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- herdbull
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Re: Wildlife
I took this sequence a few years ago in RMNP. The 4-legged thumbless wonder got quite an eye full.
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- herdbull
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Re: Wildlife
The Great White Marmot of SW Massive from a week or so ago.
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- MtHurd
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Re: Wildlife
Cool, thanks for the info!Mark Curtis wrote:Wow...that is a cool looking sheep! Great capture!
After some considerable research, it turns out it is a Corsican Ram. It originated in Texas 40 years ago as a result of a cross between a Mouflon Sheep and a Barbados Blackbelly. Evidently their horns can attain lengths to 35 inches and weigh as much as 30 pounds......which is heavier than the rest of the bones in their entire body!
It was interesting to read that they often look to reach summits of hilltops or mountains to get to cooler air.....definitely consistent with that trait here!
- HighCountry
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Re: Wildlife
He was a few miles south of Lake City. I'd been looking for him all afternoon, and then he turned up with two adolescents. Here's one more of him:Mark Curtis wrote:Great! Where did you find this big moose?
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." -John Muir, father of the National Parks.
- highpilgrim
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Re: Wildlife
Chicago Basin goat
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
Re: Wildlife
Do you have the following few shots where he is in mid air jumping down on you and then the other of an extreme close up of his open mouth right before he mugged you...? Seriously looks like that thing is about to get the drop on you!highpilgrim wrote:Chicago Basin goat
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- Dan_Suitor
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Re: Wildlife
Woodpecker drinking out of a humming bird feeder, pissing Rufous off. He finally met his match.
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Century Bound, eventually.
- Floyd
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Re: Wildlife
Great photos and I really couldn't let that one-liner go without acknowledging it.JimR wrote:A couple other people and I retreated across a bridge toward the outhouse--because everyone knows that wild bears don't use outhouses in the woods.
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- highpilgrim
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Re: Wildlife
I was more afraid he would engage in goat bowling...there were several of us pins there in his lane.rking007 wrote:Do you have the following few shots where he is in mid air jumping down on you and then the other of an extreme close up of his open mouth right before he mugged you...? Seriously looks like that thing is about to get the drop on you!highpilgrim wrote:Chicago Basin goat
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
- letourneau41
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- Mark Curtis
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Re: Wildlife
I will add to the marmot parade......this is somewhere along the Linkins Lake trail near Independence Pass.
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- HighCountry
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Re: Wildlife
Marmots, eh?
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." -John Muir, father of the National Parks.