Bighorn Sheep and Mescalito Canyon

5.5 miles up and back with about 1000 feet of elevation gain

Red Rock, Nevada

April 11, 2007

01Blooms by Scenic Loop	02Cliffrose blossoms	03Cactus Wren on Cholla	04We spot a few Rams	05Breakfast time in Red Rocks
06The Magnificent Seven	07Watching Bighorns	08Bighorn Sheep Rams	09Still a bit cautious	10Hungry Ram
11Moving on	12Back with the herd	13The herd	14Rams	15Canyon Wren
16Canyon Wren	17Climbing the big boulder	18Climbing the boulder	19Climbing the boulder	20On top of the boulder
21The three guards	22The three guards	23On top of the boulder	24Rams on guard	25The three guards
26Rams on watch	27The two guards	28Beautiful Rams	29Only two on guard now	30Close-up of one of guards
30Considering downclimb	30Second guard heads down	31Only one Ram on guard	32The Guardian	33Looking around
34Looking some more	35He checks me out too	36Photographing the Ram	37Close up of Guardian	38The herd watches below
39Photographing the Ram	40Bold and Beautiful	41Ram Portrait	42Still on guard	43Close-up
44Time to leave our friends	45Yerba Santa in bloom	46Photographing a butterfly	47Butterfly on Yerba Santa	48On route to South Fork
49Lizard sunning himself	50In is green in the South fork	51Among the greens	52In the South Fork of Pine Creek	53Looking up canyon
54Pacific Tree Frog in the pool	55On route up South Fork	56Mescalito fork coming up	57Mescalito Canyon	58In Mescalito Canyon
59Moth trying to hide from the sun	60On route up Canyon	61By the dry fall	62Above the dry fall	63Redbud blooms
64By a natural pool	65By a natural pool	66Canyon continues	67GPS trace of our canyon route	68Profile of the hike
69Western Fence Lizard