Steve Shinn: Bighorn sheep rams fighting and butting heads, battle for dominance in Anza-Borrego desert. Nelsons peninsular bighorns
Steve Shinn: Bighorn sheep rams fighting and butting heads, battle for dominance in Anza-Borrego desert. Nelsons peninsular bighorns, a moment later.
Steve Shinn: Bighorn Sheep portrait. Ram in Anza Borrego desert, Peninsular subspecies, showing preorbital glands.
Steve Shinn: Peninsular bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) ram eating the spring flowers. Anza Borrego deset,
Steve Shinn: Bighorn ram sniffs the air and looks into the dawn, Anza Borrego desert. Bighorn Sheep
Steve Shinn: Endangered Peninsular Bighorn Sheep jumping, Anza Borrego Desert ( #5 of 8 ---> )
Steve Shinn: Embraceable Ewe...
Steve Shinn: Peninsular Bighorn sheep in Anza Borrego, ram and ewe showing contempt to viewers....
Steve Shinn: Peninsular bighorn sheep rams in Anza Borrego State Park. Ovis canadensis nelsoni
Steve Shinn: Peninsular bighorn sheep running up the rocks in Anza Borrego State Park
Steve Shinn: Peninsular Bighorn ram portrait, another angle of a "battle ram". Note possible recent head wound at base of horn, Borrego desert sheep
Steve Shinn: Bighorn Sheep ram with scars and damage on horns, Anza Borrego desert
Steve Shinn: Bighorn sheep, ram eye to eye portrait profile in Anza Borrego area, class 4 ram.
Steve Shinn: Peninsular Bighorn sheep ram browsing on Indigo bush, Psorothamnus schottii. Anza Borrego desert
Steve Shinn: BIghorn sheep rams, a look of surprise.. but really just chewing with mouth open.. chewing cud or "ruminating".
Steve Shinn: Bighorn Sheep ram (peninsular) in Anza Borrego desert, with an itch. Some funny postures are necessary when you have to scratch.
Steve Shinn: Bighorn Sheep ram (peninsular) in Anza Borrego desert, scratcing an itch.
Steve Shinn: Peninsular bighorn sheep (O. c. nelsoni, AKA cremnobates) Anza Borrego State Park
Steve Shinn: Peninsular bighorn sheep, ram sniffs urine of female to determine mating readiness.
Steve Shinn: Borrego Bighorn showing lip curl or flehmen response.... looks like "Pee-ewe!".
Steve Shinn: Borrego Springs endangered Peninsular Bighorn sheep, click on image and use cursor to see a typical view through binoculars etc. ....on a good day..
Steve Shinn: Peninsular bighorn sheep (O. c. nelsoni, AKA cremnobates) Anza Borrego State Park. please see http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1078896
Steve Shinn: Bighorn Sheep in the Anza Borrego Desert. you should see 17.
Steve Shinn: Endangered Peninsular Bighorn Sheep, ewes in Anza Borrego Desert. "So, ladies, where to for brunch? ..."Oh Myrtle, look at that big boy down there!"
Steve Shinn: Endangered Penninsular Bighorn Sheep ram snifs the air, Anza-Borrego State Park, Palm Canyon "Any ladies out there in the mood?"
Steve Shinn: Bighorn Sheep, older ram showing teeth
Steve Shinn: Bighorn Sheep, older rams. Compare the old and young horn and skull mass.
Steve Shinn: Peninsular bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni), Anza Borrego Desert State Park