May 6, 2013
On today’s walk with the canine member of the family:
Prairie Smoke, Old Man’s Whiskers, Purple Avens, Geum triflorum
Field Chickweed, Cerastium arvense
Early blue violet, Viola adunca
Long-flower Bluebells, Mertensia longiflora
Bighorn Sheep, Ovis canadensis
December 27, 2012
Yesterday when reviewing a file of photos of an area in which I plan to do some backpacking next summer I ran across this photo that I had not posted before, and it’s one of several that I really like. I stalked this big guy for about a hundred and fifty yards on my belly through tall grass until I got close enough for this thirty-yard shot and then to realize that he had long been aware of my rather clumsy approach, and was just plain not afraid of me.
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep photographed at the end of Sundance Ridge
December 13, 2011
Thinking today about the winter conditions in our mountains, how the trees can tolerate the elements, and the tracks in the snow on Buttercup Ridge, I remembered I had not posted this photo from last February of another species capable of surviving in severe weather, the Big Horn Sheep. (On many winter days I wouldn’t mind having a jacket like the one he’s wearing!)
April 14, 2011
Ovis canadensis
He’s still a little thin from winter and his winter coat looks rather scruffy and will soon be replaced, but he’s doing just fine!
April 1, 2011
Well, at least I’m not going to go up there after ‘em!
February 9, 2011
It was a cold, snowy day today but with their heavy winter coats the Big Horns didn’t mind.
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