by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad Landscape Photography - www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.)
May 2, 2014: So, I drove about 560 miles last weekend, including three separate trips down Zzyzx Road towards the Desert Studies Center, where allegedly a large herd of bighorn were hanging out. Last year around this time I saw a large herd and got three blogposts worth of photos, including of a lamb.
I saw one ewe and I was darn lucky just to see her.
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| Dropping Pellets |
As this ewe was dropping her load, she reminded me of this lamb from last year.
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| May 2013 |
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Think they are the same gal?
by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad Landscape Photography - www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.)
The instinct of the members of the bighorn sheep herd is pretty consistent.
Whether the herd is crossing the road in 1956:
Or the herd is crossing the road in 2014:
Or "Old Eighty" is looking down from her perch in 1956 (note broken horn):
Or, an anonymous queen of the desert looking for her king to mess around with:
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Vintage photos from Mountain Sheep: A Study in Behavior and Evolution (V. Geist 1971).
