{"id":6477,"date":"2012-11-01T05:43:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T11:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6477"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:17:11","slug":"grazing-american-bison-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/01\/grazing-american-bison-bull\/","title":{"rendered":"Grazing American Bison Bull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-168947 size-full\" title=\"Bison bull grazing on the north end of Antelope Island, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-grazing-mia-mcpherson-3228.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-grazing-mia-mcpherson-3228.jpg\" alt=\"Bison bull grazing 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data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Bison bull grazing on the north end of Antelope Island &#8211; Nikon D200, handheld, f13, 1\/500, ISO 320, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 105mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I had an opportunity to photograph this American Bison bull grazing on Antelope Island State Park with the mountains of Promontory Point in the background with just a small bit of the Great Salt Lake showing too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-168951 size-full\" title=\"American Bison bull grazing in front of Promontory Point, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-promontory-point-mia-mcpherson-3253.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-promontory-point-mia-mcpherson-3253.jpg\" alt=\"American Bison bull grazing in front of Promontory Point, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"10319\" 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-promontory-point-mia-mcpherson-3253-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-promontory-point-mia-mcpherson-3253-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-promontory-point-mia-mcpherson-3253-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-promontory-point-mia-mcpherson-3253-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-promontory-point-mia-mcpherson-3253-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-promontory-point-mia-mcpherson-3253.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Bison bull grazing with Promontory Point in the background &#8211; Nikon D200, handheld, f13, 1\/500, ISO 320, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 80mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The American Bison was so close that I had to put my D300 with the Nikkor 200-400mm VR lens attached down and grab my backup D200 with the Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens to get these images.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve wanted to take images of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/42408-Bison-bison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">American Bison<\/span><\/a> with the mountains and the Great Salt Lake in the background for a while now, maybe next time there will be snow on the ground!<\/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>Yesterday I had an opportunity to photograph this Bison bull grazing on Antelope Island State Park with the mountains of Promontory Point in the background with just a small bit of the Great Salt Lake showing 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