Hot Buffalo

Hello from the Bison Farm!

It's been a hot miserable week, heat wise. Heat index has been around 108 to 110 the last few days.

I just went out to check the bison since I couldn't see the water tank from my view from the Visitors Center porch. All the herd was crowding in front of the tank.

Was it upright? Had they tipped the portable rubber tank over? I drove out to check because we can't have them going without water.

The animals were panting from the heat, but they rarely seek shade- they want to see "what's coming". They had tipped the tank enough times to splash out water, and were taking turns cooling down in the soupy mud.

Cow Freda (back end showing in the snapshot) is always hogging the puddle, and as you can see from the photo, her little female calf is learning the same trick with her muddy little face. Wouldn't little Flicka be a mess to clean- if you could catch her!

We're still working on the new website. Please look around and let me know if things aren't linked right, info you'd like to see, etc. School group information is up, but more info will be added to the Giant Pumpkin Contest.

At least I'm inside my air conditioned pasture office while updating things, instead of being in the pasture heat, so I won't complain.

Until next time, direct from the hot Kansas prairie...where the buffalo are keeping cool in the mud...

Linda

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