First Steps | Born in the Rockies

From early spring to late summer, follow new animal mothers through the trials of raising a family in the Rocky Mountains. Cranes migrate north to give birth, a bison mother protects her lambs from threats and young mountain goats learn to climb.

For this crane family, the raising of their young has just begun. And like many first-time parents, these crane parents learn through experience.

This time of year, bulls are competing for the right to breed. They display their fitness in the most dramatic fashion.

While the mother mountain goats feed, the young mountain goats play and learn important life skills. When the mothers come to collect their young, one young goat loses track of his mother.