It’s been a long week thus far, but with cooler temperatures: yesterday’s high of 95° and 58° this morning at 4:00 a.m. as we prepare to ship our Wagyu X calves to Snake River Farms this morning. We shipped another load of cull cows to town yesterday as well as eleven grass fed steers to Yosemite Valley Beef in Merced. In the mix we we are weaning a little bunch of calves that have just now begun bawling a mile and half up the road. At the welcome end of yesterday, I looked up to see this Egret, that has been staying out of little camera range, at the end of the lane. I noticed him earlier while watering the corrals to keep the dust down for today, wondering what the sudden attraction was.
Also while waiting for the truck driver for the grass fed steers to call, one of the Roadrunners was just outside the door, surveying bird nests in the eaves.
The grass fed steers and I wait to load while the driver finds his way.
drycrikjournal 
Those grass fed steers sure look different than the ones in the New Mexico desert! Lucky you!
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