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These young cows were more than happy to provide an appropriate background for the Cow Parsley...........
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Happy cows in the meadow.
The first grass has also been mowed.
Good yield
It is still very dry!
Rain would be welcome.
Greetings Caroline and all the farm animals
The horns of the gal muskox are much thinner at the base and have a bigger gap between them. Guy muskoxen are bigger that females too, but they need to be standing side by side to easily see the difference. In the case of the bull photo posted yesterday vs. the cow here, the cow looks bigger. That's due to the further distance at which the bull was photographed and the angle of the pose.
Well, this is a little different! LOL This eye belongs to my neighbor's cow who is all black except for a white head and black dots on the eyes. She's pretty friendly unlike the rest of his herd. And not really His herd but his Grandaughters! 7 all together and I feel somedays when they all get to mooing and carrying on like I'm living in a stockyard! I've been trying to get an acceptable picture of one of the two new calves but they are solid black and tend to hide up around Mama who is also solid black. I will be persistant! LOL Hope you all enjoy a marvelous weekend!
shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a sigma 150-600mm contemporary telephoto zoom lens, using a fringer ef-fx pro ii smart adapter
usually they will bunch together, but this storm was actually not too violent... and they know. Cows know.
Not quite my usual style but I just spotted it. The wind was blowing up and this was actually the best I could do with these plants.
In this photo, a cow moose is reaching up to bite off tender offshoots of the willow tree. During the long winter months, the moose survive on willow branches. During late spring into summer and fall, they change their diets to green vegetation. Often times, you will find moose in ponds eating from the bottom of the pond. They do this to get away from the constant torrent of mosquito and flies biting at their hind legs, eyes and ears.
A cow moose can weigh up to 1000 lbs. and when they have calves, they are more dangerous than any other animal in Alaska. Moose will stomp any threat that comes near their calves. They have been known and videoed chasing grizzly bears away from their calves. There is also a video from the University of Anchorage of a moose cow stomping a man to death when he walked out of a building and came between the cow and her calves.
A cow moose eating from the bottom of a pond in the evening sun. When first looking at this photo, thought to myself, the moose looks so much at rest. Then blew it up on the screen and noticed her hind legs and rump are covered in mosquitoes and flies. She must have been in misery with all the biting from the insects. This is why moose like to eat from the bottom of ponds, it gives them a brief respite from all the bugs biting at their hind parts.
I'm not usually a big fan of garden ornaments but I couldn't resist this Cow which reminds me of Magic Roundabout from my childhood.
Scene rurali nell'Inghilterra del sud :)
Buona giornata, foto dal mio archivio
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The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple-tart.
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day;
And blown by all the winds that pass,
And wet with all the showers,
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers.
By Robert Louis Stevenson
1850-1894
This cow was obsessed with this egret. He already chased him off once but that bird is just as stubborn.
I've been to this ranch/park many times. Typically you see no cows or few cows roaming in the gates or freely. You can enter pastures throughout freely through closed gates open to the public. This last time , we decided to go through a section of the ranch with a closed gate. This photo was close to where we entered, as you can see quite a few cows up on a hill. As we continued around the bend over halfway through at the top of the hill to the other side, we were now amongst literally 100s of cows!!! I couldn't take any more photos at this point as panic started to set in lol. . I knew that we were probably safe as these cows are used to people, and there was no sign saying we could not enter, right?.. I've been around cows but never 100s, it's very intimidating!. The cattle started to notice the 3 of us, and my goodness the mooing was so loud it was a sight and sound I'll never forget..., all now turning and looking at us , so many cows, young cows , pregnant massive cows, ...was there a bull??? yup that's when the panic started to set in. luckily the other 2 people I was with were logical and calm and helped me through it. lol... but in order to get to the other side we had to walk through the herd only a few feet (if even) away and between them. Many that were lying down were also getting up. They sounded mad or protective. There was no turning back as we were almost to the exit. .... Finally made it to the exit but the gate was locked! ...we had to climb the fence! ... and yes there was a sign on this side saying "Do Not Enter , Cattle at Large, Area Closed"!
not sure why there was no sign on the side we entered, but I'm never entering again, sign or no sign! 💙 lol ...Cows are amazing!
Steptoe 4
Found in a shaded forest area at the base of the butte.
The cow parsnip is the only member of this genus native to most of North America. It’s a valuable pasture plant for cows, sheep, and goats. It is also important in the diets of numerous wild animals, especially grizzly & black bears, as well as swallowtail butterflies.
The thick flower stems, coming into season in early summer, can be peeled and eaten cooked when young, as was done by Native Americans. However, the sap can produce skin blisters if exposed to the sun.
At least 7 Native American groups used this plant in poultices for bruises or sores. A poultice prepared from the roots of cow parsnip was applied to swellings of the feet. The dried stems were used as drinking straws or made into flutes.
Steptoe Common Cow parsnip 7457