{"id":14877,"date":"2014-05-03T05:16:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T11:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14877"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:27:02","slug":"an-american-bison-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/05\/03\/an-american-bison-bull\/","title":{"rendered":"An American Bison Bull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-169012 size-full\" title=\"An American Bison bull scratching an itch, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-scratching-mia-mcpherson-0125.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-scratching-mia-mcpherson-0125.jpg\" alt=\"An American Bison bull scratching an itch, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"15774\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-scratching-mia-mcpherson-0125-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-scratching-mia-mcpherson-0125-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-scratching-mia-mcpherson-0125-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-scratching-mia-mcpherson-0125-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-scratching-mia-mcpherson-0125-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-scratching-mia-mcpherson-0125.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">An American Bison bull scratching an itch &#8211; Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 200mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are some images that I like just because\u00a0I find them\u00a0funny and this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/42408-Bison-bison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">American Bison<\/span><\/a> bull photo taken on Antelope Island State Park\u00a0is one of those. I was photographing the bull two days ago when he started to scratch himself with his left hind hoof.<\/p>\n<p>A few captions floated around in my mind as I looked at this image on my monitor such as &#8220;Open mouth, insert hoof&#8221; and &#8220;What did I step in?&#8221;. I&#8217;m sure you can think of more.<\/p>\n<p>Being outside in nature is healing and it can also bring laughter too. I can&#8217;t tell you how many times I have been photographing and laughing at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful day.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/american-bison-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Bison photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some images that I like just because I find them funny and this American Bison bull photo taken on Antelope Island State Park is one of 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