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Singing donkeys?

1/15/2021

Click the pics, show the Ostriches you care.

Mr. Cogburn has a lot of Ostriches, look at all the ones in the back of the property.

Well, I finally made it to Wickenburg.... Actually, I guess I shouldn't say "finally made it " because that sounds like I was trying really, really, hard and just barely made it. The truth is it wouldn't matter if I got here next month, because I don't have any place I have to be, need to be, or at the moment, want to be.

Today was a great day for traveling, T-shirt weather all the way. But next week it's supposed to be cloudy and rainy, but still warm, so it sounds like some good sunrise and sunset weather to me.

I didn't get to Wickenburg till about 3 o'clock this afternoon, partially because I left late, and there was a lot of traffic on the roads. I'm not sure why there was so much traffic, maybe it was Friday traffic, and folks were going somewhere.

The "Big Show" in Quartzsite starts tomorrow, I believe, glad I'm not there. It's probably too crowded for me to enjoy being anywhere in the area. But I am interested in how many people are showing up, or not showing up, because of the Kung-flu. Maybe by the time this weekend's over, folks will be writing about it on the Internet and will have an idea about how the "Big Show" is working out this year.

theboondork

Did you know an Ostrich only has two toes on each foot? Two toes hardly qualifies as a foot. This Ostrich held up his foot so I could see, when I doubted they only have two toes

These Ostriches are confused. there's a tourist standing there, that would be me, but there's no food appearing in their dish. Tourist means food, they were very confused.

There's a face only a mother Ostrich could love.

Rooster Cogburn's Ostrich ranch has more than just Ostriches. They have goats, sheep, deer, poultry, and Donkeys. These two Donkeys can sing the entire Star-Spangled Banner in perfect harmony. And to prove it, here's the talented duo hitting the high note in the part that goes... O'er the land of the freeeeee. That's a hard note to hit but they do it perfectly.

4 Comments

Judith

1/15/2021 08:14:55 pm

Nice to have a photo lens that can do a closeup of an ostrich face. Once I lived out in the boonies and my neighbor had emus. Cattle guard meant nothing to them. As for me, I am not at all comfortable around a bird that looks me in the eye when we're both standing with our feet on the ground.
Some really nice sunsets yesterday. Thanks...

Tom

1/15/2021 08:49:59 pm

Well if you don't like birds that can look you in the eye, you might consider staying away from Ostriches. I'm 6 foot tall and almost all those ostriches were taller than me. If you look at the face of that single Ostrich you can see in the picture I was looking up at him, I would guess he was about 7 feet tall. They have a 3 foot tall platform that you can walk on so you can look down on the Ostriches, which is the way I took the picture of the three birds and the feeding dish. They are really big birds.

Thank you for the sunset pictures complement I really appreciate that. I do love to take pictures of sunsets, it's one of the few scenes that it's hard for me to mess up.

Tom

Kilian1111

1/16/2021 09:50:00 am

Two toe ostrich? Sure it wasn't a camel? So how was Wickenburg? I went to school and played baseball at Arizona St. But had a relative that breed and trained thoroughbred race horses in Wickenburg and also owned a tact store called Double D's. It was a very rare occasion if we ever had a day off from practice, but whenever we did, I would drive to Wickenburg to be around the horses.

1/16/2021 12:17:28 pm

I happen to be a world renowned expert in animal recognition, in my own mind, and I am relatively certain those were Ostriches and not Camels because there was a sign on the fence saying they were Ostriches, and I don't think anyone named Rooster Cogburn would lie.

And on a lot of two-lane back roads in Arizona there are Camel guards to keep the Camels out. I learned a long time ago when I asked a local rancher why I never see any Camels in the desert? And he told me about the Camel guards all over Arizona including the one I had to crossover to get to his ranch.

And as everyone knows, Ostriches can't spit, but Camels can, because they have lips. And since I didn't get spit on the entire time I was there, probably because everyone was wearing a mask, I feel kinda safe in declaring those two toed critters... Ostriches.

Wickenburg is great as always. It's one of those Arizona places where I love to be.

The Double D is still there, I pass it on Highway 60 every time I go to town. Wickenburg is a cowboy, rancher, horsey, kind of a town, and they're proud of their Western heritage. Wickenburg considers itself the roping capital of the world, and I believe I heard it has six or seven roping arenas around town, and I'm hoping to spend some time at those events the first chance I get so I can take some pictures.

Great to hear from you Kilian1111.

Tom

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