Bighorn Sheep Gallery #2

This is the second of my two bighorn sheep galleries, the first gallery is here.

Grazing on the Side of a Cliff

Bighorn sheep ram grazing near the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park
Never Play Hide and Seek With a Bighorn Sheep
They’re terrible at hiding. Just terrible.

Grazing in a Meadow

A group of ewes and lambs came down a rocky hillside between Roosevelt and Tower and grazed for a while in the meadow beside the road. I sat on the edge of the road and watched them for a while, they were comfortable with me and even though I had left them a wide area to cross the road, they walked in my direction and crossed very close to me. At that point I didn’t want to spook them by moving, so I stayed on the ground, put my camera down, and watched them cross just a few feet away.
A bighorn sheep ewe walks in a meadow in Yellowstone National Park
A bighorn sheep ewe walks in a meadow in Yellowstone National Park
A bighorn sheep ewe grazes in a meadow in Yellowstone National Park
A bighorn sheep ewe grazes in a meadow in Yellowstone National Park
A bighorn sheep lamb grazes in a meadow in Yellowstone National Park

Fall Colors

I came across this group of a couple dozen ewes and lambs that were (slowly, slowly) crossing the road just north of the falls overlook in Yellowstone National Park. They were completely unfazed by the traffic that was backing up or the crowd of onlookers who milled around. It was late September and the leaves of the bushes they were browsing had turned red and yellow.

A bighorn sheep lamb among the fall colors of Yellowstone National Park
A bighorn sheep ewe stands on an uprooted tree in Yellowstone National Park
A bighorn sheep ewe grazes among the fall colors of Yellowstone National Park
A bighorn sheep lamb among the fall colors of Yellowstone National Park
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