I took this photo Thursday afternoon from the top of Lenawee Face. We regularly see these animals wandering around the Upper Mountain, especially in the spring and summer. They are commonly confused with bighorn sheep (I posted pictures of bighorns last Friday). Mostly, we see these guys on the East Wall, but they occasionally wander over towards Snow Plume Refuge and down into Lenawee Parks. I have seen as many as 35 of them herded together on Lenawee Face. They are very beautiful and tough animals living most of their lives about treeline.
My resident wildlife expert tells me these two are pregnant females. I look forward to seeing the little guys running around. The little ones are amazingly cute.
