[LRflex] Re: Portrait of an Elk, as a young beast...

  • From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@xxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:13:33 -0700

superb image David.... somehow captures the curiosity of the young  
(no pun) and the direct interaction of the animal and you...


Steve


On Oct 16, 2005, at 8:52 AM, David Young wrote:

> Elk rut in the fall and give birth to their young in the spring.
>
> This shot, taken just a 10 days ago,  is of an elk (Elklette? Just  
> what
> do you call a baby elk?) who was suckling his mother, just moments
> before, so he (she?) was obviously born in the very late spring.
>
> Having discovered me, he was a curious about me, as I was about him.
>
> This curiosity can be seen at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/ 
> elklette.htm
>
> Comments, criticism appreciated, as always....
>
> Thanks for looking.
>
> PS: does anybody here know the species of Elk found in the Banff/ 
> Jasper
> area?  I'd always understood they were transplanted Roosevelt Elk, but
> all the references I can find say they're Rocky Mountain Elk.   
> Expertise
> appreciated!
>
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