Is it just me? Or does he look irritable to you?
Would you cross his pasture?
The timid California Quail,
seemed to like hanging around him.
Maybe she thinks no one will mess with her, when he’s around.
But the roadrunner stayed clearly on the other side of the fence.
He’d rather deal with a confusing human like me,
than a bunch of bull like him!
Cheers to you from California’s clever critters~
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I love the Meep-Meeps! They look so alert and curious. And yes, that bull looks angry. Perhaps he’s tired of COVID, too?!!
We are tired of covid aren’t we, but hopefully we are not looking quite as grumpy as this bully-boy! 😉
Delightful cheers received Cindy 🙋♀️🐦☺️🙏sending joy hedy
Happiness & Joy flying back to you Hedy დ
I sure wouldn’t bother that bull! Great photos, as always.
He’s definitely a ‘let that resting bull lie’ kinda guy!! 😉
Definitely irritable!
He just wants 100 heifers…. 😉
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I tend to think bulls look tougher than they are. I read of more people getting trampled to death by cows than speared by a bull. Oh dear that’s not a very happy thought for the new year!
I think you are likely right on all points & Happy and Healthy New Year. Watch out for grumpy cows! 😉
That is one big bull/y. Thanks for such an entertaining post Cindy 💕
My mission is accomplished if you enjoyed it Val! დ
Mmm, a tad irritable!
Love the quail and road runner pics. Thank you, Cindy!
Hugs to you Resa & Best of the Best in The New Year დ
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LOVE the caption in connection with that first picture! 🙂
Laughing…… So happy you do & thank you! https://cindyknoke.com/2016/01/25/lo-down-ankole-watusi-holler-life/
Cindy, you have nice circle of neighbours! The only bull doesn’t belong to it. It looks he came from the other neighbourhood 🙂 (Smile)
He does actually. We used to have a far more forbidding bull though, and Ankole Watusi from Africa. We were cautious when we were out and about. Here is what he looked like: https://cindyknoke.com/2016/01/25/lo-down-ankole-watusi-holler-life/
Thank you, Cindy, for the educational post. Animal’s creativity is pretty impressive. In the wild life environment to stay alive you have to be creative.
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The roadrunner is so cute! 🙂
I love the roadrunners. They are part of the family and they know it! დ
Happy and Healthy New Year, Cindy.
Visa versa 2UX2 Marie & thank you! დ
Such a variety of critters at the holler this week! And with a variety of personalities, too!
And that isn’t even including my husband and I!!! 😉
I love that roadrunner. His expression is amazing.
They are hilarious and very fun birds to live with დ
No doubt!
Can I say you uh took the bull by the horns on that post? Ouch. Sorry about that
Laughing…… Love it! I’m bullish that way 😉
Hahaha
Occasionally we get quail through here, Cindy, but never a road runner. Really enjoyed the photo of him checking you out. –Curt
The roadrunners are part of the family. They get annoyed if we don’t open the door to the garages when it rains. They hate rain. They will shelter under our patio if we don’t open the doors for them, but they resent us for it!!!! They puff up and look massively p.o’d! 😉 😉
That quail…so pretty!
I love quail, but they are so very timid here!!! დ
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Love & gratitude to you Sharon დდ
I just loved this!
Awwww……..makes me happy Jennie დ
I’m glad!
I think you may be right that ‘he’ looks quite irritable but I hope that ‘he’ is not in pain. Some people may look like that but actually they might be just fine 🙂
I love so much that you care!! People have mentioned the flies. დდ
Nice Post
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A big boy … 🙂
He’s a serious obstacle on a narrow path! 😉
Great photos! Good thing this bull didn’t have any horns. Less likely he would impale someone. The quail has such huge eyes!
He could just sit on you though and that might be worse!! 😉
That is a LOT of bull. I wouldn’t cross his pasture, I would not.
I live in ranch country. My friend track sets her land for cross-country skiing, and we actually skied right past her bulls. There were about 3 or 4 of them, but they seemed far more interested in their feed than us. Thankfully!
How fun! I down hill skied by a moose once. I thought it was a big boulder until it moved! Thankfully I was going fast 😉
Yikes! Moose are massive!
Yes, it was that huge rock moved…..oh, no, it’s a moose, bye moose! as I zoomed by, glad to be moving along! 😉 😉
Yeah, I think I’d stay out of his paddock too! Lovely images of the road runner!
The road runners are incredibly fun birds to interact with. Happy you liked him & thank you დ
We have native Tasmanian hens here we nickname “Turbo Chooks”. They run around crazy fast, the males chase each other and make weird noises. Probably nothing like Road Runners but they remind me of them 😀
I had to google turbo chook (great name!) …… I think I saw these in Tas! I may have some photos. I remember not knowing what they were and looking them up. They looked like they were in the coot family, but are actually rails. Roadrunners are ground dwellers in the cuckoo family and definitely live up to this name, so I well understand the similarity you are describing between the two. Same coloration too დ
Well, I wouldn’t have picked Roadrunners being related to cuckoo’s! You probably saw our turbo chooks have piercing weird red eyes that make them look like they’re possessed! It sounds like it too when they get going with their crazy call.
You have turbo chooks? Wow!
Ha! And right on cue, the kookaburras started laughing outside my window.
Ha! I just woke up to screeching White Cockatoos! 😀
I saw the chooks in Tasmania in 2021. I also heard the kookaburras there. The screeching is unreal. They sound like howler monkeys. I photographed a parrot I still can’t identify in Tasmania. It was in the tree above the echidna. Tasmania rocks!!
Sounds like you had a blast! We do have many loud birds and animals now you mention it. It is a magic island 🙂
It certainly is. We were there and in Oz when covid struck hard. We’d be back by now if things were normalish.
Laughing…..I saw kookaburras all over Oz, but the one’s that shrieked like they meant it were in Tas! 😉
That bull looks definitely really mad! I would stay way clear of his path! Tee hee
You are a wise woman. Have a wonderful week. Your food for the week look delicious! დ
You have an awesome week too my friend
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You’ve picked a very suitable title for this fellow, he looks grumpy, perhaps he’s having a bad day and wasn’t ready for a photoshoot.
❤️carmen
He’d had had time to put on his makeup….. Happy New Year Carmen! დ
Love the grumpy bull, but I won’t be going anywhere near him. Great photos!
Thank you Sandra. The only hope would be that it might be quite an effort to him to get up and chase you!! 😉
Lol! I’m with the roadrunner on this! 😊
A lot of Bull here, for sure! I enjoyed seeing the shots of the California Quail, a bird that I have never seen. All excellent shots as always.
Thank you John. Happy you like the quail. They are endearing creatures. დ
I’m envious of the opportunity to catch the road runner! Love them magnificent skies!!!
The roadrunner is just the most fun animal to live with. They run away and stay close at the same time! 🙂
Here on the southern Oregon coast we never see roadrunners. I’ve only had two glimpses when we visited the Bosque del Apache in NM. Perhaps I had watched too many Looney Tunes with the road runner character. I was beyond thrilled at even those fleeting glimpses.
They are at the glass door watching when we wake up the morning. If it rains we open the garages for them and they let us approach. They hate rain more than anything, which is pretty amazing isn’t it. They don’t like water. They are creatures designed to live and thrive in such harsh deserts. The ones who aren’t in the garages, shelter under patio covers. They puff and look so miserable because they are getting slightly wet. They are awesome. დ
Just looks like a lotta bull to me, Cuz. ………….. 😉
We know bull when we see it cuz! Just makes me smile so much to hear from you დ
Hahaha! That bull looks like he might represent a lot of us these days!
Great contrasts between the bull and the birds!! 💗
Bull & Birds would make an excellent title!! 😉
It has a ring, my friend! It does indeed! 👌🏻
Laughing…… I love it!