Pronghorn / Antilocapra americana, and distant Bison, 2012

            I am adding another five photos from my archives, yet again.  If I wrote a description under a previously posted photo taken on the same outing, I will add it to this morning's uploads.

"I saw a number of these beautiful Pronghorns during this holiday to Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park with dear friends from England, Linda and Tony, back in 2012.  This photo was taken on day 5 of the week but I'm not sure if it was taken in Yellowstone or Grand Teton National Park.  You can just see part of a herd of Bison in the far distance.

We do get these way east and south of Calgary, but I've only ever seen them once or twice.  I still can't believe that people can get a licence to kill these animals - for 'sport.'"

"Though not an antelope, it is often known colloquially in North America as the prong buck, pronghorn antelope, or simply antelope."

"Believe it or not, this was only my second holiday in about 30 years!  Some of you may remember that when my Brother in England died almost two years ago, several of my long-time friends who lived in the same city all stepped forward and helped me deal with everything long distance, from my Brother's funeral to finding everything possible in the house a good home (sold or donated).  All my parents' belongings were there, too, so it was a mammoth task to go through everything and put aside every single personal item or document, which were then shipped to me here.  

Just one of the priceless things was when Linda went through all my Father's old movies, picked out every inch of them that she thought I would want to have, and then took them to be copied to DVD.  Of course, everything was done thoughtfully and lovingly - and it still has me shaking my head that anyone could spend so much time doing SO much for someone else.  There are still a few things that Linda is seeing to!  

Anyway, to cut a very long story short, Linda told me many months ago that she and Tony were coming to Canada again and Linda really hoped I would join them for a week getting down to Yellowstone National Park and back.  Because I hadn't been away in so long, I was extremely hesitant : )  However, I did go and had the most wonderfully enjoyable (and spectacular!) time going to not only Yellowstone, but also Grand Tetons, Glacier and Waterton!  

I can never thank Linda and Tony enough for this!  I've known Linda since she was a baby (she's about four? years younger than I am, around my Brother's age), so we had a week's precious time to "catch up".  I'd only ever met Tony once, when they came to Canada for a holiday six years ago.  He deserves a medal for putting up with me for a whole week!!  And now I have over 2,500 images (plenty of repeats, though) to go through, lol, so please bear with me, especially when it seems that "all" I have to post are these holiday shots!  Gosh, I miss my friends' company already!

I visited Mammoth Hot Springs and the rest of Yellowstone National Park 30+ years ago, when my kids were very young.  Loved Mammoth Hot Springs, so was thrilled to get the chance to see this fascinating area again."

Taken on: September 15, 2012

Tags:

USA

America

Wyoming

Yellowstone NP or Grand Teton NP

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Pronghorn

Antilocapra americana

not an Antelope

Artiodactyla

Ruminantia

Pecora

Antilocapridae

Antilocapra

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outdoor

15 September 2012

Panasonic DMC-FZ200

DMC-FZ200

FZ200

Lumix

annkelliott

Anne Elliott

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ200, f/4.0, 1/1250 sec, 108mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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ISO:	100
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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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