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New Life…
We spotted this little Mountain Goat on a little walk at Logan Pass, GNP….
Another doe and her yearling…
BASIC FACTS ABOUT MOUNTAIN GOATS
Despite its name, the mountain goat is actually a member of the antelope family. It has a long face, long black horns and a short tail. Both males and females have beard-like hair on their chins. The mountain goat sports a coat of wooly, white fur that keeps it warm at high elevations. This coat has a double layer for added warmth during winter—the overcoat molts, or falls off, during summer time.
Known for their agility, mountain goats are most often seen scaling steep, rocky ledges. This extreme alpine environment provides them with adequate protection from predators. Strong muscular forequarters and pliable hooves with soft rubbery pads help them maintain traction on craggy rock surfaces and survive in harsh conditions.
Diet
Mountain goats eat grasses, sedges, herbs, shrubs, ferns mosses and lichen.
Population
Did You Know?
From around the age of 22 months, it is possible to tell the age of a mountain goat by counting the number of rings on its horns!
There are an estimated 100,000 Mountain Goats in North America.
Range
The Rocky Mountain and coastal ranges of northwestern North America, including southwestern Alaska.
Behavior
Mountain goats are active both during the day and night, but take time to rest under overhanging cliffs. They mostly live in herds and move around according to season. In the summer, smaller groups will travel to salt licks. Females, called nannies, spend most of the year in herds with their kids, while males either live alone or with 2 – 3 other males. Nannies can be protective of their territory and food, and so will fight other nannies in their herds. During mating season, males will fight each other using their horns for the right to mate with females.
Reproduction
Mating Season: November and December.
Gestation: 150-180 days.
Litter size: Typically one kid; twins rarely.
At birth, the kid weighs around 6 lbs and are able to move along the rocks with its mother within a day or so after
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Playing on Cliff Sides…
It always amazes me to watch these sure-footed tots jump around on mountainsides…
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A couple of pictures of Rocky Mountain Goats from this last summer…
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A Rocky Mountain Goat kid and nanny in Glacier National Park...
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Our Memorization Challenge that we’re working on for this month…
Psalms 103:
Psa 103:1 ESV – Of David. Bless the Lord , O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
Psa 103:2 ESV – Bless the Lord , O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
Psa 103:3 ESV – who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
Psa 103:4 ESV – who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
Psa 103:5 ESV – who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Psa 103:6 ESV – The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
Psa 103:7 ESV – He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
Psa 103:8 ESV – The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Psa 103:9 ESV – He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.
Psa 103:10 ESV – He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
Psa 103:11 ESV – For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
Psa 103:12 ESV – as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Psa 103:13 ESV – As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
Psa 103:14 ESV – For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
Psa 103:15 ESV – As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
Psa 103:16 ESV – for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
Psa 103:17 ESV – But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,
Psa 103:18 ESV – to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
Psa 103:19 ESV – The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
Psa 103:20 ESV – Bless the Lord , O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!
Psa 103:21 ESV – Bless the Lord , all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will!
Psa 103:22 ESV – Bless the Lord , all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord , O my soul!
