{"id":31955,"date":"2022-07-06T12:37:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T19:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=31955"},"modified":"2022-07-07T07:15:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T14:15:08","slug":"evening-elk-herd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=31955","title":{"rendered":"Evening Elk Herd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 2px 2px 4px 6px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: -16px;margin-left: 8px;width: 330px;float: right;clear: left;color: #555555;background-color: #eeeeee;border: #dddddd 2px solid\"><strong>Photographer<\/strong>: In exemption of the first, by Cynthia Fraser, the photos here are taken by Finn Fraser Grathwol. More of Finn&#8217;s photos can be seen at @finnfrasergrathwolphoto on instagram.<\/p>\n<p>In the late evening (read: very low shutter speeds and blurrier photos) on the way back from Arrow Lakes on Canada day, we (myself, my dad, and Cynthia) came across a herd of 15-20 Rocky Mountain Elk, the local subspecies, by the side of the highway. Judging by the antlers, the herd appears to be almost exclusively comprised of females and 1-2 year old young males, referred to as cows to bulls, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Below, courtesy of Cynthia Fraser, a larger-scale sample of this herd is pictured, including a few month old calf.\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31956\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/elk220701esCCF-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here, a mother and her son pose for a family portrait.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31959\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/elk220702csFFG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two males; note the difference in antler length &#8211; perhaps signifying a slight age difference.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31960\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/elk220702dsFFG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A different male rests &#8212; or rather uses his mother for a chin rub &#8212; it is unclear what behaviour is being exhibited.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31957\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/elk220702asFFG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A young male elk times his obligatory nose cleaning perfectly with my camera&#8217;s shutter.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31958\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/elk220702bsFFG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Photographer: In exemption of the first, by Cynthia Fraser, the photos here are taken by Finn Fraser Grathwol. More of Finn&#8217;s photos can be seen at @finnfrasergrathwolphoto on instagram. 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