Well we think we finally figured out Bindy's problem. She misbehaved for several days, got her bruise on her bag one day, then a few days later took off on me again while I was trying to get her in to milk and cut her bag (front teat same side as the bruise) on the fence between us and the neighbor. She didn't cut it too bad but enough so that it's hard to milk out. Then the next day Papa went out to check her hay and found the problem. At least we think so. Moose tracks. Over the neighbors fence to the bale of hay (they love free food) and then back to the neighbors!! Bindy had reacted BADLY to chickens, she chased them out of her pen for days after we got her, pigs, and cats, so we are not too surprised to find that she reacts badly to moose as well. AND it was eating HER food.
The eagle that was hanging about brought his wife/buddy over and the two of them, I'm assuming a mating pair, have been hanging out!! He sits up in that tree and watches us and they fight the crows and ravens who try and take over the mess in the lagoon. I can't imagine there is much left but they seem to thinks it's worth while. The other day while feeding the pigs the bigger eagle (the male?) was flying over and when he saw me he hovered over my head about 50 feet in the air and 'talked' to me. I just stopped walking and stood there and watched him. They are amazing birds. He 'talked' for about a minute or a bit more and hardly moved in the sky!! His wings gently moving to keep him in place. The talking is high squealing sounds with sharp squeaks. Sort of sounds like a piece of barbed wire being pulled, back and forth, through a fencing staple, but much more prettier.
