnerved today at Elk Island National Park, not sure if they were feeling vulnerable with the deep snow and extremely cold -30 C / -22 F temperatures, or if a predator was in the area !!
Bison
Though the terms are often used interchangeably, buffalo and bison are distinct animals. Old World “true” buffalo (Cape buffalo and water buffalo) are native to Africa and Asia. Bison are found in North America and Europe. Both bison and buffalo are in the bovidae family, but the two are not closely related.
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My puffin post yesterday wrapped up the seabird series and kicked off a series of multiples...shots with multiple (two or more) subjects.
Here, a herd of bison grazing in a fresh dusting of snow in Grand Teton National Park. The challenge on this one was that the bison were a considerable distance from the road. I wanted to include as much of the heard as possible and zooming to 400mm didn't do that. So I backed off to 200mm which allowed most of the herd to be in the fame, but way too much featureless snow in the foreground. I played with the crop options and settled on this pano crop.
Another image from the morning of May 15th in Custer State Park. I'm alternating between fur and feathers for this series.
Calving had occurred for the bison herd in Custer, and the cows had decided to show off their babies by hanging out near the road. There were well over 100 cows and at least 60 calves very close to the wildlife loop road.
europäischer Bison im Sauerland. Das Winterfell geht dahin.
European bison in Sauerland loosing his winter coat.
When I look at this portrait, I think about how important the bison were to the Native Americans... a true spiritual relationship really. I think of what it must have felt like to see herds of thousands on the plains...before the slaughter. They are magnificent animals.
This majestic animal was intent on watching me, while I photograph him. unfazed by our long Minnesota winters.
They had a lot to do with early American history .
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Bison are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and six extinct species are recognised. Of the six extinct species, five became extinct in the Quaternary extinction event. Wikipedia
Height: Bison latifrons: 8.2 ft.
Mass: Bison antiquus: 3,500 lbs
Bison on the Prairie, captured on Mamiya medium format camera. Nature Conservancy Prairie Preserve, North of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
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Up until a year ago, Bison were grazing in this field. Americans like to call them buffalo, but they are only distantly related to the true buffalo.
Winter is harsh in the mountains. Yellowstone Bison are constantly on the move in search of food. Their coats keep them warm in very cold temperatures of around -40F.
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!
Bison roaming over the Hayden Valley in the northeastern part of Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone River runs through the valley.
I am not clear on who has the right of way.
But I think I will let them go first.
Yellowstone National Park
Bison grazing near West Thumb Geyser Basin. West Thumb Geyser Basin is one of the smallest geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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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