In 1988 I was sheep hunting in Colorado near Pagosa Springs. My guide and I had climbed a bare rocky ridge and were watching a small group of ewes with one lamb. From behind us a big Golden Eagle came over and made a turn above the sheep. Immediately all the ewes circled around the lamb. The eagle made another circle and landed on a F150 size boulder about 40 feet away from and a little above the sheep. The ewes had their rumps to the lamb and were standing their ground. The sheep didn't move and the eagle sat. We watched with binoculars for maybe 20-30 minutes. The eagle finally gave up and went on his/her way. Once the eagle was out of sight the sheep went back to feeding. The picture is of the ewes and lamb when we first saw them. They had moved too far for my camera to take a good picture when the stand off took place.
James
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