Crow’s Nest: New calves arrive for prescribed grazing

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager.

A pair of Jersey bull calves have arrived at Crow’s Nest Preserve to begin grazing for habitat management. They’ll need to grow a lot but next year they will begin working to keep unwanted vegetation suppressed—as they eat it.

Above, a dusty cowpoke sings a lullaby to the calves on the night they arrived. Below, Vice President for Stewardship Scott Wendle took a turn bottle feeding a calf.