Tag: burro

It happened I got Kissed!

Yes, I did. It wasn’t a buffalo or a pronghorn, it wasn’t even Roy. You ask who or what was it then. My resident burro stalker. The only Jack in the herd had to have a crush on me. I am not sure that burros can recognize cars or people my bet they do. He was the first burro I fed, and I only did it to get close to the baby he was protecting. Every time that we fed them there, he was on my side of the car. I would get out of the car and there he was. I will come back to my kiss later on.

Our day started early we were on a mission to find where the whole herd of buffalo were hiding and to find and feed the burros again. We also had a chance to have a scout for a small group of pronghorns and then the small group crossed in front of us.

So, about the buffalo I have to say it was one of those times when it seemed most of the herd was in one place. Everywhere you looked you could see buffalo. I caught them rolling around, coming towards us on the road crossing in front of us. After we turned around to head out of the herd, we have a car speed by us and park in amongst the herd. As you can see from the video I think they are a special breed of stupid. When we drove past the car we did see that the crew were from the park. I guess they have to get in among the herd to get those epic shots people enjoy. Speaking of shots here are a few of the ones I took that day.

After the herd we took a short cut to see if the burros were where they usually hang out. This was where we were lucky enough to watch the pronghorn scout turn into crossing guard.

After we got back underway again, we found the burros. The baby is learning the art of begging early as you can see. Here are a few photos of Roy feeding them. The last picture he ran out of carrots.

So, about my stalker. I was out of carrots and wanted to take some pictures because other people had stopped to feed them and that act always make for good photos. I get out of the car and he starts to follow me. I decide to ignore him, as you can see from the video, he did not like that.

After a full morning of animal fun, we decided to grab a bite to eat then head home. Looking at each other we said the only thing missing from the animal sightings were the big horn sheep. Ask and look what appeared around the corner. Our day was complete.

stupid

It’s a Bouncy Baby….

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.)

all but one

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.

photo bomber

Sitting in the car watching the last beggars get fed

The herd decided that enough was enough they were all fat and happy they started heading down the road. Yes, we followed right behind them.

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.