Friday, April 5, 2013

Palo Duro Trip - Barbary Sheep

We were driving along after taking pictures in the cabin area when, upon rounding a curve, these guys jumped up from the side of the road and ran into the wilderness.  By the time we snapped to what was happening they had disappeared, but I went looking, climbing to the top of a nearby peak.  After waiting several minutes with camera in hand, they appeared in the distance, still ambling away from the road.  I started hollering and making whooping noises until one looked back in my direction.  This is at the full 200mm zoom, but had to crop in quite a bit to get this composition.

Learned that they are called Aoudad in the area.

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