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Cervus canadensis
These elk are part of a small herd that is kept at a local county park. The herd used to be at 8, but a year ago 4 died off (new article here: http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1909...) I'm not sure why they keep them, but they are very funny to feed and interact with, accept today, the bull decided to charge the fence.
These are kept in a large pen type area (Probably 15 acres or so) which is mostly grassland and a little wooded area.
I'm not sure if elk are native to my part of Iowa, but these do fairly well here.
Spotted on Oct 31, 2013
Submitted on Oct 31, 2013
8 Comments
Thanks kd!
Magnificent creature and portrait photos.
Thanks Emily
So so Gorgeous! Well done!
Hi LL - I have done a straightened version maybe you can see if it looks right. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c4419jni5lf1t...
Ha !! Strong wind maybe? Judging by the grass growth and cloud layers I think you've put the horizon flat where it was actually a slight slope. He looks kind of cute like that though.
Hum, he is leaning isn't he. I wonder why that is.
The leaning variety :-)