Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Minneopa

I am staying in Mankato for a couple weeks. Today I visited Minneopa State Park. First I walked to the waterfalls.

Then I drove to the day use area and decided to take a long (5 mile) walk around the bison pen. I didn't see any bison for the longest time. A half hour before I got back to my car I saw the bison. Despite what the song "Home On The Range" says, we do not have buffalo in Minnesota. Buffalo are native to Asia and Africa. Bison are native to the Americas and Europe.

I watched the bison eat for ten minutes or so. They are digging down below the dried grass to get the new green shoots that are coming up. This prairie had 24 bison. I didn't see any bison calves. March must be too early for them to give birth.

 

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