a herd of hooligans

over the last couple of weeks, we have come upon a group of pronghorn on the way home from work.

we were told they are not pronghorn antelope or pronghorn deer.
just pronghorn.

anyway. 

usually, when you see them, they are away from the road quite abit.
but this group hangs around the road and are not too afraid of the vehicles. 
the truck makes them alittle nervous, but if we turn it off, they don't run away.

the first time we saw them, they were on the other side of the road, but were content to continue eating.

the last couple of times we have come across them, they have been in the middle of the road.

i think they are pretending to be buffalo.

they would run back and forth in front of the truck.  just as we thought they were going to stay, they would run back in front of us into the road.

i told john that they are comparable to a bunch of 15 year old boys.

if one did not keep up with the rest, there was one that must have been the leader that would stop and look back and then run back to get the straggler.

we have had a lot of enjoyment watching these silly guys goofing around.

we have also been so lucky to see the baby pronghorns. 
there are 3 mothers we have seen so far.  one has twins. 
they are teeny tiny little things that jump and hop about around their moms.  the mothers keep them too far away from the road to get any kind of pictures, but hopefully, one day before they get too big, we will be lucky enough to get some.

in the meantime, we will continue to watch the bigger guys that are not afraid to hang out on the side of the road.

i think i will call them pronghorn hooligans.