One day, Shyla and I were out in the morning, and I was taking photos of her up on a boulder.
Later, I found out why.
The elk herd seemed to move back and forth on the land near our house all day that day.
And, they came very close to our house. They were so close that they were videoed by a trail camera that I had set up on the trail that we use to go in and out of our house. They seemed to swarm past it very close to it. I found the video to be fun to watch because it felt like the camera was almost in the midst of the herd.
I hope that you enjoy the video. I don't think that I will ever stop being so awed that we live someplace where an elk herd saunters past our house on a regular basis!
Thanks to the LLB Gang for hosting the Nature Friday Blog Hop.
the first one looks like da nelly.. he has the same pattern around bis butt LOL
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness - Da Nelly was here, in the fur!!!
DeleteThat was pretty darn amazing, they are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI feel like I am IN the herd. amazing footage and they are so beautiful. with your cams we see things we would never see with our eyes... their hides make me think of all the hide teepees we used to see in western movies
ReplyDeleteThat sure was an up close and personal view of the elk herd.
ReplyDeleteShyla you are Queen of your Domain
ReplyDeleteOME(lks) they have the most precious little beige bums almost heart shaped.
Hugs Cecilia
Shyla was checking out the herd of elk. She's a smart one.
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous shots.
Have a wonderful day and weekend. Scritches to the pups. ♥
And the last stag?( or are the called bulls up North) turned to face the camera, what a herd and stunning video. And so close to your home, I truly cannot imagine having them at your back door. Thanks for sharing, another view into your part of the world, so true, we were right there with them. And as they trod through the top snow layer, almost as if they limped for one step, guess it was soft and fairly deep.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the word got out that there was grass over there.....no....over there...no back that way.
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat to see them so close. We'd be worried about mountain lions being close, too.
That would sure excite me! You definitely live in a wonderful place. I could never experience something like that here; I already get excited when I see a fox in my garden and hear a coyote in the night.
ReplyDeleteThey are so graceful and beautiful and we can almost reach out and touch them! What a wonderful video, KB!
ReplyDeleteWe always enjoy seeing the elk also, but we love seeing your video. It really does make me feel like I am standing in the middle of the herd!!
ReplyDeleteThat is really fun! It would be weird to go outside and into a herd, though. Do you have to keep the dogs in when the herd is so close?
ReplyDeleteThe dogs are actually pretty respectful of the herd. Each animal is huge. Then, there are as many as 200 of them together. It makes a dog think twice about going near them!!
DeletePeople do get stuck in their homes when either the elk herd or moose are too close. The elk herd would run if someone went out (but who wants to chase them off?) but the moose will charge you (as you know, I'm sure)! No one at all savvy messes with moose.
That was so cool! We never see big herds of anything here. The other morning, 8 deer went through the yard, and that was a lot! :)
ReplyDeleteJan, Wag 'n Woof Pets
Thanks for sharing such an up-close-and-personal view of the herd. I was surprised that the bulls still carried antlers. Those are from last year's growth, yes? When do they drop them in Colorado?
ReplyDeleteI was also surprised to see bulls of several ages and cows all herding together. Guess I don't know as much about elk biology as I thought! Is that because the rut is past and the calving season hasn't started yet?
Cheers,
Chris from Boise
They are from last year's growth, and they usually drop them in early spring - so around now.
DeleteOur herd surprises me all the time. The biggest bulls usually form a small herd of their own (less than 10 bulls) while the younger bulls stay with the big herd of cow elk. I was surprised by the size of the antlers on one bull that is still with the big herd. That's unusual but not unprecedented. I never see our herd during calving season (they go up to around 13,000' in that season) but I've read that the big bulls are not with them then. I do know that the small herd of really big bulls stays at our elevation (in our neighborhood) for most of the summer.
Elk TV must be even better than bird TV. It looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteOur deer have also returned over the past few weeks. Spring is coming.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that elk herd video is awesome.
ReplyDeleteOne wonders why they keep so much fur around their necks?
I can almost touch them!!! 200 of them,, WOW!
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tweedles
They look pretty healthy!
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