As you tour our rural region, it’s not unusual to see cows and horses in the fields you pass by. That’s as you might expect. Although not so numerous as cows and horses, llamas are also quite common. There are a few farms in the area that devote themselves exclusively to llamas, and others that just keep one or two. Llamas are reputed to be good watch-animals who are often included with flocks of sheep to keep a protective eye out for coyotes and other would-be predators of their smaller fleecy flockmates.
My favorite field residents are a bit more out of the ordinary. Ostriches! I sometimes see this trio on my way up to visit Ponygirl. They were nervous and suspicious when I stopped my car to snap this photo of them, even though I was quite a distance away.
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New idea to me — ostriches! will keep a lookout for them. — barbara
Some people up the road from us had ostriches. Haven’t seen them in ages though, I wonder where they went.
There is a llama farm behind my daughters place in Port Perry. I enjoy seeing them when we turn down the road. They remind me a lot of sheep, just hangin’ around.
Barbara, I don’t think they’re too common, but neat to see!
Karen, I enjoy seeing the llamas too. They remind me of sheep too. I think they are actually camel family.
[…] of ostriches when I followed the road north to visit Ponygirl. I wrote about them in a post titled Farm Animals, linked here. I haven’t been that way in a while, as Ponygirl has moved to a new location. So […]