One of my favorite parts of our country road walk is getting to see the young calves out grazing in one of the fields that we pass. They always stop, and seem to be watching with such interest as we pass by.
“Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” ~Robert Fulghum
walking on a country road 
Sweet faces. I love the smell of new calves (must be the milk diet)! 🙂
They are sooo cute when they’re little.
Yes, just like puppies and kittens. 🙂
They are curious.When they grow older they become like us,disinterested.
The Moms can actually be very protective of the calves. Sometimes they herd them away from where people are.
& understandably so.They aren’t stupid.Every animal has the potential of being a predator! Whats the first thing a predator does………..stare! I try not to look into my bear friends eye when I first meet them.By me keeping my camera covering my face they do not see my eyes. Once they know I mean no harm I can view them normally.
Interesting approach! Thanks for sharing. Something to keep in mind for future encounters.
when you see a animal you want to photograph,look away but walk ever closer,stop,put the camera to you face,turn & take a shot.I call these my “safety” shots,in case it takes off I have something at least.
That’s odd Rebecca – I thought I responded yesterday and it might have gone to SPAM … I loved the calves and especially the one who had turned around looking at you.
I looked in spam and didn’t see anything. I agree, the first photo is my favorite with the little calf with his head turned around.
Hmm – this time I was on your site when I did the comment because I wanted to see the pictures up close. Maybe I didn’t press sent, but the “like” wasn’t there either. So I’ll blame me and not WordPress. Yes, the calf looking backward reminded of Princess Charlotte looking back to the crowd and waving after the new baby was born. Everyone was talking about how she took to the “smile and wave” like a duck takes to water.
I’ve had someone else tell me that they couldn’t find the “like” button. I don’t know what’s going on with that, but that part does sound like a WordPress problem to me.