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A cow with something to say?

A cow with something to say?

While driving south out of Hillsborough along Orange Grove Road into the southern parts of Orange County, I happened to notice some Holstein heifers grazing near the roadside on just the other side of a fence, so figuring this to be a good photo opportunity I pulled over to take a few photos. What I discovered is these curious heifers have definitely got their own individual personalities. Here is one of the photos I took that afternoon from between the wires of the fence.

Photo made April 14, 2007

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Java55
Submitted by Java55 on February 22, 2008 - 5:44pm. View all photos…
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jpo_05_09_07

Sounds like bull to me.

Submitted by jpo_05_09_07 on February 22, 2008 - 10:37pm.

Sounds like bull to me.

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Java55

Actually...

Submitted by Java55 on February 22, 2008 - 11:03pm.

This heifer was chewing its cud and seconds later raised its head to swallow it. Took a shot of that too... kinda gross!

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jpo_05_09_07

It's a very unique

Submitted by jpo_05_09_07 on February 22, 2008 - 11:30pm.

It's a very unique and candid cud chewing cow!

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Java55

I was just shooting rounds of photos

Submitted by Java55 on February 22, 2008 - 11:54pm.

I was just shooting rounds of photos there for about 10 minutes and that particular one was amongst them. I really didn't notice how comical it was until after I was sorting through all the photos later on that evening and discovered it.

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breakPRranks

They must like you

Submitted by breakPRranks on February 23, 2008 - 8:42am.

I'm surprised these girls were so friendly. Whenever I used to pause on my bike rides to visit with the grazing cows out that way, they always scooted warily away. (So much for that reputed herd bravery.) Were you actually as close as the image suggests?

Something about the color palette in this pic really appeals to me, by the way.  Nice one, Java. 

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Java55

They came right up to me

Submitted by Java55 on February 23, 2008 - 11:08am.

The one in the photo above seemed to be the bravest of the heifers and led the rest cautiously right up the the fence where I was at meanwhile as I was stooped down (with my camera aimed between the wires of the fence) so as to not look too threatening. They were a curious group which just had to check me out as I was photographing them but after about 10 minutes or so I guess they got bored and went back to grazing. By the way, you may want to click the "heifers" tag below the photo to see another photo from this same batch that I also liked a lot.

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