Day 12 AM Bighorn Sheep near Roosevelt Lodge by Willis...

Day 12 AM Bighorn Sheep near Roosevelt Lodge by Willis...

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Day 12 AM Bighorn Sheep near Roosevelt Lodge

By Willis Chung
Aug 03, 2017
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Came across two male bighorn sheep, older one with chipped horns, and younger one with sharp horns. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, checking the area for safety. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, moving across brush towards the morning sun. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, beginning to graze. They felt safe enough with about a dozen tourists watching. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram watching me carefully as he grazes. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, stripping leaves from bushes. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, chewing on breakfast in preparation for lunch later. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, taking another bite of salad (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, bits of plants in a tough spot to clean or scratch. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram grazing. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram crunching up the leaves and berries. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Give me another bite of those berries! (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Grasses going to seed, backlit by the morning sun. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

The sheep felt it was safe to graze with tourists and photographers watching over them. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Finally, I get some teeth! Older bighorn ram. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

The younger bighorn ram was re-eating breakfast, momentarily in a shaft of sunlight (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, both he and I moved around as I tried to keep in front of him as he grazed. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram grazing (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram pulling leaves off a bush. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram eyeballing me as he grazes. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, coming into a bit of sunlight (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram. For some reason I want to call him Herbert. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram getting some broader leaves. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram working to strip leaves off of the plant (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram crossing in front of a clearing lit by the morning sun. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Younger bighorn ram has finished working on the first bit of breakfast and is adding to it. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Younger bighorn ram watching the tourists move around them. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram moving closer towards me to find a new place to graze. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Bighorn rams moving to a greener patch (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Bighorn rams moving to a greener patch (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Bighorn sheep, older one of the pair, moving towards me to continue grazing (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn rams, showing some teeth as he grazes (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Some queen anne's lace trapped by a horn. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram crossing the clearing towards some bushes. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram choosing to graze right below where I was on a little hill. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram with some leaves stuck on one of his horns. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram grazing (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram, head on grazing (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Bighorn sheep ram, older one of the pair, grazing right below me. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Younger bighorn ram on the other side of the clearing. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Younger bighorn ram on the other side of the clearing (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Younger ram settles down to work on breakfast again. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram still grazing, he hasn't settled down once. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram never stopped hoovering up leaves. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Younger bighorn ram looks like he wants to say something, but is just chewing. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

Older bighorn ram moving toward the next bush. (On Grand Loop Road near Roosevelt Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

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