A flock of sheep at morning - Nebi Musa Jericho is one of the oldest towns of which we have archeological evidence. Sheep have been herded on these slopes for at least five thousand years. One would assume he did this during the winter when brief rains turn all but south facing slopes of the hills green, and the weather is mild. I was shooting near a deep escarpment when a large camel began pestering me. She became so persistent that I went over the edge and clung to the steep slope for a few minutes until she went away.
Camels have a hard time with very steep places.
This was unusual, for despite their reputations, I have rarely found camels to be aggressive toward me. Some time later I was in the same general area when I heard a sheep bleating somewhere far below. Then I spotted it and had a look with my longest lens. On closer inspection it was not a sheep but a baby camel. Then I began to understand the behavior of the adult camel earlier in the morning.