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tmatlack Member
Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2854 | TRs | Pics
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tmatlack
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Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:20 am
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Wow,
At least one full curl ram grazing next to I-84 near John Day river bridge on Wed. April 9 about noon. I was WB, saw a car pulled over EB, and there was a guy photographing a small herd right next to EB below the basalt column cliffs. I wanted to turn around and have a look myself but long way between exits in that country.
Are those guys native to that area?
PS: This is Rocky Mtn. Bighorn Sheep. Not mtn. goats.
Tom
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Chico Member
Joined: 30 Nov 2012 Posts: 2500 | TRs | Pics Location: Lacey |
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Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:34 am
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Range from Canada to New Mexico. Native? Yes!
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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
they are in the Oak Creek wildlife area off Hwy 12. I have seen them hiking up Waterworks canyon at the Jct of 410 and Hwy 12 ( north side)
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Bird in Hand Member
Joined: 30 Apr 2014 Posts: 165 | TRs | Pics Location: seattle |
Umtaneum Creek off of Canyon Road is a great place to see them
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NacMacFeegle Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2014 Posts: 2653 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
I've seen them a number of times, I think they must often hang out beside the freeway at the Eastern end of the Columbia Gorge.
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Trailhead PCT Class of 2012
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 444 | TRs | Pics Location: PDX |
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Trailhead
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Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:46 pm
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Plenty of them along the lower Deschutes.
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Z Erratic
Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 797 | TRs | Pics Location: Greater Orondo area |
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Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:43 pm
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They were getting hit so often on the highway north of Wenatchee, that they put up a giant fence:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US97A/WildlifeFence/photos.htm
(Looking across the Columbia to Orondo in #2 pic)
"Einstein stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, is as a blind man stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of sound" 1979
They don't make years like they used to.
"Einstein stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, is as a blind man stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of sound" 1979
They don't make years like they used to.
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Chico Member
Joined: 30 Nov 2012 Posts: 2500 | TRs | Pics Location: Lacey |
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Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:45 pm
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That fence was a problem at first. As I seem to recall they were "sneaking" around it and still getting on to the highway. Are things better now?
Game fence btw. Giant fence? Tall perhaps but deer can jump a game fence if they can run along side it and have seen them do so.
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gb Member
Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 6303 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Apr 14, 2015 2:23 pm
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Desert Bighorns are a subspecies of Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep and seem to be smaller than those in the Rockies. They were extirpated from many states but have been re-introduced, including in Eastern Washington.
All the news that's fit to print: http://www.defenders.org/bighorn-sheep/basic-facts
I saw Desert Bighorns twice last week in Eastern Washington.
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trestle Member
Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 2093 | TRs | Pics Location: the Oly Pen |
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Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:30 pm
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Dime a dozen in Montana.
"Life favors the prepared." - Edna Mode
"Life favors the prepared." - Edna Mode
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