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CHAT - Friday August 7, 2009; Happy Friday!
Topic Started: Aug 7 2009, 12:52 AM (487 Views)
KLJinOz
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GOOD MORNING Eagle Friends! Happy Friday!
Rachel pulled this photo up for me, its amazing, Perth, Western Australia, Jan 26th (Australia Day), with a comet center and lightening to the right. Its a real photo, untouched. Below the photo are website confirmations for the comet that occurred at the same time.

caption: Hillary's beach Perth on Australia Day, Jan 26. That's the McNaught comet..

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http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21075314-948,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/gallery/0,21592,5020323-5010121,00.html#
Edited by KLJinOz, Aug 7 2009, 12:52 AM.
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Harpo516
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ealgepedia revisited

July 31, 2007

Internal Power System - large birds use extra energy to take off while small birds use their energy to keep warm! They need efficient energy supplies for their bodies and yet still be lightweight! As warm blooded animals, they must maintain a constant body temperature. All the inside organs of a bird run at high speed which makes for high energy and warmth, but shortens the life span of the bird.

The kinds of foods eaten by birds must be "high-octane", high in calories. They are seeds, nuts, fruits, fish, and rodents. The speed at which a hummingbird burns its food is 50 times greater than man. At night a bird must rest and their body functions slow down. A hummingbird would starve to death at night if his heart, respiration, and body temperature did not slow down.

http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Animals/inter...e/birds-01.html

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DISCLAIMER: Information here has been gathered in good faith from the internet and cannot be guaranteed to be totally accurate.
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Harpo516
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wow now that's some photo Ozzie - thanks Rachel
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Artsy Mom
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Farewell Hornby Island Eagles

Get out your hankies before viewing these :'( :'( :'(

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Click pic for Video by beans (4:48)

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Click image to see Hope whistling to get fed for the first time <3
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Artsy Mom
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WOW that photo is a stunner Ozzie. If s/he had planned it, they probably wouldn't have caught the comet in that image. :)^
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Zoo Atlanta Panda Behavior Update :D
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Wednesday, August 5


Some of you may recall that I wrote about providing scent enrichment for the pandas a few weeks ago. I described how certain scents elicit self-anointing behavior from Lun Lun, Yang Yang and even Xi Lan; however, Mei Lan has never exhibited this behavior in response to scent enrichment. Until now. Last week, she was given mouthwash on an ice block and for some reason she started self-anointing with the scented ice block! It was odd but, also exciting at the same time! Why did she suddenly show an interest in this scent? Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to that, but I did try a little experiment. I wondered if Mei Lan responded to the scent because it was offered on an ice block, because she does like ice and plays with it whenever she gets it. Or perhaps it was just a fluke. So, today, I put a puddle of mouthwash in her overnight den and waited to see her reaction. To my surprise and enjoyment, she stuck her nose in the puddle, sneezed, and then rubbed some of the mouthwash on her head. She made another swipe at her head with her mouthwash-soaked paw and started to walk away. Or so I thought. She turned and flopped herself down in the puddle and started rolling in the mouthwash, using both paws to rub it on her head. she spent over five minutes playing in the mouthwash puddle. It was fantastic! I don't know if this means she will now be interested in other scents, but I do know there's at least one scent that she seems to enjoy.

Heather Baker Roberts
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Xi Lan finds his own enrichment toy

Video by DoxieMom19 (5:08)
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Daily Hummer :clk:

I may be molting but I am still ruling the roost around here :P

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Topa Topa Hikers
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Thanks Rachel & Ozzie :Hugs: for that super photo of the comet.
I'm sure your having a great time together .

Artsymom, Hope :^: <3

The OM Cam works the best for me in the morning, no freezing..
Yesterday afternoon when I was on there were 30 other viewers
and some freezing. Last night when I was on you could see the
pen in the dark.


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Topa Topa Hikers
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New Crop of California Avocados. Not ready to eat until about November.

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Here's a recipe from GoVeg.com
Brown Rice and Avocado Salad

Ingredients

- 1 cup raw brown rice
- 2 1/2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
- 2 tsp. dried marjoram
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced
- 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
- 3 green onions, finely chopped (red are fine too)
- 1 tomato, cored and chopped
- 5 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
- 3 tbsp. olive oil
- freshly ground pepper

Instructions

Combine rice, vegetable broth, margoram, and salt in saucepan.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 40-45 minutes.
Cool.

In a medium bowl, combine avocado, parsley, onion, tomato,
lemon juice and olive oil. Season to taste with pepper.
Gently combine avocado mixture with brown rice.







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My first :clk: off the Whooping Crane Cam :D

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Thanks again Cheryl :)^

Topal GMTA :P
Edited by Artsy Mom, Aug 7 2009, 06:09 AM.
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Topa Topa Hikers
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Artsy, I'm going to your winter home today,
Santa Monica, to return Zoey and visit with DH family
who are in from the east to see Zoeys human mothers new baby boy Asher.
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Artsy Mom
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Congratulations on the newest family member Topa . How wonderful...do you think Zoey will be a bit jealous?

I have never seen avocados growing before...they look like grapes right now :D
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I think Zoey will be more curious than anything.. :D

I have to give Zoey a bath now and get her ready to meet the baby.

BBL :}^


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Hello peeps.

Thanks for the spectacular comet/beach photo, Ozzie and Rachel. That's a once-in-a-lifetime one.

Nice whooper screenshots to start the day.

Zoey will smell so sweet and pretty to meet her new baby brother, Asher. Have a good time with your family today, Topa.
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Penny, I saw the video where Bandit jumped out of the nest with the branch suddenly moving on the right side. I may have missed this but was wondering if they had figured out what startled Bandit. Was someone or something moving or trimming that branch?
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