Both: I don’t think the yellow flowers are eaten, but the jacaranda blossoms are definitely hoovered up along with the grass – they seem to deliberately aim for thick patches of blossoms too.
I imagine the Jacaranda flowers are very sweet – they’re sticky with nectar – but I also wonder how many bee stings the cattle get on their tongues, because I’ve only ever once dared to go barefoot over a carpet of jacaranda flowers and my swollen, spongy, itchy bee sting covered feet then swore never to do it again.
Jacaranda blossoms and bare feet do NOT go together at all – I think we all learn that to our cost very early on 🙂 These cattle actively seek out the blossoms, so perhaps they enjoy the taste of the nectar.
When we lived in Pretoria I used to hate that stickiness that turned into slime on a wet road – a recipe for an accident waiting to happen. Now, from afar, I love the pictures of jacarandas in bloom. Can you believe, I only recently discovered that jacarandas come in a variety of colours? I saw a picture of exquisitely beautiful yellow blooms and then I googled the plant.
So many blossoms to munch – so little time. Sometime in the next few months, I’ll have some pics of a deer munching on Water Lotuses. I might have mentioned this to you when you posted the Lily pictures. It is forbidden to pick these American Lotuses or harvest the seeds from the hard seed pods, yet this deer was merrily munching away.
I hope to catch up with photos before it is Spring and long treks begin anew Anne. There is not much to see right now – the landscape all looks alike, barren and lackluster colors.
This is fun 😊. They seem to be enjoying themselves!
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There are a number of cows roaming the suburbs these days. I couldn’t resist photographing them among the blossoms.
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Cows always look great among flowers.
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They certainly do!
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A pleasing combination! Are they eating the blossoms or the grass, or both?
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Both: I don’t think the yellow flowers are eaten, but the jacaranda blossoms are definitely hoovered up along with the grass – they seem to deliberately aim for thick patches of blossoms too.
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Interesting, perhaps they are like candy to them!
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That is a lovely sight.
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I thought it was rather fun.
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I imagine the Jacaranda flowers are very sweet – they’re sticky with nectar – but I also wonder how many bee stings the cattle get on their tongues, because I’ve only ever once dared to go barefoot over a carpet of jacaranda flowers and my swollen, spongy, itchy bee sting covered feet then swore never to do it again.
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Jacaranda blossoms and bare feet do NOT go together at all – I think we all learn that to our cost very early on 🙂 These cattle actively seek out the blossoms, so perhaps they enjoy the taste of the nectar.
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When we lived in Pretoria I used to hate that stickiness that turned into slime on a wet road – a recipe for an accident waiting to happen. Now, from afar, I love the pictures of jacarandas in bloom. Can you believe, I only recently discovered that jacarandas come in a variety of colours? I saw a picture of exquisitely beautiful yellow blooms and then I googled the plant.
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I have seen pale flowers but never yellow ones!
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Google “yellow jacaranda” and look at the pictures. Unfortunately they are category 3 on the “unwanted” list.
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It must be like molasses – not my taste either, but livestock seems to love the stuff!
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A nice mix of flora and fauna. I like the freckled cow
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We have some beautiful cows here. I must sift through my photographs and showcase some of them!
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You must
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Jou modelle is pragtig!😉🤗
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Dankie, Una. Ek het meer vir jou 🙂
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So many blossoms to munch – so little time. Sometime in the next few months, I’ll have some pics of a deer munching on Water Lotuses. I might have mentioned this to you when you posted the Lily pictures. It is forbidden to pick these American Lotuses or harvest the seeds from the hard seed pods, yet this deer was merrily munching away.
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I look forward to seeing such a photograph, Linda.
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I hope to catch up with photos before it is Spring and long treks begin anew Anne. There is not much to see right now – the landscape all looks alike, barren and lackluster colors.
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