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    • Sound Library - Elk
    An elk bugles during the rut near Mammoth Hot Springs
    A bull elk bugles during the rut near Mammoth Hot Springs.

    NPS / Neal Herbert

     

    • Bull Elk Bugling

      Several bull elk bugle from the shores of Yellowstone Lake during the fall rut

      Credit / Author: NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas/Jennifer Jerrett Date created: 09/13/2016 Audio Transcript

      [Bull elk bugling]

     

    • 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: 09/12/2016 Audio Transcript

      [Bull elk bugling]

     

    • Male Elk Bugling Near 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: 10/18/2015 Audio Transcript

      [Bull elk bugling]

      [Chewing grass]

     

    • 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: 09/23/2015 Audio Transcript

      [Several bull elk bugling]

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    • 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: 10/16/2013 Audio Transcript

      [Bull elk bugling]

     

    • 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: 10/23/2013 Audio Transcript

      [Bull elk bugling]

     

    • 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.

      Credit / Author: NPS / Shan Burson Date created: 11/16/2005 Audio Transcript

      [Elk calf calling]

     

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    • Yellowstone Elk
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    • Watch a short Inside Yellowstone episode about elk presented by a park ranger (approx. 2 min.)
    • More Elk Media: Minute Out In It, Video Library, Sound Library

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