Buffalo grazing in the vineyards

The most dangerous animal in the Big Five! There were so many, also some teenagers. As you might know, Wednesday I do my weekly shopping round. When done, I drive around to see what I can take pics of in the area. I knew that there was a small herd, but not that there were so many now. I was a bit intimidated as some were pretty close to the fence. These vines had been cut down to the ground, I suppose they were too old and are being replaced.

[moni kozi]

Terrific shots!

[narayani]

Fabulous landscape

[Brigette]

Beautiful vista

[Helge E. Storheim]

Beautiful landscape shot

[Susan Wakely]

Great shot of the Buffalo.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely layers

[Dione Giorgio]

I like everything about this shot - the clouds, the mountains and the beautiful rural scene. Fav.

[Valerie Chesney]

Oh Those Mountains .. beautiful layers.

[Lou Ann]

I’m so surprised they are wandering through the vines!

[Babs]

How exciting to see so many buffalo in one spot. You live in such a lovely area, the scenery is amazing.

[Mags]

Gorgeous view!

[Esther Rosenberg]

Gorgeous scenery.

[Wylie]

Glad of your narrative, I was wondering how the plants would survive the buffalo! Those mountains are fabulous.

[katy]

An interesting choice of composition. Fascinating to see the Buffalo in the vineyard! I like the layers of interest in this one.

[Merrelyn]

Haha, I was thinking along the same line as Wylie.

[Rosie Kind]

Fantastic photo

[Korcsog Károly]

Very nice shot!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Peter Dulis]

Home - home on the range …

[Suzie Townsend]

I love everything about this picture. fav

[Lin]

Lovely capture!

[tony gig]

A fabulous view and capture...Fav

[Margaret Brown]

Now you don’t see that too often, fav

[Bep]

Great scenery.

[Judith Johnson]

Great capture. Love the diagonal lines

[Ian George]

Superb photo

[Corinne]

Nice landscape

[Allison Maltese]

What a beautiful scene! Great clouds, majestic mountains, a nice line up of animals... there's a lot to like. FAV.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It looks like that Blue Crane was not too intimidated by them but then he has wings! You're smart to keep your distance. Good shot!

[Islandgirl]

Oh my those mountains and clouds are amazing!

[John]

Such magnificent scenery!

[LManning (Laura)]

They look quite fearsome, but the bird looks remarkably unconcerned. Beautiful shot.

[Milanie]

Beautiful!

[sarah]

Oh this is absolutely beautiful

[Rick]

Beautiful scenery. Awesome capture.

[Shutterbug]

Amazing to see so many wild animals grazing next to a vineyard.

[Diana]

@monikozi @narayani @brigette @helstor365 @wakelys @joansmor @sangwann @happysnaps @louannwarren @onewing @marlboromaam @dutchothotmailcom @pusspup @grammyn @merrelyn @rosiekind @kork @mittens @pdulis @stownsend @linnypinny @tonygig @craftymeg @gijsje @busylady @nodrognai @cocobella @falcon11 @olivetreeann @radiogirl @congaree @ljmanning @milaniet @samae @rickster549 @shutterbug49 Thanks for the wonderful comments, favs and getting it on both the TP and PP. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@louannwarren I think the reason might be that there is so much grass that will probably be mown and dug up. There was a huge electric fence around the patch they were in :-)

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Jennifer Eurell]

There is something lovely about the composition of this shot as well as the interest of the buffolo and curiousity as to why they are there.

[Vesna]

Beautiful image.

[Diana]

@bkbinthecity @jeneurell @vesna0210 Many thanks :-)

[Diana]

@jeneurell I should imagine they were there to get a good feed before all that green gets dug up for some new planting. It is probably breeding season, so mating would also be an important issue. The majority get sold to game reserves, after all they are the most dangerous animal of the Big 5 and everyone wants to see them ;-)