Birds in a cow pasture.

American kestrel.

A pair! First time I've seen more than one.

Loggerhead shrike

Cow (for all you city folks).

Another cow.

I don't see cows that often around Tampa. Just on the highways on the way to Lakeland or Orlando. I headed up to Hernando county (about an hour north of me) to find some swallow tail kites. I had read on the Florida bird forums that there were big flocks of them flying around some dirt roads. I found those kites (posting those later) but also found a few other cool things. Yes, I think cows are cool. I should spend a day on a farm milking them. Then I might not think they are so cool. But they make cute pictures. I really like the white cow above. She looks like she should be wearing a bonnet. I also found a family of kestrels but they were pretty skittish.  Somehow I managed to find the tiny loggerhead shrike. I almost drove right by it thinking it was probably a mockingbird. I also saw tons of cardinals and doves. I would have liked to have seen a meadowlark (I heard there were some there earlier) but didn't catch that one.

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