Alderton-Photography: January 2011

Monday, January 31, 2011

Parade Watchers.

Parade watchers in gather alongside the road to partake in the north clark Gay Pride Celebration.

The Storm Above the Konza Praire

A strong powerful the sky engulfs the scenery in tallgrass praire in the Flint Hills in the Lingering Summer Air as Kansas Experinece one last summer storm.

This large exposed part of the hillside in the tallgrass prairie serves as the a mud pit for the local population of American Bison that call the Konza home. The Bison opened up this wallowing pit that dates before the departure of the indigenous heard to the Flinthills area. The reopening of lost wallowing hole is a common occurrence with Bison returning to native land, as they can sense where long used pits lie.

The lost species of the Konza

During the biyearly Konza open house for the 2011 Kansas State University Family Day, a collection of skulls and skins from the native species to the Flinthills. Some species like the mountain lion, elk, black bear, beaver, and pronghorn antelope no long can be found in the area, though the occasional mountain lion will be seen sparsely wandering through the biological reserve.