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1 ram, 1 ewe and 1 lamb. These are the newest photo's of sheep in the Colorado National Monument. #1 As of Sept 24, 2013
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#2
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#3
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# 4 that's all. There weren't any sheep in Fruita Valley again this year except for small numbers and they were not where a good photos could be taken and very scarce at that.
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Do you know what kind of bird this is?
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Nice!!
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Got a photo of this guy up close. One of my favorite photo's. He had done a few head butts in the past for sure.
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These 3 pictures were taken on November 4th while looking down into Fruita Canyon by looking over the side of the canyon from a pull out close to the top. The next two photo's were taken from below them at the Balanced rock turn out.
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This shows the small ram stopping before it went off the ledge.
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This shows them all feeding.
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This photos and the next one show the sheep from below after I'd driven down the canyon to just below where they were.
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This young sheep was going up the canyon now.
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This young ewe was in front of the others. #6 of 6
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It was raining the 5th of November when I took this photo. There was this ram a small yearling ram and two ewes.This photo is 1 of 10 taken that day.
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They gave me several poses. Their coats were pretty wet but they didn't seem to mind.
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This guy was a real ham and wasn't to weary. A good telephoto lens helps to.
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I finally had to just drive away because they didn't move very much.
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He was chewing and I tried to get him not chewing but it is hard to time it right every chew.
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I like this pose.
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He gave one of the ewes a strong gaze, trying to impress her but she didn't seem to notice. (at least she didn't react enough for me to catch it) I didn't hear her whisper anyway.
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This is one of the ewes.
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Glad the leaves were off this bush. He wasn't hiding very well it seems.
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He was slowly grazing his way up the hill to the right. #10 of 10
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These photos were taken the 10th of November. They were above the first curve up from the Fruita entrance to CNM. 1 of 7 photos...
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There were about 18 in this bunch and they were just at the edge of a shadow on the first left hand curve after the entrance to CNM on the Fruita side.
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They were scattered up and down the hill.
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The Ram was sticking close to the ewe with the radio collar on.
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This is a close up of two of the ewes
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They were bunched up all along the shadowed part
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I decided it was time to go up the hill to see if more sheep were up farther
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I ran onto about 18 or so sheep on the 11th of Nov. This is the biggest ram that day.
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This is a long distance shot of the same ram.
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I think he is a middle aged ram since he didn't have any of the scars and scraps on his horns like the older ones have. He is a handsome ram I'd say.
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These are the young and older ewes that were with him that day.
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This young ewe seemed to be posing for me. She wasn't that far away and they didn't seem to notice me.
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A younger one close up.
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This bunch was in this little valley for quite a while.
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When the ram started up the other they side they all seemed to be following him.
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This was a lively bunch and they were grazing as they went down the hill.
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After this the ram slowly started up the other side.
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He came to this point and it seemed he took a little time deciding where he wanted to go.
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