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Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, and Badlands National Park, May 2019. Bison, bighorns, elk, pronghorn, bluebirds, prairie dogs, and some ducks near my house. Click on any image to load larger image and start slide show. [Narrative]
Baby bison, Custer State Park. Baby bison getting ready to jump the creek, Custer State Park. Baby bison launches, Custer State Park. Baby bison is airborne, Custer State Park. Baby bison sticks the landing, Custer State Park. Baby bison, Custer State Park.
Baby bison, Custer State Park. Baby bison, Custer State Park. Baby bison looking for milk, Custer State Park. Baby bison looking for milk, Custer State Park. Bison relaxing, Custer State Park. Bison, Custer State Park.
Baby bison finds milk, Custer State Park. Bison, Custer State Park. Bison, Custer State Park. Bison, Custer State Park. Bison, Custer State Park. Bison, Custer State Park.
Bison calf finding shelter, Custer State Park. Bison, Custer State Park. Bison herd on private land south of Badlands National Park. Pronghorns share the grassland with the bison, Custer State Park. Pronghorns, Custer State Park. The old pronghorn buck (left) chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park.
The old pronghorn buck chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park. The old pronghorn buck chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park. The old pronghorn buck chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park. The old pronghorn buck chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park. The old pronghorn buck (left) chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park. The old pronghorn buck chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park.
The old pronghorn buck chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park. The old pronghorn buck chases a member of its herd, Custer State Park. Pronghorns, Custer State Park. Pronghorn, Custer State Park. This was a bit confusing. There were eight animals off in the distance, and it wasn´t until I got the big lens on them that I could tell there were three elk and five deer. What´s up with that? It was just a coincidence, they weren´t hanging out together. The deer took off and the elk did not follow. Custer State Park. Elk, Custer State Park.
Mountain Bluebird, Custer State Park. Mountain Bluebird, Custer State Park. Swallow trying to feed the chick inside the nest box, Custer State Park. Swallow trying to feed the chick inside the nest box, Custer State Park. Swallow trying to feed the chick inside the nest box, Custer State Park. Swallows, Custer State Park.
Bird in a stream, Wind Cave National Park. The closest I can come to a bird ID is Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle variety. Bird in a stream, Wind Cave National Park. The closest I can come to a bird ID is Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle variety. Magpie, Custer State Park. Prairie dog, Wind Cave National Park. Prairie dog, Wind Cave National Park. Prairie dog, Wind Cave National Park.
Prairie dog, Wind Cave National Park. Bighorn, Badlands National Park. Bighorns, Badlands National Park. Bighorns on the peak above Ancient Hunters Overlook, Badlands National Park. There are three ewes and three lambs in this image. Bighorns on the peak above Ancient Hunters Overlook, Badlands National Park. There is a lamb at lower right. Bighorns on the peak above Ancient Hunters Overlook, Badlands National Park.
Bighorns on the peak above Ancient Hunters Overlook, Badlands National Park. There are two lambs in the center of the image and another partially obscured by his mother at upper right. Bighorns on the peak above Ancient Hunters Overlook, Badlands National Park. Bighorn on the peak above Ancient Hunters Overlook, Badlands National Park. Bighorn on the peak above Ancient Hunters Overlook, Badlands National Park. Bighorn on the peak above Ancient Hunters Overlook, Badlands National Park. Bighorn ewe, Badlands National Park.
Sneak in one image from the previous month, bighorn herd in Badlands National Park. Sneaking in three images from close to home, starting with ducks on what I believe is a muskrat hut in a pond near my house. Geese next to a pond near my house. Geese in a pond near my house.
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