{"id":6056,"date":"2012-09-06T04:51:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T10:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:46:46","slug":"bison-bull-drinking-from-a-puddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/09\/06\/bison-bull-drinking-from-a-puddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Bison Bull Drinking From A Puddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Bison drinking water from a puddle – Nikon D300, f11, 1\/640, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 350mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed this American Bison<\/span><\/a> bull a few days ago on Antelope Island State Park as he was drinking from a freshwater puddle formed by rains over the weekend.<\/p>\n

I wanted to capture photos of him as he lifted his head and show the water running down from his bearded jaw.<\/p>\n

So he drank and I waited. And waited. The bull must have been powerfully thirsty because he kept on drinking. And I waited some more. I believe he could have drank a bathtub full of water.<\/p>\n

Finally his thirst must have been quenched and he lifted his massive head and stared at me with water dripping from his beard. I think this image was worth the wait.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Bison photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

PS: I was inside of a vehicle when I photographed this bison, it is far safer doing that than by photographing on foot. Bison can be extremely dangerous.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I photographed this American Bison bull a few days ago on Antelope Island State Park as he was drinking from a freshwater puddle formed by rains over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[443,511,1022,26],"tags":[4004,4463,4314,11978,4464,4109,751,4062,519,4035,5112,4018,2315,102,4032],"class_list":["post-6056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bison","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-bison","tag-bull","tag-desert-island","tag-drinking","tag-grasses","tag-hillside","tag-male","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-puddle","tag-sky","tag-summer-3","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t