Mud. It's What's for Dinner (Explored May 1, 2021)

            A few miles north of Maligne Lake we found an old dirt parking lot where a small herd of bighorn sheep ewes and lambs had congregated, apparently to eat dirt.  They do this, and also lick the surface of roads and cars, for salt and other minerals.  Most of these sheep had dull, expressionless faces and walked around like zombies, which may be perfectly understandable for a group of animals eating dirt.  This particular ewe was quite the poser though.  The only problem was she didn’t wipe off the dripping mud from around her mouth after having been eating / drinking from a mud puddle.

 Maligne Lake Road, Jasper National Park,  Alberta,  Canada.   Elevation:    4,782ft.   August 20, 2019.

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Taken in: Canada / Alberta / Jasper Park Lodge (show map)

Taken on: August 20, 2019

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Tim Lumley

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, f/6.3, 1/1250 sec, 182mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	182mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.2 (Windows)
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