buffalo herds
Prairie bovine gatherings
Buffalo herds are groups of buffalo moving or grazing together.
In North American history, the term evokes the vast populations of bison that once roamed the Great Plains before near-extinction in the nineteenth century: The buffalo herds darkened the prairie for miles.
The phrase appears in accounts of westward expansion, Indigenous history, and wildlife conservation.
- grasslandsOpen grassy terrain
- migration routesPaths animals travel seasonally
- bisonLarge wild ox
- wallowingIndulging without restraint
- indigenous traditionsOriginal inhabitants' cultural ways
stampedes · wildlife corridors · national parks · Great Plains · open range · prairies · hunting practices · mating rituals · savannas · thundering · reserves · American West · seasonal movements · calves · social hierarchy · habitat restoration · conservation efforts · hooves
- African Safarielephant, elephants, lions, zebras, zebra
- animal groupswolf packs, elephant herds, lion prides, dolphin pods, sheep flocks
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- African Safarissafaris, Kruger National Park, game drives, Serengeti, wildlife viewing
- Westward ExpansionOregon Trail, Lewis and Clark, covered wagons, pioneers, frontier
- Black HillsMount Rushmore, Rapid City, Deadwood, Sturgis, Black Hills
buffalo herdsextinct species
Organism with no survivors
last survivors · passenger pigeons · museum specimens · dodo birds