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Leap of Faith; Aoudad Jumping Across, 08 April 2018

Leap of Faith; Aoudad Jumping Across, 08 April 2018

On my way to pictographs *(they're called petroglyphs, but glyphs are carved and these are painted on, so... pictographs) in the Terlingua area. We kept h...
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On my way to pictographs *(they're called petroglyphs, but glyphs are carved and these are painted on, so... pictographs) in the Terlingua area. We kept hearing rocks clacking down from time to time. I never saw anything and, yes, sometimes out here, rocks just fall. On the third instance, I saw them way up on the cliff face of Indian Head mountain.

I saw, at this time, that one wouldn't jump along with the rest and that gave me time to get my camera out and get ready for if-when he jumped. I managed to get this of the Aoudad literally springing for the jump.
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Apr, 2018

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