I've been sitting on this one for a couple of weeks and had actually planned to upload this one when the badger came along last week. Roxy and I were on our way to the reservoir when we came upon a small (4 individuals) bachelor herd of Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana). There was one who looked to have a well developed set of horns that you see first; the others all looked to be about the same age based upon the size of their horns. The latter part of the clip shows two of them in a little sparring match, preparing for the time when they, too, can challenge the big bucks for a chance at "gettin' the girl(s)".
(P.S. - If you would like to see what I've been up to lately - and the primary reason I've been ignoring the blog - some test files are here. They are Flash and will be revised somewhat before officially published in the next week or so - let me know what you think . . .)
(P.P.S. - I just learned something about the video player that, at least on my end, is only a problem with Firefox since IE and Opera do not display the player and you have to click a link to see it. And it may an issue with Safari and/or others on Macs, too. I'll have to try and figure it out but, for some reason and even though the links are all correct, the player wants to show the badger, the last video I posted, instead of the Pronghorn. If you click the "permalink" at the bottom of this entry it works correctly. This may explain what was happening with you and the badger last week, Lisa. Very strange, indeed, and surprising that I never noticed it before.)
Wow, that is so amazing. I have never seen that before.
great picture--I saw a couple of these guys last weekend in Central ND very pretty animals
Kevin, I really enjoyed those e-tours. That's a lot of work you put into them. Great job!
BWB: I'd never seen it before either. Have been around Elk at the time of the rut and saw some bulls that you could tell were edgy and not to be harassed, but didn't see them fight.
Rick: Yes they are beautiful and a joy to watch run when they turn on the jets. So fast.
Mary: Thanks! We have about 10 or 12 planned, though rolling them out will be spread over many months (and my being a participant in the process will be decided in the next few weeks).