07/18/26

 Last weekend I went to see a Cattle Drive in my town with a friend.  They did take to the sale barn from surrounding ranches but they were not Longhorns like these.  There were 18 Longhorn Cattle up from a ranch in Oklahoma.  They were herding them down the street from the Sale Barn to the downtown market area.  In the rear, in red, are the General's Mounted Color Guard from Ft. Riley.  It was great to see them as, for a while, they were going to be decommissioned.  It was fun to see something a bit different and it was all an effort to bring people into the downtown area which it seemed to as there was quite the crowd. 

 

05/21/26

 Today's image is a fun one I was able to capture on the evening of the storms that rolled through the area, Monday.  I was biking by this pasture and saw these birds that looked like Egrets and the cattle were unusually close up against the fence, I guess because of the weather.  I did not have my actual camera with me at the time and my phone ones did not come out great so when I got home I drove back and the birds were still there.  This is my first time of capturing Cattle Egrets!  They apparently feed off the bugs that get stirred up by the cattle.  This one looked like he was trying to kiss the cow but I missed getting a shot when he was even closer to it's face. 😄

2/14/19

This is something fun for today.  I was collecting rock in Minnesota near a pasture.  This cow came from quite a ways away to see what I was up to and stood and watched me for a while.  I would have loved to have the rock it is standing beside but...alas....  😃