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Hard to imagine "Buffalo Bill" or "Buffalo, New York" being called "American Bison Bill" or "American Bison, New York", but that is the proper name for the animals in this picture: American Bison (Bison bison).
According to the National Park Service ( nps.gov ), millions of bison once roamed from the Alaskan forests to the grasslands of Mexico, from Nevada eastward to the Appalachian Mountains. By the late 1800s there were only a few hundred left, hunted nearly to extinction, their lands "tamed" by European settlers. As of 2015, about 10000 bison were protected in public lands.
This picture was taken in Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, home to a free-roaming herd of about 100 bison.
Hint: This grouping was separated from the herd. Their eyes are closed and their tails are down, trying to relax in the blazing sun and high temperatures. If they open their eyes, and their tails are straight up, you could be in trouble!
Water buffalo with their herders in the water just downstream from the Taj Mahal on the Yamuna river.
African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
syncerus caffer
kafferbuffel of Afrikaanse buffel
buffle d'Afrique ou buffle noir des savanes
Afrikanischer Büffel
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while feeding at dawn this big Buffalo bull was watching us.
Photographed in the wild in South Africa
African buffalo also called Cape Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Afrikaanse buffel
Buffle d'Afrique
Afrikanischer Büffel
búfalo africano o búfalo de El Cabo
bufalo africano o bufalo del Capo
Nikon Z9 400mm f/3.5
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Having a little fun - the bison (buffalo) look like huge boulders when presented in mono and some artistic sketch.
Happy Slider Sunday!
The idea was inspired by artist Bev Doolittle's - "Calling The Buffalo"
Détail d'une sacoche en cuir de buffle à fleur corrigée
Detail of a buffalo leather satchel
Champ couvert : 65x50mm
diamètre intérieur de l'oeillet métallique : 8,5mm
Stack de 16 images assemblées avec Photoshop
When the trailing Norfolk Southern power developed issues at East Binghamton Yard in Conklin, New York this Canadian Pacific SD40-2 was added to the point. My friend Jon Kayes tipped us off, so Keith Latimer and I headed towards Sunbury, Pennsylvania on this nice, sunny day. Before catching 11R here at the 273 signals in Dalmatia, we followed NS local H3W south to Herndon with Conrail-painted GP38-2 5259 leading. Position light signals, standard cab EMDs and a variety of scenery made the Buffalo Line my favorite place when I lived in the Keystone State. Plus, it was a spirited chase! Afterwards, we celebrated my (belated) birthday at Appalachian Brewing Company in Harrisburg, what a great day it was.
As seen along this road near Steamboat Springs,
open only to snowmobile traffic when the snow is this heavy, winding up the mountains through Buffalo Pass.
Colorado is so beautiful in winter!
PNT_5222 Steamboat RT 38 view
This airmail beacon had an acetylene powered flashing light that helped pilots keep on course. It was built in the mid-1920's and operated until early 1930's.
The beacon is on the part of Buffalo Valley called "alkali lake" (USGS 7.5' topo "Buffalo Springs NE"). Except for the missing light, it looks like it could still be used.
Fresh off of overnight rain, and several inches in the week prior, the scenery on Earl Drive just outside Dauphin PA is saturated as the Norry to Enola turn, H53, rumbles south along the Norfolk Southern Buffalo Line with a pair of ex-Conrail SD40-2 locomotives leading the charge.
One of the things I miss about my once frequent trips to South Dakota is seeing the buffalo (American Bison). Majestic beasts.
At the Drums Along The Hudson event in Inwood Hill Park, this was a dance that would have been performed by Native Americans in the Great Plains region honoring the buffalo before a hunt
Buffalo, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2024
Buffalo City Hall is the seat for municipal government in the City of Buffalo, New York. Located at 65 Niagara Square, the 32-story Art Deco skyscraper was completed in 1931 by Dietel, Wade & Jones.
The 398-foot-tall (121.3 m) building is one of the largest and tallest municipal buildings in the United States and is also one of the tallest buildings in Western New York. It was designed by architects George J. Dietel and John Wade. The friezes were sculpted by Albert Stewart and the sculpture executed by Rene Paul Chambellan. The foyer features a bronze tablet honoring Mayor Roesch, created in 1937 by regional sculptor, William Ehrich.
Buffalo City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It is located within the Joseph Ellicott Historic District.
Buffalo, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2024
Buffalo City Hall is a 32-story skyscraper completed in 1931. It is considered one of the finest and most significant examples of Art Deco architecture in the world.
Architecture and Design: Designed by Dietel, Wade, and Jones, the building is famous for its soaring verticality and intricate geometric details. Both the exterior and interior are adorned with mosaics, sculptures, and stained glass celebrating the city's history and industrial prowess.
Observation Deck: On the 28th floor, there is a free public observation deck that provides stunning 360-degree panoramic views of the city, Lake Erie, and, on clear days, the mist rising from Niagara Falls.
Symbolism: The design incorporates many Native American motifs and scenes of industrial labor, representing Buffalo's identity as the "City of Light."
Status: It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is so massive that it features over 1,500 windows, all uniquely designed to open inward for easier cleaning.
Buffalos munching away at the Amboseli National Park in Kenya. The contrast with the intense green looked almost surreal when I shot this.
'it says here that Fergal is having a fine time shooting architectural porn, but misses Ireland..' Theatre district, central Buffalo.
The Oxpecker at the Buffalo's nose must tickle. But the Oxpeckers help keep the animals they service pest free. They mostly eat ticks.
The African buffalo is a very robust species. A characteristic feature of the horns of adult male African buffalo is that the bases come very close together, forming a shield referred to as a "boss". From the base, the horns diverge downwards, then smoothly curve upwards and outwards and in some cases inwards and or backwards. In large bulls, the distance between the ends of the horns can reach upwards of one metre (the record being 64.5 inches 164 cm).
The horns form fully when the animal reaches the age of five or six years but the bosses do not become "hard" till 8 to 9 years old. In cows, the horns are, on average, 10–20% smaller, and they do not have a boss. Forest buffalo horns are smaller than those of the savanna buffalo from Southern and Eastern Africa, usually measuring less than 40 centimetres (16 in), and are almost never fused.