American Bison, Badlands National Park, South Dakota
My first visit in Badlands National Park, South Dakota was in September 2005. We have revisited the Badlands several times since and always during fall season. Since almost sixteen years I thought it would be nice to go back there again during spring time. Well, it took me a while, but this year the long entertained thought became finally reality. I pitched the tent for three days in the Sage Creek area, at a primitive campground without water and electricity. We know this place very well. It is quiet, remote, with very little light pollution at night, and most importantly it is one of the best places in the Badlands for wildlife watching and photography.
Let me start a little series of blog posts with one of the most iconic animals of the prairie, the American Bison. When you see one of the massive bull bison standing on a ridge during sunset time, you can’t help and just point the camera at it and make the click. All problems of life that might rush through your mind become suddenly irrelevant in such great moments…