crapload of bighorn sheep at bridge to nowhere - 8/18

TRs for the San Gabriel Mountains.
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MattCav
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saw two herds at the bridge yesterday. one herd of at least 7 sheep were on top of the cliff opposite the trail into the bridge. on the trail side of the bridge's cliff, there were 5 sheep (see pic). pretty awesome to see. i'd never seen a bighorn before and here, on my last san gabes hike before moving, they came out in...herds.

i was also surprised by how much of the trail has been washed away. nonetheless, it was as easy and fun a hike as usual.

i posted a tr here with some pics if you're interested. http://outdoorsincali.com/2011/08/18/8- ... -east-fork
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Nice! They were just paying their respects.

Good luck on your move.

HJ
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Post by RichardK »

There have been a lot of sheep sightings lately. I guess the mountain lions haven't eaten all of them.
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thanks jim!
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Post by Mike P »

Hey Matt, congrats on the upcoming move! Good job on seeing the bighorn, too.

Gentle reminder: We shouldn't identify the locations of endangered animals such as bighorn. You never know what knuckleheads are looking in here and think the poaching laws don't apply to them. Thanks.
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good call mike, thanks!
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Post by James »

Funniest post title ever...

Maybe the bighorn were waiting to use the bridge to go somewhere...
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