Simply wow from a city boy… beautiful animals!!
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Thanks. We’ve been letting them mow our lawn in various areas the past few mornings, prior to mowing the rest ourselves after their breakfast today in anticipation of Ida’s rainfall coming.
Our whole farm is fenced except the road, so all we need to do to let them dine “out” is watch the road - and some plants we don’t want them to eat. It’s a relaxing morning watching the youngsters play and the oldsters enjoy the grass.
It’s done for a while though - they can’t be out on freshly mowed grass. It’s likely to cause colic (a bad thing for equines).
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My new border collie mix I rescued from a shelter. He’s 1 year old and a good boy although a bit rambunctious. He’s very sweet and often keeps his eyes on me as I’m working. I caught him watching me while in this position and thought it was so funny!
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We call that a, “splootie.”
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Whoops! Good thing it was trotting pretty slowly. None of the others seemed to even notice! 
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Actually, he was cantering (a trot is when opposite legs move together, a canter is sort of a slower run) and had just picked up speed to do some bucking along the way, which is why he probably didn’t see mom. He was more concerned with getting a perfect buck in apparently! 
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Both of those little ones are going to be darling hunter ponies. I really miss the pony hunter days with D2.
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@TiggerDad, your photos are spectacular! What camera or a phone did you use?
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Thank you, @SilverGrass
When shooting birds/hummingbirds, the camera I use the most is Canon R5 which is almost always paired with the Canon RF 100-500mm lens, often with the RF 1.4x extension to make it 700mm. For wildlife shots that are reach challenged, I pair the R5 with the RF 800mm lens with the 1.4x extension to make it 1,120mm.
The first two shots at the Rocky Mountain NP that I posted above were with my Samsung Galaxy S9+ in pano mode, the rest with the R5.
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While I too admire your photography skills, I am even more impressed by your animal training talent. I’ll never figure out how you taught all those birds to stop & pose for you in mid-flight.
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Since you mentioned it, I also teach bears to pose for me, too. Much easier to train these well grounded animals than those flying things. 
This Momma bear even stood up just to pose for me…
And this cub took the time from climbing to look at me and pose…
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These parrots did a little routine for me:
And now I know what I would have to spend to get a really really good camera…
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While Tigerdad was never seen or heard from again his legend grows as bears don’t eat cameras.
Amazing pictures!!
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Bears don’t eat photographers, y’ know… They know that without paparazzis, they lose their celebrity status. My closest (surprise) encounter with a Mommy bear and its cub was from only about 40 feet away. The first time in my life I had to walk back slowly while sweating profusely… I think I survived that day because the Mommy bear recognized that I was a photographer.
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3 of 4 pictured in a NYC suburb.
I only approach these animals when accompanied by a much slower footed photographer in case a “flight” response is needed.
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Impressive animals and photos!!
Thanks. I tried to get my daughter to get out and grab my other lenses from the trunk but she wouldn’t cooperate. 
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My wife typically encourages me to coat myself in honey, make eye contact and then rapidly approach the bears in an aggressive manner. She seems to think it is the best way to capture an “action” shot.
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Thank you for sharing! Keep posting your fantastic photos!
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