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<\/a>Bighorn sheep on the hillside above the road. They crossed the road in front of us last time we went to buy gas for the generator. So this time I took the camera.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>He has the biggest horns in this group, which makes him the boss.<\/p><\/div>\n
They stay in different groups.\u00a0 The males all stick together, and the females and this years’ babies are all in a different group.\u00a0 They were re-introduced in the mountains around us, which means they unloaded a stock trailer with sheep who scampered up the mountains, and have been doing fine.\u00a0 This occurred many years ago.\u00a0 Anyway, it’s always fun to see them on the road or on the hillside next to the road.<\/p>\n
We also saw quite a few Dippers standing on the ice on the river, next to open water, bobbing and dipping their tails, and then jumping into the ice cold water, only to pop out again a few seconds later, tiny balls of water rolling off their tightly packed feathers, like they were made of teflon.\u00a0 One of our favorite birds.<\/p>\n
We saw one eagle flying, and a couple of hawks sitting on trees to round out the wildlife watching that accompanied our chore of buying gasoline.<\/p>\n
More wildlife….<\/p>\n