I'm always looking for, and sometimes I find, beautiful and interesting wildlife. The Black Hills and Mount Rushmore have lots of critters, a few of which I'll show you here.
We first encountered these wonderful burros as we traveled Iron Mountain Road.
They are not native to the Black Hills but are descendents from the herd that hauled visitors to the top of one of the mountains, Harney Peak, years ago. The burros were released into the park and have managed to survive life in the wilderness.
There are Big Horn sheep here.
The rams hang out together.
The ewes hang out together. Sounds like your average cocktail party to me.
The ewes have horns too but not those big curly ones. Doesn't she have beautiful eyes?
We saw many Whitetail deer. There are lots of fawns and moms roaming the woods right now. Didn’t see any bucks.
There’s the well known Tourista Bipedis. This species is known to assume strange positions when it has a camera in hand. You never know when you’ll be on candid camera! Careful now!
Mountain Goats wander the craggy hillsides. They wear collars and tags so they can be tracked to be sure they don’t cause environmental damage. The boys and girls have the same horns. Now that’s confusing. They were introduced to the area in 1924.
Bison, coyotes, mountain lions, elk, and pronghorns roam the hills. No moose – my very favorite.
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