Several bull elk bugle from the shores of Yellowstone Lake during the fall rut
Credit / Author:
NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas/Jennifer Jerrett
Date created:
10/14/2020
Bull Elk Bugling Two
Several bull elk bugle from the shores of Yellowstone Lake during the fall rut
Credit / Author:
NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas/Jennifer Jerrett
Date created:
10/14/2020
Male Bugles with Grazing Females
Around the housing area of Mammoth Hot Springs, a bull (male) elk calls and responds to other males while he keeps close tabs on a group of grazing females.
Credit / Author:
NPS/Jennifer Jerrett
Date created:
10/14/2020
Elk Chorus
Each year, Mammoth Hot Springs fills with elk (Cervus elaphus) that congregate for the annual breeding season. Listen carefully to this recording: Along with the screechy calls of Great horned owls (Bubo virginianus), you'll hear several bull elk calling to each other, their distinctive bugles ringing out of the crisp, autumn night.
Credit / Author:
NPS/Jennifer Jerrett
Date created:
10/14/2020
Elk Fight (with bugling)
During the rut in Mammoth Hot Springs, two bull elk spar with their antlers while a third bugles nearby.
Credit / Author:
NPS/Jennifer Jerrett
Date created:
10/14/2020
Elk Bugle One
It's a fall morning at Mammoth Hot Springs. As an elk harem browses near Officer's Row, a bull elk announces his availability and fitness to the group with a healthy bugle.
Credit / Author:
NPS/Neal Herbert
Date created:
10/14/2020
Elk Bugle Two
A bull elk bugles as he walks past the houses along Officer's Row in Mammoth Hot Springs.
Credit / Author:
NPS/Neal Herbert
Date created:
10/14/2020
Elk Calf
An elk calf calls out. Calves are born between May and June and often stay close to their mothers throughout their first year.