The tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) is a subspecies of elk found only in California, ranging from the grasslands and marshlands of the Central Valley to the grassy hills on the coast. The subspecies name derives from the tule, a species of sedge native to freshwater marshes on which the Tule elk feeds. When the Europeans first arrived, an estimated 500,000 tule elk roamed these regions, but by 1870 they were thought to be extirpated.
However, in 1874-1875 a single breeding pair was discovered in the tule marshes of Buena Vista Lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
Conservation measures were taken to protect the species in the 1970s.Today, the wild population exceeds 4,000. Tule elk can reliably be found in Carrizo Plain National Monument, Point Reyes National Seashore, portions of the Owens Valley from Lone Pine to Bishop, and on Coyote Ridge in Santa Clara Valley, San Jose, California.
遠遠地看到了個水池，Tule Elk悠閒的散落在四周吃著草休息著，水池上可以看到許多鳥禽類在遊玩嘻戲著。
右側草叢中也看到了不少隻Tule Elk
這些鴨子似乎一點也不怕身軀碩大的Elk，看起來還頗能和平共處。
最常見到Elk的地方應該都是在山林間的草原區，第一次能同時看到海及Elk，感覺很新奇！
這是白鶴嗎？應該不是白鷺鷥吧！
這水池應該是他們主要的飲水來源吧，總不可能喝海水吧！
這群Elk裡好多隻公的。
老公催著我們繼續往前行！
而我和女兒則是被這野花給吸引住目光。
花形像是百合，但花莖是紅褐色的，而且很粗壯！
就這樣突兀地從地裡冒出，
卻又那麼高大鮮豔，很難不注意到她！
遠望小池子！
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