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| CHAT - Saturday August 1, 2009; Cruzneyland's Full Of Hot Air ! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 1 2009, 05:11 AM (296 Views) | |
| Topa Topa Hikers | Aug 1 2009, 05:11 AM Post #1 |
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Hello Peepers From The Cruzneyland Citrus Classic Hot Air Balloon Festival!
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Aug 1 2009, 05:47 AM Post #2 |
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| Artsy Mom | Aug 1 2009, 05:49 AM Post #3 |
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Good Morning Eagle Fans UPDATE FROM BEV DAY FOR JULY 31, 2009![]() Bandit with his new BFF at O.W.L. ![]() Good news is the fecal test came back NEGATIVE. Bandit does not have worms. After going through measurements it is learned that Bandit is MALE Food wise Bandit is eating well. Bandit has now graduated from the Intensive Care holding area to the Interim Cages. He's got a surrogate buddy to keep him company. The buddy is a male without a name because he is also a releasable eagle. The person who brought him in didn't give him a name so Bev has also not named him. Bandit was given food in the Interim cage and proceeded to squawk at his buddy to feed him. He likely thought it was a parent and should be taking care of him. Unfortunately the buddy had no part of this and Bandit had to eat on his own. Bandit has also been wingercising well in his new surroundings. There likely will be no more updates until Monday because the office is closed through the weekend, although Bev will send updates if any are necessary. Edited by Artsy Mom, Aug 1 2009, 05:53 AM.
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| Naturegal | Aug 1 2009, 05:55 AM Post #4 |
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:soar: :soar: :soar: :soar: :soar: :soar: ![]() HORNBY - I'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HOPE IS THE NOISIEST EAGLET IN EAGLELAND ![]() OREGON'S PENGRA WAITING FOR ......................................WINGERSIZING............ ![]() BLACKWATER ADULT OSPREY AND BRAVEHEART....NOW THAT'S HIGH (SNAGGED FROM WEBSITE) ![]() NCTC - I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE HIDEY RETURN TO THE NEST LAST NIGHT, HE WAS LOOKING FOR NESTOVERS........ ![]() GOOD MORNING TINY........
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| Naturegal | Aug 1 2009, 05:58 AM Post #5 |
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Topa - The balloons are so colourful, thanks for the slideshow. |
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| Artsy Mom | Aug 1 2009, 05:59 AM Post #6 |
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Here are some more answers to questions about Bandit1. Will the parents continue to visit the Delta nest? Will they join Bandit on the flight to the fish runs? No way of knowing if the adults will stick around but last year when Danny fell they were seen in the area along with Dawn until his release. Anything is possible. Juvies and Adults likely migrate to the fish runs on their own timetable. Possibly not together. 2. Will Bandit be able to participate in the fish runs this year? Yes, he'll be released at prime time for the fish spawns. There is also year 'round food in the Delta area if he fails to migrate anywhere else. Some eagles do not migrate at all. 3. How long is it anticipated Bandit will be "nursed" at OWL? Possibly up to one month depending on how fast he gains muscle strength in his wings. 4. Upon release, will Bandit be able to find food and nourishment? He'll be well fed before his release so that he can go a few days without food until his hunting instinct kicks in. Posted by jkr |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Aug 1 2009, 06:27 AM Post #7 |
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We finished the inclosed patio yesterday. Completing the room finally with carpet. DH did the paint job, I think he did a pretty great job. It's going to be the toy room for the kiddos. Can't decide how to furnish it?
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| Artsy Mom | Aug 1 2009, 07:32 AM Post #8 |
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This is Sonsie, the Educational Eagle at O.W.L.![]() Sonsie is a Bald Eagle who came to OWL as a juvenile from the Yukon in July 2002. He was being attacked by crows and was rescued by a Swiss couple on a boating holiday. They fed and cared for Sonsie for several days before he was sent to OWL. By this time, he associated food with people and could not be released, as he would be a danger to people. Sonsie now "earns his keep" by attending off-site programs and has been trained to come to the glove.
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| Artsy Mom | Aug 1 2009, 07:37 AM Post #9 |
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Your new play room looks just ducky Topa The yeleds will be safe in their own special area and I'm sure you will stock it with lots of fun things for them to do. IKEA has wonderful kids furniture for really reasonable prices. We are finally going to get one here but not for at least another year. |
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| Artsy Mom | Aug 1 2009, 08:50 AM Post #10 |
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More live observations of Hope by Doug Carrick on Friday 12:30 pm - Hope perched high in the Babysitting Tree, constantly reminding her parents that they have certain obligations which must be met - although I haven't seen either parent for two hours. 1:05 pm - It became so quiet I looked up, and noticed an eagle soaring higher up. It was Hope, soaring round and round, with no cheating (no wing-flapping), completely under control as if she had been doing this for years. This may have been her first time. We have a 15 mph wind at this time, which may be conducive to soaring. 1:20 pm - Back to the starting place - near top of Babysitting Tree ![]() Dinner is Served (2:06) Turn down your sound...Carole is so right about how noisy Hope is ![]() "It is my guess that the eagles will not go on migration for another two weeks. So far (10 days after fledging) the nest is still being used as a feeding platform." - Doug Doug Carrick waves a towel from his porch. (watch on full screen - he's at the tiny house top right) |
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| Artsy Mom | Aug 1 2009, 09:17 AM Post #11 |
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Panda News - Are Two better than One?![]() We have been excited to discover that Bai Yun is pregnant with twins! Our veterinarians confirmed via ultrasound that there is a fetus in each of her uterine horns (the panda has a bifurcated uterus, shaped like a Y). When they were first discovered, vets could see that one fetus was well developed, with a robust heartbeat, and the other was smaller with a well-developed placenta but no heartbeat yet detected. A subsequent ultrasound revealed a fetal heartbeat on both sides. This morning, only the more developed cub could be seen. Does this mean that the other embryo is lost? Or was it just hidden from view? We can’t say for sure either way. This is not the first time Bai Yun has been pregnant with twins. Veterinarians also saw two fetuses when looking in 2003, the year of Mei Sheng’s birth. Amazingly, they were also able to document the reabsorption of one fetus prior to birth. We were left to wonder if that fetus was somehow less viable than the other, and therefore died prematurely, or if Bai Yun’s body selectively pruned her litter of two down to one. Although Bai Yun herself was a twin, she has never given birth to twins. Will she prune her litter again this year? Why would a female prune her litter? We know that raising one panda cub is an extremely difficult and labor-intensive task for a female. She invests a lot of energy in holding, suckling, cleaning, and protecting her young. We know from our comparative studies with other bear species that pandas are far more attentive mothers than American black bears or brown bears, and even the active sun bear isn’t quite as diligent as a panda. As demanding as raising a panda cub is, rearing twins is even more of a feat, so much so that it has been very rarely documented that a female might rear more than one cub in a natural setting. To save energy, it may be a good evolutionary strategy for a female panda to avoid putting herself in this position in the first place, and so she might have natural biological mechanisms in place that ensure a singleton birth. Even in the event of a twin birth, panda mothers routinely make choices about how to rear their litter. In birth centers in China, females sometimes reject one of their cubs immediately upon their birth, deciding from the get-go that she will only raise one of the offspring. Others may choose to attempt to rear two for a few hours, but ultimately set one cub down to attend to the other. We don’t yet know what factors go into making the choice between cubs, but we are actively looking at this as a research project and hope to have the answers soon. In the final analysis, a panda mother seems incapable of rearing twins on her own. There have been a few spotty reports of wild twins located in tree nests or wandering about in China. This suggests there might be a possibility of a panda caring for two cubs from birth. Certainly this is possible with most other bear species. However, to my knowledge there has been no confirmed case of a panda that gave birth to and successfully reared twins without support. What would Bai Yun do if she did give birth to two? We don’t know. She’s never been put in that position before, and we aren’t sure how she might react. Bai Yun is an excellent, skilled, experienced mother; perhaps if she feels she’s up to the job of handling twins, she would try to raise both. She is also well-seasoned and knows just what’s involved in caring for the cubs, and splitting her efforts between two means neither one gets her full attention. For that reason she may reject the demands of rearing two in order to ensure the survival of one of her offspring. We’ll have to wait and see. In a future update I will describe some of the conditions and considerations our staff will contend with in dealing with a twin birth. Stay tuned! Suzanne Hall is a senior research technician for the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research. Here is an ultra sound of Bai Yun at the San Diego Zoo who was expecting twins Bai Yun's Ultrasound More News |
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| catM | Aug 1 2009, 09:59 AM Post #12 |
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Just got back from the clinic and am trying to catch up. Topa, great balloon pictures. I will never tire of seeing balloons! I love the playroom. Penny, thanks for the updates on Bandit. He looks great. I also like his BFF. Great shot of Sonsie. I love the panda update too. Carole, as always, I enjoyed the shots of all the eagles. Thanks. |
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| Naturegal | Aug 1 2009, 10:54 AM Post #13 |
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Topa - The kids room looks great, they are going to have so much fun in it. A few years ago my friend also furnished a playroom for the grandkids. She used very inexpensive soft modular furniture as it was safe for the kids when they got a little bit wild. It was so colourful too. She also bought matching plastic cubes to store all their toys and games in, then she framed their artwork and covered the walls with it using pre-made poster frames which were very cheap. The only hard piece of furniture was a child size easel so the kids could do their drawing. When the room was finished it looked fantastic! |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Aug 1 2009, 11:16 AM Post #14 |
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That does sound very nice Naturegal. We were going to put down tile but DIL & D Son thought we should put carpet because of kids. Maybe if I fix it up really special for the kids they'll come and stay more often.. We're not sure it might be a kidsroom / library combo ..
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Aug 1 2009, 11:58 AM Post #15 |
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WE Nest
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