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This is from 2011 and this is the last time I saw this warrior close up in the Monument...
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Saw this guy from below on the curve up above me about a mile from the Visitors center in Colorado National Monument. So got my camera ready took this shot along with the following photo's. He had a young buddy with him and the females and young were below him and they ran off in the other direction when cars began to gather where he was.
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There were cars parked where I took the first photo but I realize that if you do not act in haste they usually do not spook, so I drove real slow up to where he was and got these poses. He was still standing there when I left as slow as I came but shortly he was gone because of all the other vehicles plus a car was coming down. The folks in one car said he and the young Ram ran off in the opposite direction.
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If you notice he has a scar on his nose from head butting another ram in the past and it is just a scar now.
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This was his buddy.
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I stopped farther up the road and he came to my right and went across the road behind me.
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In these profile photo's you will notice the swelling on his snout between his nostrils and eyes. I have seen that before plus the broken hide like that after they butted heads. It left him with a scare when it healed. That is a healed wound from past battles.
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It is just my guess that he has not gotten a wound on his nose this season but it is still swollen from a fresh head butt. Maybe he missed getting hit by a horn this time.
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The first batch of photo's taken 10/31 were in full sunlight. The ones added here were in Fruita Canyon in the shade and it shows the brown tint of their hair.
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I went up to the top of Fruita canyon and turned around. The Ram and company had moved and a guy was behind his car taking their photo's so I took a photo too.
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There is a stop on the way down I always take a look from and saw the bunch had moved off the road a bit and the guy had driven on up the road so I took another photo.
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New photo's taken 11/08 uploaded 11/09
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Small Ram on the left, Medium Ram in the middle, Big Ram on the right. The medium Ram is much shorter than the other two, or is it my imagination?
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The one on the left is the medium sized ram and the one on the right was the original ram in the other photos.
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See the horn of the Ram closest to the camera? His left horn is over the right horn of the other Ram. They were a bit clumsy because they could not move very well locked like that.
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He raised his head and was able to start getting lose here.
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It took both of them a few maneuvers to finally get free of each other.
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This is a normal pose.... This is the original Ram from the start and this is the third time in this seasons photo's.
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This is an abnormal pose...he has his tongue out!
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This is the smallest ram of the three.
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The Big Ram wanted to butt heads but the medium sized one didn't play his game. There were 3 Rams and 3 ewes and one lamb in this group. The big ram is the original one in all the other photo's I took. The two extra rams came along for this shoot I guess.
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They were not to far away from me so I backed away a bit to give them room. I did not want to get charged by any of them.
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