Fun Friday: No If’s, And’s or Butts, Please!

By James Braswell | Published July 11, 2014

A week ago, I had an exciting encounter with a juvenile Mountain Goat along the Going-to-the-Sun road in Glacier National Park (Montana). While I was photographing a small family of mountain goats that were descending from the high mountains to lower ground, a second pair of mountain goats (a mom and a juvenile) were foraging […]

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Mountain Goats, Part 2

By James Braswell | Published July 8, 2014

Following up on yesterday’s post, “Mountain Goats, Part 1”, two of the goats decided to leave the snow-covered hillside and wander into the parking lot … and even in the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Here are some images I captured as they walked around the parking lot, road and nearby boardwalk: In the second image, you can […]

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Mountain Goats, Part 1

By James Braswell | Published July 7, 2014

My first day to the Continental Divide of Glacier NP (Logan Pass), I happened on a Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) family that was traversing the snowy and rocky terrain of the area. Here are a few of my favorite images from that morning: And climbing up to a ledge along the steep wall, this juvenile […]

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Fun Friday: With a Little Help From My Friends!

By James Braswell | Published August 30, 2013

Here is one final (maybe :o) ) post of the Mount Evans mountain goats. One morning, while photographing a large group of goats at the summit of Mount Evans, I ran across this interesting scene:   As you can see momma was at the top of the wall and baby was trying his best to […]

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Fun Friday: Do Goats Play “Twister”?

By James Braswell | Published August 16, 2013

During my recent trip to Mount Evans (Colorado), I caught this young Mountain Goat kid stretching between a couple of boulders … reminds me of the game “Twister”, where one must have their hands and feet on specified color circles, often causing great distortions to do so!   :o)    

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Snow Goats

By James Braswell | Published July 10, 2013

After Monday’s disappointment with finding the Mountain Goats at Logan Pass, in Glacier National Park (if you missed my post about my first day in the park, here is a link: “Glacier NP … First Impressions”), I went back out yesterday morning to try my luck again. This time, I did find the goats and […]

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