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Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 – 10:34 am
I’ve seen lots of bison in state and national parks, but I waited until I saw them at Yellowstone before I added them to my list. The bison at Yellowstone are pure, without any cattle blood. And they are the only bison herd in the U.S. that is wild and that has always lived here. Of course they are closely monitored and controlled, but still this is as close to a wild bison as you can get.
They aren’t hard to see. There are almost 5,000 in the park. I saw individual scattered throughout the northern half of the park — in valleys, on hillsides, in small clearings. Some were alone, some were in loose groups of just a few bison, and some were in big herds. There were a lot of newborn calves around.
The bison paid no attention to humans. They grazed right along the roads and even wander out into traffic. We were stuck in a jam for about 30 minutes later on this day while a herd crossed a busy road. One large bull walked slowly through the parking lot and across the road at the Fishing Pier store and disappeared into the woods.
Here’s the first one I saw.
The rest of these photos were taken at various times in the park on this day and the next.
