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Sometimes I do the same thing and point my telephoto cell phone out the window. Amazing how much the country in Arizona and Montana look so similar...
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RedRabbit Why do they look mangy? Is it dirt or are they shedding their winter coat? Great pictures anyway!
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Maybe I'm trying to compare them to other sheep. I dont know anything about sheep and did not intend to offend.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Grandpa:the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Dad:son you have 2 choices for supper eat or don't eat.
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I think they are two different species of sheep, and the sheep shrapnel sees have their heaviest coats on after a cold winter. The desert bighorns are a different species aren't they? I don't see anything similar in the pictures though. Ken
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Amazing set of horns on that dark faced ewe. Wonder what her age might be?
Nice shots.
Last edited by 1minute; 03/27/19.
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Shrapnel-sometimes Edward Weston photography close to the road is a good thing. AZ does have some Rockies just south of Flagstaff and also in eastern AZ. Texczech- the desert sheephave shorter hair on their coats. Looks like the one ewe bedded in some mud of poop. Arizona has received some very good rains this winter. 1' - at first i thought the larger ewe may be a young ram due to the horn length, but images from below showed no nutsack.
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The gender terminology for this species seems to have regional dialects. Back East (NY) we use the term "Ewes Guys" - - Ala "my Cousin Vinnie" - - "Yous Guys".
I wonder if these are all adults or if there are an "Yoots" in the group?
Seriously tho - - Great photos!!!
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real nice photos. thanks for posting
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yep......your Sheep need to gain some weight.......purty skinny
still pics are great as usual
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not to hijack thread......but 600 miles north of your Sheep...... ours seem to be eating better....... these......just east of town.....
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tikkanut, it would have been nice to catch a band of rams like you did.. The Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix where those ewes were was burnt earlier this summer by the Woodbury Fire.
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