What is your favorite animal?
I love, love, love animals. I don’t have a single favorite, so I’ll share a few photos of animals I love.
We live close to a state park where you can see bison, antelope, bighorn sheep, elk, and deer. Bison graze close to the road on the Wildlife Loop so you can view them close up. I especially love to visit the park in the spring to see bison calves, which are called “red dogs” because their hair is red. But don’t try to pet these furry cows!
There are a lot of deer in South Dakota. We live on the outskirts of town and deer frequently visit our yard or the pasture behind it. To see them up close, I look out a basement window.
The pasture behind our house is leased a few months a year for cattle. I don’t know why I like cows so much, but I do.
I’ve become a big fan of birds. In the winter, I most frequently see Eurasian collared doves, house sparrows, chickadees, dark-eyed juncos, and bluejays. Recently, we’ve been excited to see grouse.
I have always been drawn to cats. Cats have been part of our family since my husband and I married thirty-seven years ago.
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“what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?
You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:
all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.”
Psalms 8:4-8
Innermost Being 