Animals – Page 54 – Dan Routh Photography

Water Hole

It’s not the Serengeti, but it’s as close as you get near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

We had a visitor in our hen house the other day. He must have told his relatives. My wife Dedra found this fella (a little bigger than his cohort) searching for eggs this afternoon. He was relocated but left unharmed.

A Fair Trade

Animals, Family, Farm

My wife Dedra was checking the henhouse for eggs this afternoon and found a visitor. He already had a couple of eggs in his belly, but we don’t really mind too much. She put him down in the barn to catch mice after he finishes his digestion. Seems like a fair trade, a couple of eggs now and then for some rodent control. He’s a black rat snake, a constrictor, non poisonous, and it looks like he just shed. There’s a bit of dry skin still attached near his eye.

Cattle Egret

Animals, Bird

I’ve seen photos of cattle egrets in Africa and more tropical areas of the world, but they are now moving into North America where they feed on insects and such stirred up as cattle graze. Apparently this cow in Guilford County, North Carolina isn’t completely familiar with the species yet.

Ladies at the Dairy

Animals, Farm, Goat

My family and I were at Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina recently for one of their extraordinary farm dinners, and we received a additional treat. While we were taking a short tour, two of the ladies of the farm, Lee and Regina, were tending to a pair of twin goat kids only minutes old.