Posted By: BL3
Prophetic Bighorn Pics - 11/06/07 03:00 PM
Last March my wife and I were suprised to see numerous Desert Bighorn sheep on our hike through Palm Canyon in the Anza-Borrego State Park. According to the Park Rangers, these normally reclusive animals had to overcome their natural wariness in order to gain access to the stream alongside the trail, as a result of the driest winter on record. It's prophetic in light of the recent firestorms here in San Diego County. All shots taken with an Oly E-1, 150/F2 & 1.4 Teleconverter, using a monopod.
More pics at:
http://bl3.smugmug.com/gallery/2559031#134634697Rocky
Hey Rocky,
Thanks for sharing. Very nice photos. THe smugmug gallery is great too - particularly that 2nd shot. You can definitely see what he is thinking, LOL
James
Posted By: BL3
Re: Prophetic Bighorn Pics - 11/08/07 08:39 AM
Thanks James. I forgot to mention Photo #5 in the Smugmug gallery, you can see claw mark in the flank of the ewe. The park wildlife biologist told us that she had been injured in a mountain lion attack on her kid. Just checked the forecast, only 30 more years of drought.
Rocky
I have never seen a mountain lion. I am fairly sure that my wife and I heard one, one morning in Yellowstone. It was definitely a bit daunting - we could not see him, but he had to be relatively close. We were thinking it could also have been a bobcat.
"Just checked the forecast, only 30 more years of drought."
LOL. Let's hope that they are as wrong as usual.
James