Another week folks. Just in case you missed it, AQ posted the following at 12:41 a.m. Sunday morning:
Good morning. 10.10 am. Yawn. Couldn’t get to sleep last night plus we lost an hour as daylight saving started. Tiring but such an exciting day yesterday watching Daughter#2 look at 100s and try on dozens of wedding dresses. Funny (strange funny), that she wants me involved. For my wedding I was busy fending off my mother as, being the last of the flock to marry, she had developed a set of traditions/customs that were essential. Hm, I won some, lost some. As Dau#2 has been living away from home for several years, I am quite happy to sit back and let her decide her day.
Annette. Until you learn the new appliances are you eating out of a can beside a campfire in the backyard? Or on a diet of salads? LOL
Diane. Later I shall post some photos of Pacific black ducks on the Backyard gallery. Loved the Kakapo video – thanks for the link.
lesser spotted woodpecker just arrived on the LG feeders. hurry all, you might catch it
dibnlib said: lesser spotted woodpecker just arrived on the LG feeders. hurry all, you might catch it
Blast! I missed it and I've never seen a lesser spotted one>
Everything in life is speaking in spite of its apparent silence.
Morning all:
Cirrus: I'm sure some raptors - probably turkey vultures - will get a meal out of the deer. While we were away, the local San Luis Obispo paper devoted most of its front page to a story about an injured Golden Eagle that was found by the road and which is now recuperating with two pins in its wing. You can see photos at http://www.pacificwildlifecare.org/center.html and click on "News" to read the whole story and see the pix (including the x-ray).
Diane: Looks like your area has heavy rain through today; hope you're okay.
Off to gym. Have a nice evening folks.
hi tish
sorry you missed the woodie. after i'd blogged i returned to the nest site and of course it had gone. there are woodpeckers in the woods where we live, but we only hear them not see them i am afraid. i am presuming they will be the lessr spotted variety
Did he not mind, Gary? :-))
Good Day Everyone from dreary, rainy Chicago! Ah well, at least it's rain and not snow....
Ladies I'm glad you had a chance to see the Rainbow Moonstones. I have several pieces of r. moonstone jewelry and love it, but definitely love opals too, Cirrus. I am a rock hound for sure, you should see my home with rocks of every kind and color in nearly every room. =O)
Annette: Thanks for sharing the wonderful golden eagle story. I so worry about raptor birds in urban areas and the dangers they face with all the cars, buildings and such.
Diane: Please try to stay above water there. It's bad up here too though we have steady rains but not too hard and no more 50 mph winds. Sheesh, it was crazy here the other night!
I had posted this under the migration forum but in keeping with Annette's feel-good bird story, I'm posting here as well, links to a video and the website for the International Crane Foundation here in the U.S. Some of you may have seen this on BBC Wildlife with David Attenborough but this vid is by a local TV station. It's getting to be time for the Whooping Cranes to be led on their migration from Baraboo, Wisconsin to Florida and it's such a heart-warming and lovely story, I wanted to share it with all of you. =O) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGX52B9iXXU
http://www.savingcranes.org/
Be well and safe. =O)
His name was ernie! ERNIE!!
And he drove the fastest leaf blower in the west!!!
With apologies to the late Benny Hill.
Hi Caerann
Thanks for the info about the whooping crane migration. I found this site, which seems to have the day-to-day reports about what's going on - I think this is the same project?
http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html
Thanks for that link Caerann lovely story. It is so good to get links to other webcams through this site. I hope Diane is OK too your weather sounds terrible.
Margobird
Thanks to Caerann for that link to the YouTube on the crane migration- it was a great bit of film. I also watched the bit about the Florida Eages on the same page, they are so magnificent, it would be such a pity if they became endangered by the actions of Man. The usual story I suppose of not knowing what we've done until its either too late or nearly too late to take action.
ANNETTE; We've been to the Canary Islands, we go when we can which is why there are a few photos in my gallery- The islands are just off the African coast and are only about 4 hours from Manchester Airport, which is our nearest Airport & one of the biggest outside the London area. The Canaries get the warmth from the African coast and are pleasant pretty well all year round, tho I wouldn't go in January. They get very little rain at all, and in fact have a problem with the number of visitors who add to their water shortage. (They are still warm whilst other places around the Mediterranean & Europe are getting colder, same as for us) We had hot weather this time, it was at least 29 deg. C most of the time & so a shock when we returned to damp Britain again. Hope you enjoyed your break - it sounded very pleasant & I'm sure you needed a rest after all the kitchen dramas.
Hope none of our bloggers are affected by the bad weather we are hearing about in USA.
Dog-on-a-diet has been a bit off his food since we returned, probably hoping to make us feel guilty for going without him! At least now he'll return to a respectable shape, we hope. I put over 2 pounds on myself eating buffet meals in the hotel, so now its ' watch what you eat' until Christmas... ugh.