Bighorn Sheep at Yellowstone

The first of two bighorn sheep galleries from Yellowstone can be seen here.

Grazing on the Side of a Cliff

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.

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. 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.