I seem to have good luck catching Ibex with the camera. The trick seems to be due to timing, early spring is a good time as the Ibex favor the terrain just below the melting snow as it opens up new grazing for them. These photo’s are of two different groups. The first group are near Zinal in the canton Valais Switzerland and the next set were in the Vanoise. Some of the Swiss photo’s were used by version of Linux as their cover art, that particular version had a codename of “Intrepid Ibex” and the Swiss team involved wanted artwork from Switzerland.

At one time this was a threatened species but various breeding programs and protections have helped them make a good comeback and they’re a familiar sight in the remoter parts of the alps.

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