Happy new week folks! Don't foget to check the last few posts of the previous week. Heron posted a photo of a female reed bunting, AQ saw a "ginormous flock of corellas" (must Google that!), OG has found a nice B&B for her trip, Alan posted a nifty shot of the changing of the guard at the eagle nest, folks are wondering how Diane is doing with the storm the big storm back East, and much, much more! :-) We had almost 2 inches of rain in Santa Barbara today, which is brilliant. Still sorting files and likely to be doing so for a day or three to come. Take care all.
DIANE love your description of the woods as wind chimes. A magical sound. OH gave me some as a Xmas gift and neither of us realized how much we would enjoy them
TERRY lucky you seeing all those starlings. No wonder you forgot to wave to OG
Gary -
just read news about big powerplant explosion near Hartford with "mass casualties" - are you near there? Are you alright?
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Hi everyone
MARGOBIRD...Ailsa, the baby Rhino, is now a celebrity...........she was 'doing her thing' on TV Friday night, very funny. And she had a beautiful pic. in the Daily Mail Saturday. Her handler describes her as being attention seeking and very, very curious. She is gorgeous'
BrendaH.... EJ was covered in snow 2yrs. ago.
GARY......Thanks for info. re Mallachie......fingers crossed.
CAP'n P.......Eagle pics are excellent.
Maureen
Hi Gary
Have just read OG's blog. Haven't heard about explosion yet. ARE YOU OK?
Dunedin ospreys in Florida: first feed is on youtube already:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bafpiur8CY8
Thanks Alan. It is so easy to forget how small the chicks are, in comparison with their parents. It is like when you look at photographs of your own children and then look at them now!
Hi, Maureen. Yes I do remember it snowing on EJ, but I don't remember the snow being as deep as on Alan's picture. I will have to check my files but I still felt so sorry for the eagle.
Thanks for the concern OG and Hillary/Maureen, I'm fine. We are about 25 miles from there and from what I can read the blast was within the power station itself. Not good at all but we are fine.
Alan/Tiger, thanks for the news and clip. You forget how small they are.
Brenda, won't mention the rugby.
Annette, have fun tomorrow and hope you spot at least one on your first day.
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How wonderful Diane that something so enchanting came out of something positively horrendous ! Ice chimes.
As dibnlib says:
“To all of our friends in the USA We wish you well and hope that none of you are suffering with the atrocious weather” I certainly agree with that.
Have a Happy Week everyone.
Gary: Glad you're okay!!! Terrible accident. I feel so sorry for the workers and their families.
Hi, Cirrus! The ice chimes were wonderful. Wish you could have heard and seen it. Hope all is good with you. You have a terrific week!