Oh give me a home...

....where the buffalo roam. Or maybe not.  There have been quite a few buffalo (buffaloes??) roaming around northern Indiana for the last few days.  Evidently they are almost all home now.  Perhaps they discovered that roaming free isn't so much fun if you're not getting fed regularly.  I am a little confused about one detail.  A few days ago it was reported that 50 bisons had escaped.  Today the reporter said that 52 had returned home and a few were still roaming free.  Where did they pick up the extras?  There can't be that many wild buffaloes roaming around norhtern Indiana.  At least I don't think so.  I think I have figured out though why they were being called 'bisons' instead of 'buffalo'. Bison is easier to spell (no pesky worry about if there is an e on the end) and the plural is bisons, very straightforward.  As far as I can tell buffalo is either singular or plural - see the song lyrics above - but buffaloes is also a correct spelling and plural use. At least we're not in Florida where a six-foot lizard is roaming around one neighborhood.  Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam and I'll show you a messy house.