Bighorn sheep ram lounges on the alpine tundra
On one of the days last weekend I bypassed the usual action of the elk rut and instead headed to the high altitude tundra. While there, much to my surprise,…
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep ram strikes a pose
This was one handsome and muscular fellow! He was clearly in fighting form and ready for the rut. Five rams were hanging out in Waterton Canyon southwest of Denver recently,…
Posing Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep ram in black and white
This was one handsome fellow and he was more than willing to give me some good looks last weekend. Like with bison, I tend to like black and white pics…
Head on with the big boys
Finally! It had been two years since I got some decent pics of Colorado's state animal and yesterday that streak came to an end. I headed to this spot southwest…
Little Bighorns
I took yesterday off and headed southwest of Denver in the hopes of getting pics of the Centennial State's official animal. Technically I succeeded but not the way I had…
Bighorn Sheep ram poses for (a belated) Colorado Day
August 1st is celebrated here as “Colorado Day,” the anniversary on which we officially became a state. President Ulysses S Grant issued a proclamation on August 1, 1876, “declaring the…