#mountain goat

[mammalianmammals]

Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus), juvenile, family Bovidae, Colorado, USA

photograph by Colorado Wild Photography

[lennguine]

goat

[spiritofthemountainnaturephoto]

Coming down the trail

I'm sad blue sky isn't open this year but the roads definitely need repair.

[animalphotorefs]

Quickly boosting the repository's Patreon! This is where the magic happens (aka where you get sneak peeks of upcoming photos, plus exclusive videos)!

The art reference project is run entirely on donations. Contributions from users like you make it so I can continue expanding the species and photosets.

Here's a quick cost breakdown of my recent day-trip to go add newborn elephant photos to the repository:

Gas - $75

Camera lens rental - $45 (needed for specific building/lighting conditions)

Zoo ticket - $26

Parking - $10

Food - none, brought it with me

Lodging - none, day-trip

Time - 6.5 hours of driving, 6 hours at the zoo

Total: 12.5 hours of time and $156 for day-of trip costs. All covered by one month of support from current Patrons!

What it contributed for site (online soon):

Newborn Asian elephant photos

At least five new species (insects!) for a whole new site category

Nesting behavior in red-billed hornbills

Two new amphibian species

Way better photos of a crocodile monitor than currently on the site

Wing references for California condors in flight!

Harbor seal banana pose, 1-800-r-u-slapping pose, and face/flipper closeups

Some stellar mountain goat shots

Right now the Patreon funds one day trip like this a month, as long as it's within a couple hours drive from my home base. My current goal is for the Patreon to reach maybe... 350 a month? $350 a month would let me travel further afield this summer - driving and car-camping a couple days at a time - to capture species not in human care in the PNW. Can we make it happen? There's a reptile place with over 80 species of snake I'm itching to return to... and baby bongos just begging to be photographed...

Thanks so much to all of my current Patrons! You're literally why I can keep doing this work and running the site.

[lazer-t]

Rocky Mountain Goat for a $15 Ko-fi supporter

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Mountain Goat

"Folklore has it that to capture a mountain goat is a sign of divine blessing. I just know it's a sign that dinner is on the way." —Klazina Jansdotter, Leader of the Order of the Sacred Torch

Artist: Cornelius Brudi TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[cupcakeshakesnake]

So uh. Idk if I'm allowed to post this but I'm not not allowed to, so - this is a character design I made for a mascot contest...

and then there's this alternate version that I decided against submitting

[david-tennant-wearing-things]

DAVID WHAT ARE YOU DOING GET DOWN FROM THERE

fashion commentary: Isn't he worried about damaging the sweater?? Not to mention the risk of falling out of a fucking tree but he seems to really like that cardigan and a tree is a great place to snag wool

[vintagewildlife]

Rocky Mountain goats By: B. Brooks From: Wild, Wild World of Animals: Wild Herds 1977

[plusie]

[isbergillustration]

Didn’t see any taxidermied or jarred mountain goats at the museum yesterday, but I did see four of them in concert. And it ruled as they always do.

[thewolfnessphotography]

Tatra chamois.

Slovakia

[gun-leg]

Lets go to Nettles' house! ✨🐐6/15 of the 2024 Wild Canada trading card drop for the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo🦌✨

[littlepawz]

Momma mountain goat tenderly watches her offspring's first steps in the most rugged terrain

[animalphotorefs]

New Taxa Added: Sheep and Goats!

We've got some common and uncommon friends in this update!

Rocky Mountain Goats:

Bighorn Sheep:

Sichuan Takin:

Aoudad:

Chinese Gorals:

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