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Index of Subjects Hi Liz, The dairy cattle belong to the Curry family, most dairy farms in Nova Scotia use artificial insemination for their breeding programs and thus don't keep bulls. There are some farms that would run a smaller beef bull with their cattle to be certain all cows are bred, but this bull would "look different", another breed. The heifers in the Curry pasture were probably just "frisky", the heifer that was mounting was in heat, the farmers watch for this so they know when the heifer or cow is in "standing heat", she with stand still to be bred AI by the farmer. Glad you had a good day in the Valley. George Forsyth Quoting Elizabeth Doull <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca>: > The road (by the dykes/ water) to the uneven grassy field where the Holstein > cows (black and white) and the cattle egret was easy and not rough. No > ditches. Just drive slowly. Got good looks at the cattle egret. It was > either following its favourite cows. Sometimes some cows followed it! Oh > yes, two cows were attempting to copulate?? > > Afterwards, I visited the Miner's Marsh and found that the water level has > gone dow exposing the dry edges. No sign of the Great Egret. Birds I found > there were: > > 1 Solitary sandpiper > 1 Greater Yellow legs > 2 Lesser yellow legs > 2 Spotted sandpipers > 3 Peewees (two side by side) > 2 Eastern Kingbirds > 1 Least sandpiper > 2 semi sandpipers > > A good birdy day despite the heat and humidity. it was 30 C. > > Many thanks to Rick Whitman for reporting his find. > > Cheers, > Liz > >
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