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| Daily Chat, Sunday, May 22, 2011; Happy Sunday Cruzers ! | |
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| fancycatnip | May 22 2011, 01:22 PM Post #31 |
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WAY TO GO K-18 ! good girl and  appreciates you even if you did try to bite him!
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| fancycatnip | May 22 2011, 01:35 PM Post #32 |
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 CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW PLEASE: http://s11.zetaboards.com/IWS_Eagle_Forum/index/ for the rest of your history lesson.  CREST: Behind and above the eagle a radiating glory Or, on which appears an arc of thirteen cloud puffs proper, and a constellation of thirteen mullets argent.  The whole surrounded by white stars arranged in the form of an annulet with one point of each star outward on the imaginary radiating center lines, the number of stars conforming to the number of stars in the union of the Flag of the United States as established by chapter 1 of title 4 of the United States Code. The Seal of the President of the United States shall consist of the Coat of Arms encircled by the words "Seal of the President of the United States." The blazon (design) is essentially the same as the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States as defined in 1782, although with some extra colors specified, and a different arrangement of the stars, clouds, and glory than is typically seen in modern versions of the Great Seal. The only purely distinct element is the ring of 50 stars, representing the 50 states. Likewise, the symbolism follows that of the Great Seal: • The stripes on the shield represent the 13 original states, unified under and supporting the chief. The motto (meaning "Out of many, one") alludes to the same concept. • The arc of thirteen clouds, and the thirteen stars, also refer to the original 13 states. • The olive branch and arrows denote the powers of peace and war. The eagle faces towards the right to show a preference to peace over war.  When you donate, please don't forget to mention NAC 2011 so your donation goes towards adopting a nest.  Donate now ! |
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| KLJinOz | May 22 2011, 02:12 PM Post #33 |
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G'day Peeps, Have been away for a couple of days from this forum, busy weekend, I'll go back and read the last couple of days after my morning work load is off my desk, my Monday. Yesterday Bob & went for a walk along Milson's Point in the morning for the 'Art Walk' along the boardwalk. Also located there is an historic theme park 'Luna Park' and gardens along the foreshore with pieces of art work... here is my slide show. http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l142/KLJinOz/Art%20Walk%20Milsons%20Pt%20May%202011/?albumview=slideshow Nice NAC today Fancy! And thanks to all those who posted up the banding photos, I slept right through it  (it was probably my 4am)Hope everyone is well.... |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | May 22 2011, 02:22 PM Post #34 |
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Hi Cruzer's, Kris everything will work out for you and Ed. You both have so much to adjust to, I know you Are smart and strong enough to make it Through this difficult time. TH banding was great to watch. Thanks For the photos. |
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| circlescribe | May 22 2011, 02:37 PM Post #35 |
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Bette, Penny, and Topa,  thank you for your very comforting words. I feel awful to have such discouraging reports  , but I can offer a bit of possibly encouraging news. We connected with a lovely older couple who have an annex to their very lovely and lush rural farm cottage not far from where we are that they want to convert into a separate dwelling that we might be able to rent! It depends on building permits and time constraints but if it worked out it could be the answer to our prayers.  Don't want to "jinx it" by saying too much, but please keep your  Meanwhile we're exploring all other options just in case, and are trying to keep a positive outlook.  Lady the Osprey is still incubating and all eyes are on the eggs that should be hatching any minute now. The camera's back online and has stopped crashing my browsers when trying to log on. TG!  It's late here and time for  G'Night. |
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| Artsy Mom | May 22 2011, 02:45 PM Post #36 |
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Snuggles and Flyer are stuffed to the gills  Notice the Don King hair    Burrows is the fuzzy lump behind Flyer on the right.And here's how they got that way  Pa Sidney delivers lots of Salmon |
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| jillers | May 22 2011, 04:05 PM Post #37 |
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For all of you former hippies! http://inoyan.narod.ru/kaleidoskop.swf Run your mouse over the display |
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| Artsy Mom | May 22 2011, 06:20 PM Post #38 |
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Lily the Black Bear - Update May 22, 2011 – 5:44 PM CDT Peace, Learning, and Protection  Throughout the morning, Lily, Hope, and Faith foraged in the best clover patch we know. This afternoon, after the rain stopped, they moved north while June moved south. They are now 1.1 miles apart. Peace reigns. A video of Lily and family tearing into logs on May 20 to feed on grubs is posted on YouTube. In another part of the forest, Juliet and her 3 yearlings and Jo and her cub have been sampling each other’s areas near the towns. Today, Juliet moved one way and Jo moved the other to end up over 3 miles apart. Jo and her cub moved 1.1 miles. Meanwhile, we are keeping an eye out for Braveheart so we can get a radio-collar and GPS unit on her and meet her cubs.  Copyright: Joanne Manning A Lily fan learned of a mixed age litter in Wisconsin and sent us pictures. As usual, there is one yearling plus the new litter (3 in this case), adding support to the idea that one cub is often not enough to prevent ovulation. We would love to know if the mother left the single cub last year and went off and returned like Lily did. But all we know is that the single cub survived to become the older sibling like Hope. We would love to know the relationship between the yearling and cubs in that family. But getting that data is extremely difficult unless it is a trusting family like Lily provides. Today, T. R. asked what we are learning from Lily, Hope, and Faith. Where do we begin? We wrote the following as a brief summary he could use in his blogs and Facebook page. A Lily fan suggested we include it in an update. We wrote, Dear T. R., We learned more about diet, habitat use, travel, daily activity patterns, den construction, behavior in dens, labor and birth, care of cubs, cub development, natural causes of cub deaths, relations between Lily and her mother June after family break-up, establishment of territory, vocalizations, body language, memory, reactions to predators and other stimuli, what leads to rare mixed-age litters, social relations in a mixed-age litter, and bear-human coexistence around a rural community. For all of the above, we are monitoring seasonal changes in behavior and how it compares with behavior in other years under different food and weather conditions. We are learning about how bears live. We use GPS and telemetry data plus direct observation when possible. Interesting comparisons are between these bears and bears we studied previously without direct observation. Basic movements, activity patterns, and territoriality are the same but the observations add details impossible to learn any other way. Having animals get accustomed to observers and ignoring them is nothing new. Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey did it years ago. The information that method is now providing for bears is giving new insight, refuting misconceptions, and educating the public. The more people know about black bears, the more willing they are to vacation in bear country and the more willing they are to coexist with bears. With limited hunting and public education, Minnesota's bear population has more than tripled. That is good for bears, people who enjoy seeing bears, and hunters. The more that people are willing to coexist with bears the less they bother the DNR with complaints about bears. T. R.’s Facebook for registering your comments to protect the research bears is here. The more comments the better from anywhere. We especially need comments from hunters. T. R. will bring your comments to the officials. Pincherry blossoms are now fully open. Green-up was late this year and extra early last year. Leaf buds that opened on trees this year on May 11th opened on April 18th last year. After the leaf buds burst this year, cooler weather slowed progress as you can see on the birch sapling in the picture. Balsam poplar trees and black ash trees have yet to open their leaf buds. Temperature reached 68 today to speed things up. A repeat from yesterday because of its importance is the need for everyone everywhere to urge the people below to support Representative Phyllis Kahn’s language in the final bill by emailing and calling the people below. Representative Kahn was able to include an amendment on a 69 to 63 vote in the House for the DNR to send letters asking hunters to spare radio-collared bears in the study area. The bill now goes to the conference committee (the legislators below) where Kahn’s amendment could be removed. A word of support from Commissioner Landwehr or Governor Dayton could save it. Representatives: Hackbarth, Tom (R) 651-296-2439 rep.tom.hackbarth@house.mn Buesgens, Mark (R) 651-296-5185 rep.mark.buesgens@house.mn Drazkowski, Steve (R) 651-296-2273 rep.steve.drazkowski@house.mn McNamara, Denny (R) 651-296-3135 rep.denny.mcnamara@house.mn Dill, David (DFL) 651-296-2190 rep.david.dill@house.mn Senators: Ingebrigtsen, Bill (R) 651-297-8063 sen.bill.ingebrigtsen@senate.mn Carlson, John (R) 651-296-4913 sen.john.carlson@senate.mn Gazelka, Paul E. (R) 651-296-4875 sen.paul.gazelka@senate.mn Skoe, Rod (DFL) 651-296-4196 sen.rod.skoe@senate.mn Hall, Dan D. (R) 651-296-5975 sen.dan.hall@senate.mn Gov Mark Dayton 651-201-3400 Mark.Dayton@state.mn.us Tom Landwehr 651-259-5022 Tom.Landwehr@state.mn.us DNR Commissioner A word of support from Commissioner Landwehr or Governor Dayton would probably assure that the amendment survives the committee. We’ll see if the power of Team Protect, Lily’s army, and T. R.’s blogs can make a difference. Another need is for Minnesota residents to call, write, and/or email their state representatives and state senators to let them know you favor protection for these radio-collared bears. To find your local legislators, here is a legislator finder. If you haven’t already signed the petition to make the black bear Minnesota’s state mammal, the petition is at this link. Somehow, you are finding the votes to keep the International Wolf Center in the big money. You got the Wolf Center back up to 9th place, just 11 votes ahead of 10th place and only 170 votes behind 8th place. Places 6 to 10 each get $100,000. There are just 3 days to go in the voting at Chase Community Giving. Each person can vote only once by May 25th. Thank you for all you are doing. —Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center PS – As of 6:00 PM CDT Lily is back in the clover patch |
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| Deleted User | May 22 2011, 06:43 PM Post #39 |
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 God of the impossible!  Kris - Hope this home works out for you and Ed! So good you have the beauties of nature around you May the road before you become smooth and straight Michelle - In 78 years there are many heart aches and blessings and sometimes when you are in a heart ache it's hard to think! Fancycatnip - Good Promo Deb - Bette - Penny - Carole - Loved all the wonderful photos you caught of the banding! KLJinAZ - Loved your slide show the art walk sounded interesting May you all have a "Good Night" |
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