Livestock out in the Fields

I took a nice drive around some rural roads here this morning, and captured both some livestock and crops on various farms.  It's a beautiful time of year in the country, as most of the leaves are out, the crops are planted, and summer is underway.  So here's a selection of livestock around the valley.

I particularly notice the cattle out on their pasture again, after a long time in the barn over the winter.  They stay in the barn longer than you'd think, mainly to protect the pasture itself until the grass gets well grown.  Grazing too early sets the grass back for the entire summer.  This one noticed me,

 but all the others just kept eating!

We've also got a new herd of Alpacas just around the corner, though a long distance away for pictures.

I was amused by this active herd, all almost running across the large pasture to the farthest corner.  Then I looked more closely, and....

realized that it was actually a mixed herd of sheep and goats.

The horses at Hope Haven were out in their paddocks.

This one a Norwegian Fjord horse, known for being gentle with riders, ideal for a therapeutic riding centre.

The few other horses I saw were just grazing in the distance.

And just for good measure, a Turkey Vulture passing over, not livestock, but part of our fauna every day.

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