I though I would show you a few photos of a Beaver pond from Elk Island National Park, This park was created around the turn of the Century (1900), it was created to conserve the last Plains Bison of North America. The Bison were purchased from the state of Montana, USA. At the time they were not wanted in the States. Now the Park sells them to Nature areas all over the USA and Canada. The Park is cut in half by Highway 16 (goes east west). In the South end of the Park there are Wood Bison, that were kept apart so not to interbreed. The park is covered with many lakes and ponds so is a great habitat for these creatures. These are also great places for water fowl and many other birds of all kinds. This very big park is only 45 kilometers east of Edmonton. Here are some photos for you to see.
Looks like a beautiful park! A place I would love to see.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a very interesting park. I did not know there were different breeds of Bison.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know, there are 2 species of Bison in North America. The Plains Bison and the Wood Bison, both of which reside in Alberta, Canada. Wood Buffalo National Park in far Northern Alberta, close to the North West Territories, has both the Wood Bison and the Plains Bison, they are not pure bred in that park. That is why we have the Elk Island National Park and the separate species there.
DeleteAll beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThat first photo-picture took my breath away and I kept looking at it for ages. I am not exaggerating either! Felt as if I could write a story around it, which is good because my head has been devoid of words of late, although I have been managing keep up with blogging. Liked the bison one too. It must looked out of this world when those great herds used to walk the earth in those long ago days before they were hunted almost to distinction.
ReplyDeleteHi Vera, there used to be millions of Bison in North America, and many more species than 2. The Native Indians used to tell of thunder in the air but no rain, as the herds used to move around the prairies. It must have been awe inspiring to see.
DeleteThat is a beautiful park Horst what a place to Visit wow!! there is something about Bison that I like , so thank you for sharing your lovely photo's.
ReplyDeleteHugs Sheila
You know, your header just takes my breath away. The pictures for Feb 1 are as always, very beautiful and delightfully done by you.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking place to explore Horst.
ReplyDeleteI love that last picture.
So beautiful photos from the beaverpond! And the bison should be great to see in real!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day :)
If any of you ever get to see any of our National Parks here in Canada, please never think that these beautiful beasts like Bison, or Elk, or Moose, are tame because they are not. Never get to close to them, for you could get badly injured or killed, and NEVER try to pet them. I have seen so many people try to get very close or pet them. These are WILD animals, net pets.
ReplyDeleteLove the bison...something we don't see around here. We have 8 similar beaver lodges at the wetland where my son works...very cool.
ReplyDeleteThanks Horst. Too late I realized that I should not have chosen that picture for the calender because it had a very glaring error (among others) and that would be the leaf. WALK around the subject Carole!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the images Horst - you capture the atmosphere of the Park nicely - I'd like to see it one day!
ReplyDeleteHi Marilyn, hope I spelled your name right. This is the only National Park in Canada that is completely fence off. It is fenced off because there are farm lands all around outside of the national Park.
DeleteHello! Beautiful photo! Warm greetings from cold Warsaw!
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Wow! Your photo's showcase the park and its inhabitants.
ReplyDeleteImpressive!
You show us, that even a park cut in half by a Highway, the people took care for the living creatures..
ReplyDeleteYour photographs are so sensitive and so beautiful!!
Greetings from Athens..
Horst, many greetings to you. New fotogrtafie are great. You hold style photo and I like it. Such natural national park must be a paradise for photographers. It is good that they kept the original natural area. Maybe not good, that leads a country highway. I look forward to your next photo ... Indeed, spring is already at the door. Peter.
ReplyDeleteHorst, many greetings to you. New fotogrtafie are great. You hold style photo and I like it. Such natural national park must be a paradise for photographers. It is good that they kept the original natural area. Maybe not good, that leads a country highway. I look forward to your next photo ... Indeed, spring is already at the door. Peter.
ReplyDeleteHello Horst
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You pictures are really nice ,so it's a pleasure to see them and visit your blog.
Wish you a very nice weekend,
Greetings from Holland , Joop