What IS That???!!!

This is freaking me out....

Ok, let me explain this picture. Look behind the big camel facing left in the middle of the picture. Can you see that black thing (or is it brown?)

I blew it up and tried to lighten it (see insert to pic) but that makes it worse.

I have been out of town with my bird show performing at the Pinal County Fair in Arizona.

I talk to Gil every day. He tells me what's going on at home and how my kitties are and of course how all the camels are doing.

I didn't think anything about it at the time but he mentioned that the milking camels seemed a little "light" like they weren't giving as much milk in the morning.

I mean, that can happen right? The weather in Arizona was a bit dry and windy so maybe it was windy here at the Camel Dairy in Ramona too and that might have bothored the girls and effected their milk production. Can that happen?

Ok, so we go out this morning to milk together and Gil is right. In fact, even a couple of the camels were so light, it was as if the babies had gotten their first and had an early breakfast.

But that isn't as weird as what came next! Shadow (our coyote fearin' dog) was barking at the pasture... I mean REALLY barking! So we go over there and see this BIG animal! I don't know what it was. It was right by the camels. I ran to get the camera and got a shot... not a great one.

What is that? Have you ever seen a bear or big.... what ... I don't know, in Ramona?

Gil got some video too and as soon as I figure out how to load it, I'll post it.

Now we are freaked out and thinking back on the past couple of weeks. The dogs have been barking a lot in the early, early morning. Even the racing turkeys have been gobbling non-stop (which we assumed was just because of breeding season) And come to think of it our donkeys (which are soooo smart and sooo good at alerting about predators) have been braying more too. The thing is, everyone is fine, I can't see where anything has tried to get into a pen or break through a fence.

I'll keep you posted!

Nancy

ps... to our neighbors: have you seen a big brown bear or big brown????