Ibex - Swiss Alps

Young ibex on a mountain ridge.

Ibexes - Swiss Alps

Playful fight between young ibexes.

Ibexes - Swiss Alps

A female ibex with two kids resting on a green patch between the rocks.

Ibex - Swiss Alps

The carrying of the "big gun" 500mm lens around for a few days, complete with tripod, finally paid off. It allowed me to stay at a safe distance from the ibexes and catch them undisturbed.

First sighting of an Ibex - Swiss Alps

On the third attempt to find some of the large mammals that inhabit these mountains, I was finally successful. I met with a herd of ibexes close to the summit of the Plattjen, at 2'570m. Pictured above is a young male, which was observing the rocks it had just dislodged and that were rolling off the crest it was walking along.