Solar Eclipse, Cows, and Shadows

Hello all, Miss Swiss the Brown Swiss has graciously returned my blog to my hands and I only had to replace my semi-crushed keyboard! What an exciting day to return to my blog as today we got to experience the solar eclipse. I included a photograph that my mother took of her backyard that got incredibly dark outside, and this was around 3:30 in the afternoon. NASA took a very stunning photograph of the shadow that was being cast upon the earth which I included below, but there are so many more breathtaking photographs I urge you to check out by clicking this link. 

The reason why I wanted to talk about the solar eclipse is because of how cows perceive shadows. In fact, an article written by Dr. S. Durga on July 28th, 2023 addresses this beautifully by describing how cows may have difficulty distinguishing the difference between a harmless shadow and deep hole. I can remember trying to walk some cows back to their pens from getting their hooves trimmed and if a shadow is lying on the ground on in a place it does not ordinarily sit, the cows almost get completely fixated on it! You can read more about this on the article titled Experience Cow Vision. 

Image of shadow being cast on earth from solar eclipse taken by NASA

Photograph of backyard during solar eclipse taken by my mother 

Today we shipped 4,965 gallons of milk.

Today we had _ new calves.