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The Bison of Yellowstone Wildlife Study contains 129 images taken in Yellowstone National Park in the snow before spring and in the autumn in Central Yellowstone and the Lamar and Hayden Valleys. Portrait, Scenic and Behavioral images are separated into three pages sorted primarily by location, and this Overview index, which houses several sample images from each of the 3 section pages.
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Bison 1: Winter, Calves, Roadblocks and Portraits
Bison 2: Bison in Central Yellowstone Bison 3: Lamar Valley and Hayden Valley
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The Banner below leads to the Bison Gallery where images can be selected.
There are over 165 images in the Bison Gallery.
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Bison in Snow Gibbon River 5715
Rangers paddle a canoe on the Gibbon River past a group of Bison foraging in a snow-covered meadow at the end of winter in late April.
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Bison in Snowstorm Obsidian Cliffs 6564
Bison grazing near Obsidian Cliffs during a late April snowstorm in Yellowstone National Park.
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Bison and Calf in Snow 5772
A female Bison and her newborn calf walk through the snow in late April near Tangled Creek in Yellowstone.
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Bison Newborn Calf 7177
A newborn bison calf sniffs a fallen tree near Tangled Creek in the Lower Geyser Basin of central Yellowstone.
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Bison Firehole River 8713
A frontal view of a male bison ambling along the Firehole Riverbank across from the Excelsior Geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin of central Yellowstone in autumn.
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Bison Nez Perce Creek 9653
A male Bison at Nez Perce Creek, taken at a classic angle at 300mm.
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Bison Roadblock Lamar Valley 6008
A 300mm telephoto closeup of male bison blocking the Grand Loop Road in the Lamar Valley in late April.
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The Banner below leads to the Bison Gallery where images can be selected.
There are over 165 images in the Bison Gallery.
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Bison at Sunrise Madison Junction 0320
Geothermal steam rises over a ridge as a group of Bison are lit by the rising sun near Madison Junction in Yellowstone National Park.
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Bison at Sunrise Norris Junction 1255
A male Bison at rest near Norris Junction at sunrise in autumn.
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Bison Calf at Sunset Norris Junction 9851
The golden brown fur of a young calf is lit by the rays of the setting sun in this image taken near the Norris Junction Ranger Station in central Yellowstone National Park.
Bison calves are born with golden brown fur. They begin turning brown after 2.5 months. This calf was obviously born late in the season, as it is still quite gold in late September.
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Bison Juvenile Firehole River 9079
A 300mm telephoto closeup of a juvenile Bison at rest beside the Firehole River in Yellowstone.
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Bison at Rest Madison Junction 0928 M
A young male bison at rest near Madison Junction in central Yellowstone.
All of the landscape (horizontal) large version images linked from the thumbnails are 1500 pixels wide. Portrait (vertical) images are 1200 pixels tall (1290 pixels with title bar). Images designated with an “M” in the shot number are 5:4 aspect ratio, 1500 x 1290 with a title bar, or 1500 x 1200 without a title bar.
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Bison Fight Madison Junction 0995
Two young male Bison lock horns as they spar competitively, gaining experience in dominance rituals.
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Bison Wallow Madison Junction 1062
A young male checks to see if his buddies were watching him roll around in the dirt.
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The Banner below leads to the Bison Gallery where images can be selected.
There are over 165 images in the Bison Gallery.
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Bison Lamar Valley 0517
Bison grazing below Cottonwoods near Buffalo Ranch in the Lamar Valley.
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Bison Point of View Lamar Valley 8516
A male bison gazes across the Lamar Valley towards Rose Creek in this 500mm extreme close portrait.
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Bison at Sunrise Lamar Valley 0235
A male bison at sunrise in the Lamar Valley in northern Yellowstone National Park.
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Bison Lamar Valley 9926
A lone Bison crosses a sea of grass in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley in autumn.
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Bison Wallow Lamar Valley 8478
A thoroughly contented wallowing Bison lies on his back and looks at the photographer in the Lamar Valley in autumn.
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Bison Hayden Valley 0471
A group of Bison walking in the autumn grass, in the Hayden Valley in central Yellowstone. In the foreground are a female followed by a juvenile, and in the background are two males.
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Bison Wallow Hayden Valley 0479
A bison ambling past a wallowing individual tastes the dirt kicked up as it walks by.
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The Banner below leads to the Bison Gallery where images can be selected.
There are over 165 images in the Bison Gallery.
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Click the Display Composite above to return to the Yellowstone section index page.
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