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PaulW - 1-10-2017 at 08:45 AM

Guess I will have to search for the place. Anybody know the place?




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BajaMama - 1-10-2017 at 09:11 AM

Doesn't have any indicators on Google Earth. Maybe in the mountains in the northeast?

David K - 1-10-2017 at 09:19 AM

Not in Baja (is my guess from looking at the background and horns).

blackwolfmt - 1-10-2017 at 09:46 AM

I say Ibex from Kazakhstan

[Edited on 1-10-2017 by blackwolfmt]

BajaBill74 - 1-10-2017 at 10:30 AM

The Sierra de Juárez, also known as the Sierra Juarez, is a mountain range located in Tecate Municipality and northern Ensenada Municipality, within northern Baja California state of northwestern ...

mtgoat666 - 1-10-2017 at 10:54 AM

Quote: Originally posted by PaulW  
Guess I will have to search for the place. Anybody know the place?


The animal appears to be an Ibex. The rock appears to be limestone. I think the pic is from europe.


[Edited on 1-10-2017 by mtgoat666]

Maderita - 1-10-2017 at 11:32 AM

I think mtgoat nails it. It does not appear to be the granite of the Sierra de Juárez. Looks like limestone to me. The background does not fit either. Agreed it looks like somewhere in Europe. Lots of limestone mountains over there. Wrong animal for this continent.

Russ - 1-10-2017 at 02:14 PM

I found the right Baja Mountain Goat

AKgringo - 1-10-2017 at 03:27 PM

That would be a sheep Russ! Not that it matters, one horney critter is as good as another.

Russ - 1-10-2017 at 03:39 PM

Oh yeah, Thanks for getting my brain to click in. I found it on google under Baja Mountain goat but I do know the difference.... really:?:

David K - 1-11-2017 at 10:36 AM

The horns...







A little blurry as these are zoom-in close ups, taken in May 2007 near Mission Santa María (west of Gonzaga Bay).

The normal photo of these guys, who walked right past our camp, on the ledge overlooking us.

PaulW - 1-11-2017 at 11:03 AM

Nice pics

David K - 1-11-2017 at 11:58 AM

It was an exciting moment, for sure... We were camping with Roy (The squarecircle) and Blanche. Elizabeth spotted them silently walking that ledge above our camp... "Oh my God" and we turned around and Roy and I quickly grabbed our cameras... and for several minutes enjoyed watching the dozen or so borregos head to the pond for a drink that morning. Baja is fantastic!