Elk Calf - What's Up Bro?
This elk calf was very calm and collective as I was photographing it from the road. He was all about chowing down and wasn't going to let me interrupt his meal. Captured on the shore of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National park, Wyoming.
The elk or wapiti is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, in the world, and one of the largest land mammals in North America and Eastern Asia. This animal should not be confused with the still larger moose to which the name "elk" applies in British English and in reference to populations in Eurasia.
Elk range in forest and forest-edge habitat, feeding on grasses, plants, leaves, and bark. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Males also engage in.. more