Donkeys

[Eric Gofreed]

There are about 300 donkeys at Lake Pleasant, Arizona. I picked four photos to share.

Jenny and Foal

Affection

Foreplay

Family life

 

[AlanLichty]

Cool collection. I like the last one with the group posing in front of the clouds.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Great set, the first and last are my favorites

 

[JimFox]

Those must be some very confused donkeys Eric, I mean how can donkeys be horsing around like that in #3, when they aren't horses!

You posted them in order of my favorites, #1 especially is super cool.

 

[Trent Watts]

These are super shots Eric. Are these wild donkeys? A managed wild herd? Left on their own? Predators? Sorry.. Just so many questions come to mind with these 4 intriguing pictures.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Those must be some very confused donkeys Eric, I mean how can donkeys be horsing around like that in #3, when they aren't horses!

You posted them in order of my favorites, #1 especially is super cool.

That's the joke, Jim

 

[Eric Gofreed]

These are super shots Eric. Are these wild donkeys? A managed wild herd? Left on their own? Predators? Sorry.. Just so many questions come to mind with these 4 intriguing pictures.

They are wild now. Donkeys were introduced to the Arizona Desert by the Spaniards in the late 1500s. In the 1860s, prospectors brought donkeys to Arizona and then abandoned them when the mines played out. BTW, Burro is Spanish for donkey

 

[Eric Gofreed]

They are wild now. Donkeys were introduced to the Arizona Desert by the Spaniards in the late 1500s. In the 1860s, prospectors brought more donkeys to Arizona and then abandoned them when the mines played out. BTW, Burro is Spanish for donkey

 

[Rick Nantais]

There are about 300 donkeys at Lake Pleasant, Arizona. I picked four photos to share.

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Jenny and Foal

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Affection

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Foreplay

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Family life

Wow ! Magnifique, I was there last week ! What lens are you using ?

 

[ProCaliberTraveler]

They are wild now. Donkeys were introduced to the Arizona Desert by the Spaniards in the late 1500s. In the 1860s, prospectors brought donkeys to Arizona and then abandoned them when the mines played out. BTW, Burro is Spanish for donkey

These wild donkeys were also introduced to Death Valley National Park in the 1800s by miners, @Trent Watts. I’ve encountered them a few times, the last of which the donkeys approached me and allowed me to pet them. I didn’t feed them!

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Wow ! Magnifique, I was there last week ! What lens are you using ?

Sony 200-600

 

[Eric Gofreed]

These wild donkeys were also introduced to Death Valley National Park in the 1800s by miners, @Trent Watts. I’ve encountered them a few times, the last of which the donkeys approached me and allowed me to pet them. I didn’t feed them!

They have never approached me. However, some donkeys come to drivers who show them apple slices

 

[Rick Nantais]

Sony 200-600

Thanks