New place/event on my bucket list - antelope
Sep 17, 2018 09:58:16 #
Now I have a new place to photograph that I didn't know about before - The Path Of The Pronghorn antelope migration path between Grand Tetons and Pinedale WY east of Wind River area. Sounds like an epic trek with lots of photo opportunities in October and November.
https://northamerica.wcs.org/Wild-Places/Yellowstone-and-Northern-Rockies/Pronghorn-Field-Program/Pronghorn-Migration-Path.aspx
https://northamerica.wcs.org/Wild-Places/Yellowstone-and-Northern-Rockies/Pronghorn-Field-Program/Pronghorn-Migration-Path.aspx
Sep 17, 2018 10:02:08 #
They are beautiful animals and that should be pretty country in which to photograph.
Sep 17, 2018 10:17:39 #
FYI: American Pronghorn. Pronghorn are not Antelopes. Not even related to them. They are an American animal and the closest living relative to them as a species is the Giraffe.
Sep 17, 2018 11:19:57 #
Travelin' Bud wrote:
FYI: American Pronghorn. Pronghorn are not Antelopes. Not even related to them. They are an American animal and the closest living relative to them as a species is the Giraffe.
The good news is that it is the fastest land animal in North America.
Sep 17, 2018 12:30:31 #
DaveO wrote:
The good news is that it is the fastest land animal in North America.
Yep, that's the good news. But I found the Giraffe connection more interesting.
Sep 17, 2018 12:52:05 #
Travelin' Bud wrote:
FYI: American Pronghorn. Pronghorn are not Antelopes. Not even related to them. They are an American animal and the closest living relative to them as a species is the Giraffe.
They are also a very distant relative to a goat
They were often referred to as a "prairie goat" where I lived in SE Wyoming
Sep 17, 2018 18:09:57 #
Travelin' Bud wrote:
FYI: American Pronghorn. Pronghorn are not Antelopes. Not even related to them. They are an American animal and the closest living relative to them as a species is the Giraffe.
I stand corrected - I thought they were antelope, and other visitors to the Grand Teton page also thought so.
Sep 17, 2018 18:22:47 #
BlueMorel wrote:
I stand corrected - I thought they were antelope, and other visitors to the Grand Teton page also thought so.
Well, they are found where the deer play!
Sep 17, 2018 18:23:28 #
BlueMorel wrote:
I stand corrected - I thought they were antelope, and other visitors to the Grand Teton page also thought so.
Most people do. I did as well until just last summer when I volunteered at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Life is always a learning experience.
Sep 17, 2018 18:28:10 #
Travelin' Bud wrote:
Most people do. I did as well until just last summer when I volunteered at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Life is always a learning experience.
Sep 17, 2018 18:36:17 #
BlueMorel wrote:
I stand corrected - I thought they were antelope, and other visitors to the Grand Teton page also thought so.
Sometimes being technically correct is a PITA. The critter generally known as an "American antelope" has been called that for about 400 years. Whatever it's technical name is, most people could care less. Who's up for telling Native Americans that they're ignorant, that the shaggy beast they call Titonka is correctly called a bison? I call them buffalo and did while spending 3 years on a buffalo ranch.
What is a Taraxacum?
Sep 17, 2018 18:47:40 #
Rich1939 wrote:
Sometimes being technically correct is a PITA. The critter generally known as an "American antelope" has been called that for about 400 years. Whatever it's technical name is, most people could care less. Who's up for telling Native Americans that they're ignorant, that the shaggy beast they call Titonka is correctly called a bison? I call them buffalo and did while spending 3 years on a buffalo ranch.
What is a Taraxacum?
What is a Taraxacum?
Whatever makes one happy...I prefer to know correct terms and decide what is suitable for me and those I speak with.
Sep 17, 2018 18:57:07 #
DaveO wrote:
Whatever makes one happy...I prefer to know correct terms and decide what is suitable for me and those I speak with.
Who determines "correct"?
"That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet."
Sep 17, 2018 19:28:52 #
BlueMorel wrote:
I stand corrected - I thought they were antelope, and other visitors to the Grand Teton page also thought so.
For you if you're interested in this unique animal with no relatives:https://www.arkive.org/pronghorn/antilocapra-americana/
Watching them fight or even run across wide valleys in quite a sight!
Sep 18, 2018 17:27:09 #
hookedupin2005
Loc: Northwestern New Mexico
Travelin' Bud wrote:
FYI: American Pronghorn. Pronghorn are not Antelopes. Not even related to them. They are an American animal and the closest living relative to them as a species is the Giraffe.
But they are commonally called American antelope, and/or Pronghorn antelope
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