Endangered Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep 2021
Dale Matson
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Sharon and I spent two sunny days in the Bishop area of California. I got some nice snowy landscape photographs but primarily we were there to try and locate, view, photograph and video the endangered Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep.
Each year we do this we refine our searches with some advance information from the CDFW and Steve Yeager (AKA the sheep whisperer) We focused on about three areas with the second day bringing us the closest photographs.
A super telephoto lens is nice but the closer you can get, the sharper the shot. Even with a good tripod, the high canyon winds make photography difficult. It is a clever cat and mouse game you play with the sheep. They have an imaginary line where they will walk away from you as you approach.
I can’t imagine more fun on a sunny day then watching these marvelous creatures once you find them, If you find them. We located one group of about 35 sheep and one other group of about 17 sheep.
Steve told us about a group of rams but even after three separate trips to the area, we could not find any sheep! I hope we can find time for another trip yet this winter.
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