Female Elk, Estes Park, Colorado
by Catherine Sherman
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Female Elk, Estes Park, Colorado
Artist
Catherine Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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"Female Elk, Estes Park, Colorado" by Catherine Sherman.
A female elk in a herd of about fifty female elk follows a bull elk in Estes Park, Colorado, in November after the rutting season. The landscape has turned to shades of brown except for a little green on the banks of the creek behind the elk.
The town of Estes Park is outside of Rocky Mountain National Park.
The elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, in the world, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in North America and Northeast Asia. This animal should not be confused with the still larger moose (Alces alces) to which the name "elk" applies in British English and in reference to populations in Eurasia.
Elk range in forest and forest-edge habitat, feeding on grasses, plants, leaves, and bark. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Males also engage in ritualized mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling (sparring), and bugling, a loud series of vocalizations that establishes dominance over other males and attracts females.
Featured in "Our 4-Legged Friends" group (11/17/2018); "Philanthropic Artists for a Cause" group (11/24/2018); "Animal Photographs" group (01/13/2019)
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November 9th, 2018
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