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Motherly love.
A female bison comforting her young calf on a cold morning in Yellowstone. There were a few snowflakes falling, also.
A young Plains Bison (Bison bison) calf nursing in an open meadow is Elk Island National Park Alberta, Canada.
3 June, 2015.
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Continuing my moms and babies series.
Giving a hug without arms can be a challenge, but this bison calf figured it out. Photographed in Custer State Park, South Dakota.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is celebrating the birth of a European bison calf, born at Highland Wildlife Park in July.
Staff at the wildlife conservation charity say the new arrival, a boy, will be named in the coming weeks.
Becky Pink, animal keeper at Highland Wildlife Park said, “We were so happy to see mum Glen Isla and dad Tomek welcome a calf earlier this year. Our new arrival is doing well and can be spotted running around with the herd in our main reserve.
“We have a tradition of naming our bison after Scottish glens and will be choosing the youngster’s name in the coming weeks.”
European bison have been brought back from extinction in the wild following the success of rewilding and reintroduction projects.
Becky added, “We currently have one of the largest European bison herds in the UK and they play an important role in supporting reintroduction efforts for the species in mainland Europe.
“Last year, two of our females were released in Northern Spain with one giving birth earlier this year.
“We’re all really excited about our new arrival and it is fantastic to be able to welcome visitors to meet
6 bison were returned to Waterton National Park last spring 4 years after the Kenow wildfire. This year 2 calves were born.
www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/waterton/nature/faune-wildlife/b...
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.
Young Plains Bison calves are prone to bursts of energy during which they run around at maximum speed, jump, spin and exhibit other rambunctious behavior. It's one of my favorite things to observe in nature and never ceases to make me laugh.
This is the last of my random series and my last post for a week. Heading to the high country for some cooler weather and hopefully some photo ops with my favorite wildlife subjects.
A rainy/gloomy day didn't dampen this bison calf's spirits. Young bison are prone to bouts of high energy displays where they run, jump and spin with abandon. One of the most entertaining wildlife behaviors.
This one was performing for us in Grand Teton National Park.
We missed the birth by only a few minutes, but did get to see this Bison calf struggle to its feet and fall back down several times before walking off with mom.
I zoomed in on this calf's face trying to see what was with its eye. Apparently a glob of snow or ice right on its eye. Poor thing -- his first winter and he looks like he is trying to remember those carefree days of romping with the other calves in the summer sun.
This young bison calf reminded me of the calf that Billy Crystal's character adopted in the movie City Slickers...Norman.
We found him in Yellowstone National Park.
Since it's March which makes me think of spring, which makes me think of baby animals, this week's theme is babies!
Lucky little red dog (young bison calf) to have a caring mama. I'm not exactly sure if this was at Custer State Park or Wind Cave NP, South Dakota since the parks are adjacent. (There is a fence somewhere along the parks road). Happy Mother's Day to all the moms of the world.
It takes a lot of steps to keep up with its mother, but this bison calf has been doing it since the day it was born. It amazes me how capable they are from so early on.
Wild American Bison (calf), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Bison births usually occur between March and May. A female, called a cow, will give birth after a gestation period of nine months. Usually, she will give birth to only one young at a time, though twins have been recorded. Bison calves are born big. American Bison calves weigh a massive 30 to 70 lbs. at birth, according to the U.S. Department of Interior. A calf is protected not only by its mother, but also by the whole herd. Title adapted from the classic western folk song sometimes called the "unofficial anthem of the American West" - Home On The Range by Dr. Brewster Higley.
"The Yellowstone Park bison herd in Yellowstone National Park is probably the oldest and largest public bison herd in the United States.
American Bison once numbered in the millions, perhaps between 25 million and 60 million by some estimates, and they were possibly the most numerous large land animal on earth. However, by the late 1880s, they had been hunted to near extinction throughout North America. It appears that the Yellowstone Park bison herd was the last free-ranging bison herd in the United States and the only place where bison were not extirpated in the United States. The Yellowstone Park bison herd is descended from a remnant population of 23 individual bison that survived the mass slaughter of the 19th century by hiding out in the Pelican Valley of Yellowstone Park."
Wikipedia information.