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American Bison Dust Bath

By Mia McPherson|June 24th, 2016|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Bison, Bison bison, bison wallow, buffalo, bull, desert, desert island, dust, dust bath, dust bathing, grooming, island, male, wallow, wallowing|

The American Bison dust bath only lasted about one minute, I wish I could shower that fast some mornings!

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Two Second Skirmish On A Greater Sage-Grouse Lek

By Mia McPherson|April 10th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Greater Sage-Grouse, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, bitter, breeding behavior, Centrocercus urophasianus, cold, courtship display, dance, displaying, dust, eons, fight, Greater Sage-Grouse, grouse, kicking, lek, sage-grouse, skirmish, spring, timeless, upland terestrial bird, upland terrestrial birds|

The two second Greater Sage-Grouse skirmish was over but only for a few seconds before these two males started back up again.

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Bison Bull Dust Bath

By Mia McPherson|June 9th, 2011|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, Bison bison, Bison bull, dust, dust bath, grasses, nature photography, rolling, sky, wildlife photography|

I think it is amazing to see a huge Bison; weighing up to and over 2200 pounds, rolling around on the ground with apparent ease.

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