Bighorn Sheep - Yosemite Nature Notes - Episode 27

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  • čas přidán 15. 12. 2015
  • Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep are the rarest mountain sheep in North America. After the population dropped to around 100 animals in 1995, this unique sub-species was listed as an endangered species. In the spring of 2015, these charismatic animals were released into the heart of Yosemite for the first time in over 100 years. For an audio described version of this video, go to • Bighorn Sheep - Yosemi... .

Komentáře • 58

  • @YosemiteFour
    @YosemiteFour Před 6 lety +5

    Great story. Beautiful footage. Thank you.

  • @JohnDoe-xu2vx
    @JohnDoe-xu2vx Před 6 lety +1

    who could give a thumbs down to this wonderful video?

  • @BurkeLCH
    @BurkeLCH Před 5 lety

    Thank you for the upload

  • @malaquiasalfaro81
    @malaquiasalfaro81 Před 8 lety

    This was so awesome. Love it

  • @rachelbellenoit3803
    @rachelbellenoit3803 Před 8 lety +4

    Amazing footage. Looking forward to seeing the young ones in 2016!

  • @davidtrydahl8106
    @davidtrydahl8106 Před 8 lety +5

    Dr. John Weyhausen of Bishop California was the pioneer of this technique of relocation of Bighorn sheep with crates and helicopter. His relocation of Desert Bighorns in the Mojave Desert and the White Mountain range established a safe procedure and repopulated historic habitat. Much of his work was done in the 1980's and 90's.

    • @YosemiteNPS
      @YosemiteNPS  Před 8 lety +2

      +David Trydahl Thank you for acknowledging the important work of Dr. Weyhausen. He does make a brief cameo appearance in the video during the animal processing sequence.

    • @punksuka
      @punksuka Před 7 lety

      LOL

  • @garybesaw
    @garybesaw Před 2 lety

    So amazing, Just beautiful!!!!

  • @1BlueStarRising
    @1BlueStarRising Před 7 lety +1

    Such an awesome filming & Sharing here ! 5 thumbs up high :-)

  • @infamous8181
    @infamous8181 Před 8 lety +7

    there so beautiful

  • @MidsierramusingBlogspot
    @MidsierramusingBlogspot Před 8 lety +6

    Kudos to Steve Bumgardner for his fine video footage and Dr. John Weyhausen and the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation for pioneering efforts at Bighorn Sheep research and relocation. John Muir did not realize that the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep were unique to the Sierra Nevada. The sheep are not easy to spot and many backpackers are not even aware that they are traveling through Bighorn Sheep territory.

  • @GreenRC24
    @GreenRC24 Před 4 lety +1

    That ram is going to have nightmares.

  •  Před 8 lety +3

    Lindo!!! // Beautiful!!!

  • @YummiMoney
    @YummiMoney Před 8 lety +3

    Beautiful

  • @firebird95driver
    @firebird95driver Před 8 lety +11

    I would love to participate in such projects. Being hands on with these animals seems a bit dangerous though. nonetheless, projects like this are vital to, like one of the narrators says, restore the damage done by uneducated/careless predecessors. Long live conservation and the spirit of Muir. Thank you for these notes! God bless.

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly Před 2 lety +1

    So, how does it feel to have a collar placed around your neck?
    How long does that collar remain?

  • @jeanettewaverly2590
    @jeanettewaverly2590 Před 8 lety +11

    Welcome home, bighorns!

  • @ShakespeareCafe
    @ShakespeareCafe Před 7 měsíci

    Muir called domestic sheep "hoofed locusts"

  • @bachahussain7385
    @bachahussain7385 Před 6 lety

    Nice

  • @thehouseofloveandpoo
    @thehouseofloveandpoo Před 8 lety +4

    Here is to hoping that your new home will have reproduce like crazy and make lots and lots more big horn sheep

  • @Aabidkhan-fw4it
    @Aabidkhan-fw4it Před 6 lety +1

    Wow 😯 imaging

  • @evaldobarros678
    @evaldobarros678 Před 4 měsíci

    Eu gosto muito de animais e da natureza também

  • @russvegaspd
    @russvegaspd Před 2 lety

    What is the Music towards end?

  • @johnschuyler9683
    @johnschuyler9683 Před 3 měsíci

    Video needs to be updated, as the 2023 winter devastated the Sierra sheep herds, including the Cathedral herd relocation featured in this nature note. Very sad.

  • @changhitachangtechitara1731

    Nice herd

  • @bigred8438
    @bigred8438 Před 6 lety +8

    Some humans can correct mistakes that other humans make, but the vast majority of humans cannot correct the mistakes they make or learn from them.

  • @kroqster
    @kroqster Před 8 lety +2

    the head butting at 0:24 was non aggressive? or was that aggressive? do they do this for a bit of fun as well as an act of aggression?

    • @YosemiteNPS
      @YosemiteNPS  Před 8 lety +3

      +kroqster Beginning in the late summer, bighorn rams often congregate and begin "testing" one another with kicks and head butting. The head butting seen in this video is fairly mild compared to the more dramatic action that happens later in the fall.

  • @jezlanejl
    @jezlanejl Před 7 lety +7

    I bet the Cougars are already licking there lips....

    • @jago76
      @jago76 Před 6 lety +2

      They co-existed with Cougars for thousands of years. It was human activity that caused the problem.

  • @user-mi7oo9bu8k
    @user-mi7oo9bu8k Před 6 lety +1

    ♡:)

  • @MidsierramusingBlogspot
    @MidsierramusingBlogspot Před 8 lety +2

    Where do the sheep in Yosemite go in the winter to get out of the deep snow?

    • @dapoopta
      @dapoopta Před 7 lety

      dematson seasonal sheep. They do the is yearly.

    • @johndtuttle
      @johndtuttle Před 7 lety

      They can hang in amazing weather at altitude. I have seen them at 11,000 feet on Mt. Williamson in January.

    • @MidsierramusingBlogspot
      @MidsierramusingBlogspot Před 7 lety

      I guess that means you can hang in there too! Did you get any photographs?

    • @johndtuttle
      @johndtuttle Před 7 lety

      No, it was very tough conditions for us, one foot of new snow on top of bare talus/rock. He was very close to us, maybe 30m early one morning after the storm, then he went over a ridge and was gone too fast for a photo. We were trying to climb Mt. Williamson, it is only open then and in July to climb, so as to protect the sheep.

  • @ActuallyJozu
    @ActuallyJozu Před 8 lety +6

    They flew over to St. Louis and grabbed the Rams and brought them back.

  • @quapcousteau9824
    @quapcousteau9824 Před 8 lety

    who films these?

    • @YosemiteNPS
      @YosemiteNPS  Před 8 lety +3

      +QuapCousteau Yosemite Nature Notes is shot and produced by filmmaker Steven M. Bumgardner

  • @otaibinm
    @otaibinm Před 6 lety +1

    god bless NPS.. as human, i feel ashamed for destroying the habitat of many wild animals.

  • @mateussantosesteticaebelez2460

    a palavra ,de Deus e tão verdadeira,pra quem não acredita; que tai a prova deus ,fala das cabras,monteses :o livro que muitos não acreditam.

  • @ericunderwood6728
    @ericunderwood6728 Před 6 lety +1

    One time in So.Cal. if I remember correctly. around Redlands I was following a stream bed into the foothills I walked back a couple hours outta nowhere this guy in a vehicle shows up, he was a Biologist studying Big Horns, He told me that I was only about 3 miles away from them and I should keep going, I turned back, regret to this day. thanks. Eric Underwood class of 81

  • @davidfaria6194
    @davidfaria6194 Před rokem

    Put some grizzly bears up there with them please

  • @powahwave8915
    @powahwave8915 Před rokem

    America land of Shem

  • @uralhabib
    @uralhabib Před 8 měsíci

    Законное место баранов это те места которые захвачены человеком с его домашней овцой!

  • @gentconstruction
    @gentconstruction Před 6 lety

    L5

  • @misha6418
    @misha6418 Před 5 lety

    oh hell yea that’s badass
    i wanna wrangle some big horns for the greater good!

  • @dnzb7291
    @dnzb7291 Před 3 lety +2

    I mean it's great that they are trying to help an endangered specie but the part where they captured the animal with a net, separated it from it's herd transported it in a bag tied to the helicopter is cruel to me, and the fact that she says 'total different experience to the visitors to the park' makes me question the role of the profit, who the fuck cares about fucking visitors experience.Also what is up with the collars?

  • @arod8596
    @arod8596 Před 8 lety +3

    I don't like the video dislike !

  • @bachahussain7385
    @bachahussain7385 Před 6 lety

    Nice