Want To Count Bighorn Sheep In The Forest? No Sleeping Required.

You don't do this in your sleep. No, this kind of sheep counting will be done upright and awake, by wide-eyed, intrepid volunteers scattered about ...

March 12, 2023
12:46 AM

You don't do this in your sleep. No, this kind of sheep counting will be done upright and awake, by wide-eyed, intrepid volunteers scattered about the sweeping San Gabriel Mountains, equipped with pen, paper, clipboard and binoculars. Unlike those fluffy, dream-like cotton balls you may number in your mind's eye, these sheep are wild and spectacularly unique. These very real animals are Nelson's bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis nelsoni, a tan-colored, hooved mammal with a crown of horns adorning their heads.

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