At the bottom of the west slope below our house was a pond that provided hours of birdwatching -- great blue and little blue herons, two kinds of kingfishers, egrets and ducks abounded. One mother duck appeared one day with seven ducklings. Over a week's time, their number dwindled to zero, as nightime predators (snakes and owls) picked them off.

To the north of our house, a field where horses and cattle grazed, and hawks, parrots, toucans and more took rest in the trees.

David relaxes in the hammock, cows graze in the pasture

What's up with the cows?
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