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07/08/2013 Picture Notes: Recently I took some visiting company to Hemenway Park in Boulder City to see the Desert Bighorn Sheep that usually frequent the park. Designated the official state animal of Nevada, these gentile animals are always a pleasure to see and fun to watch. Sure enough, there were nearly thirty of them roaming the area and grazing on the parks lush grasses. Many were just enjoying sitting in the shade of the park’s trees (Fig. 02). Because the four in (Fig. 01) appeared to be on a mission, organized and oblivious to everything around them, I titled this picture, “Mowing Duty”. Unlike on previous visits, where many of the sheep appeared to be much “older” and more mature, the majority of those we observed today appeared to be relative young.