Bighorn Sheep
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:31 pmThey ran right in front of me just below the summit. Never saw me!
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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:31 pmPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:12 pmAwesome! Where were you when this happened?
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:37 pmThose I saw here at point "A", just below the summit. I actually saw a whole mess of em on Sunday at point "B". 
One of em looked like you!
There's a few more pics on my 7-5-09 hike.
One of em looked like you!
There's a few more pics on my 7-5-09 hike.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:43 amThis is v. cool. You must have really good karma to have seen them, twice!
The trick question is now, are they Desert Bighorn or Sierra Nevada Bighorn? if the latter, you should report it because they are nearly extinct.
The trick question is now, are they Desert Bighorn or Sierra Nevada Bighorn? if the latter, you should report it because they are nearly extinct.
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:22 amI wouldn't know the difference. You're supposed to know!
I don't know about karma but if I see them again this weekend I'll KNOW one of em is zip!
(i'm on to you dude!)
I don't know about karma but if I see them again this weekend I'll KNOW one of em is zip!
(i'm on to you dude!)Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:44 amSearching will yield a lot of info on bighorns in CA.
The bighorns in the San Gabriels are generally classified as Ovis canadensis nelsoni or desert bighorn.
The Sierra bighorn have been recently (2008) been called a subspecies of Ovis canadensis californiana and are Ovis canadensis sierrae according to USFWS.
This was done using mitochondrial DNA testing.
Still there is some debate of classification of all of the bighorn in the west.
The nelson subspecies is hunted in many of its' areas in CA; including the White Mts. they suffer from mostly poor habitat and mountain lions.
The Sierra subspecies is not hunted and has suffered greatly from domestic sheep grazing and mountain lions.
The bighorns in the San Gabriels are generally classified as Ovis canadensis nelsoni or desert bighorn.
The Sierra bighorn have been recently (2008) been called a subspecies of Ovis canadensis californiana and are Ovis canadensis sierrae according to USFWS.
This was done using mitochondrial DNA testing.
Still there is some debate of classification of all of the bighorn in the west.
The nelson subspecies is hunted in many of its' areas in CA; including the White Mts. they suffer from mostly poor habitat and mountain lions.
The Sierra subspecies is not hunted and has suffered greatly from domestic sheep grazing and mountain lions.