Burro. We were able to get a peek at it when it was less than a week old. Here is the link to the birth announcement. I was amazed at how nimble this little guy was on his feet. Yes, it is a boy. Side note here: As a male burro he will eventually be sold as there can be only one ‘Jack’ in the herd.

This was another morning we decided to hit wildlife loop earlier in the day then normal. I am thinking it was just the start of the small heatwave we had. I also remembered the carrots, (so much easier than apples). I think at least for me giving the burros carrots is easier because I can keep my fingers farther away from their mouths. When feeding them apples the burros get too close to me. I was growing a little concerned because we had gone past the normal places the burros visit and they were not there.

I look up and I see the small herd headed towards us. As you can see from the video the burros seem to like Roy’s side of the car instead of mine. I was ok with that as I only had one burro to deal with and feed. Roy ended up with three burros vying for his attention and carrots.

Check out the video it actually looks like he was going to come over to my side of the car and then changed his mind. I would say he made the right decision. I have to say even though I get nervous when they want to stick their whole head in the car. These burros are harmless and doing what begging burros do. Beg for food and stick their faces in cars. Roy also got an extra look from the daddy of the baby burro. I think he gave Roy the look of approval. (or he was upset that he was out of carrots.)

After the feeding frenzy Roy pulled up to the turn – off and they were waiting for us and everyone else that was there to feed them. I was able to get close enough to the baby to take some pictures. I even had a guy directing traffic to keep people out of my pictures.

Roy is an awesome judge of where things are headed and usually stays one step ahead of the animals so on to the next turn – out. I was able to use my zoom lens to capture some cool action even maybe the next generation that was until the mare decided to make it clear she had a headache. I even got a car to photo bomb the headshot of mom.

Earlier in the day we did see a few buffalo and a mom pronghorn and babies. So, it would not have been a total disappointment had we not seen the baby burro.

Later that evening we took another drive around the loop this time looking for night shooting spots. Well, it got dark so we were treated to what buffalo look like on the road at night.

It wasn’t scary at all in fact driving through the middle of them at night was actually fun.