Peninsular Bighorn Sheep, Anza Borrego Desert SP

Peninsular Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis cremnobates), Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California

After photographing sunrise on Sunday morning, I hiked up to Palm Canyon. On the way back down, a lady asked if I had seen any sheep. I hadn't. So I asked her if she had. Then she told me to go around the corner and look up on top of the hill. The bighorn sheep was rather difficult to spot because it was laying down but luckily I caught it.

I waited around until I saw it stand up to climb higher. I took some more pictures. Then I moved elsewhere to try getting a better look. I also found several park naturalists there with spotting scopes along with a bunch of tourists. I wasn't satisfied with that location either so I got into a location where I thought they might pass by my line of sight. Then the sheep started coming down the hill rather quickly and one went right past me. The most surprising thing about the sheep was how fast they run. I only got a few sharp photos because they kept moving.