Kayla Patrick

Professor Fredrickson
AGR126
24 September 2014
Observing Animal Behaviors
1. Animals 1-3 all consisted of being beef cattle, animal number one was a red angus cow,
number two was a black angus calf born from animal number one, and animal three was
also a red angus cow from the same herd.
2.
TIME
3:12

ANIMAL ONE
Momma cow cleans
her baby calf

3:15

Momma cow smells

her calf and looks
around the pasture
Momma cow stands
a little ways away
from calf, staring at
our class
Momma cow leaves
her baby calf and
comes in our
direction
Momma cow is
smelling a different
calf thats not her
own
Momma cow is back
with her own baby,
staring at us again
Momma cow is
staring at us and
mooing

3:18

3:21

3:24

3:27

3:30

3:33

Momma cow has

moved away from

ANIMAL TWO
Baby calf is laying
down, being cared
for by mother
Baby calf moos at
its momma and
looks around also
Baby calf tries to
stand up on its own

ANIMAL THREE
Red cow is grazing
along with the herd

Baby calf is laying

back down in the
hay, flicking its ears

Red cow has moved

to the back of the
herd, grazing again

Baby calf is mooing

and trying to get up
again

Red cow is walking

away from the herd,
heading to the other
side of the pasture
Red cow is grazing
again on the other
side of the pasture
Red cow is
scratching its head
on another cows
side
Red cow is walking
around the herd

Baby calf is
standing, trying to
feed off its momma
Baby calf is still
suckling off its
momma
Baby calf is
stumbling to try and

Red cow is walking

around the herd,
licking a black cow
Red cow is looking
at us and chewing
with ears erect

3:36

3:39

3:42

3:45

3:48

3:51

3:54

3:57

4:00

4:03

4:06

4:09

4:12

her baby, grazing

Momma cow is
walking far away
from her baby, to
the herd
Momma cow has
joined the herd
across the pasture
Momma cow is
trying to run off
another momma
cow from its calf
Momma cow seems
irritated that we are
observing her and
the herd
Momma cow is back
with the herd across
the pasture
Momma cow is
walking back to her
calf and mooing for
it
Momma cow is back
with her calf, licking
its head
Momma cow seems
irritated again, and
starts toward us
while mooing
Momma cow is
walking back
toward the herd
Momma cow is
walking around the
pasture
Momma cow is back
with her calf, licking
it again
Momma cow is
licking her calfs
side
Momma cow is
walking around
close to her calf

stay standing
Baby calf has fell
down in the hay,
laying down

again
Red cow is staring
at all of us and
mooing

Baby calf is trying

to get up and
mooing for momma
Baby calf is laying
down quietly in the
hay

Red cow is now

laying down, licking
its side
Red cow is still
laying down and
chewing

Baby calf is up and

stumbling around

Red cow is still

laying down and is
looking around the
pasture
Baby calf is laying
Red cow is up and
back down again
grazing with the
herd
Baby calf tries to get Red cow is walking
back up, mooing
toward the fence in
back to its momma
front of us
Baby calf is
standing and
flicking its ears
Baby calf is mooing
again for its momma

Red cow is lying

next to the fence in
from of us
Red cow is chewing
while laying down

Baby calf is trying

to get up to follow
its momma
Baby calf is
standing up looking
around
Baby calf is
searching to feed

Red cow is standing

and grazing by the
fence
Red cow is walking
to the middle of the
pasture
Red cow is still
walking round the
pasture
Red cow is lying
down in the center
of the pasture
Red cow is still
lying down in the
middle of the
pasture, chewing

Baby calf is
suckling
Baby calf is
stumbling, trying to
keep up with its
momma

The beef cattle are not selective to what they are consuming, they seem to be eating all
they can out of what they have in the pasture. When the cows eat, they seem to tear at the
grass by lifting their heads then they begin to chew their grass in an up and down and side
to side motion. They also seem to be eating all the grass from top to the ground.
3. Both the Momma cow and Red cow seem to be aware of our presence in observing them,
but the Momma cow seemed irritated by us the whole time we observed the herd on
account that she had a young calf of her own to care for. All the cows, even the calf, were
constantly looking around, making sure that there were no sign of predators around to
hurt them.