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| Chat - Saturday, February 25, 2012; Enjoy the weekend! | |
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| Artsy Mom | Feb 25 2012, 08:29 AM Post #1 |
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It's  Cruzers It's still COLD here -13C/9F and doesn't look too promising for much warmer today  My little squirrel buddy has not ventured down the tree for brekkies yet this morning. I think he has a lot stashed in his nest larder 
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Feb 25 2012, 09:06 AM Post #2 |
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Good Day Peeps. DH was going through a small box of photos last night and found this photo of my son Daniel. The back of the photo says "Me hanging out in Israel on one of our weekend trips. We did a little hiking, repelling and camping." This photo was taken most likely in 1996 while he was at the Hebrew University for his junior year. I remember he did have a really great time that year.  What's a mother to do?   
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Feb 25 2012, 09:16 AM Post #3 |
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TH fly out   WE~~ my weather is the same, but the sun is trying to burn the fog off. 
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| Artsy Mom | Feb 25 2012, 09:32 AM Post #4 |
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Pair rescue cub they discovered walking on road  Greg Jensen (holding the young black bear) and Derek Amerongen fed and housed the animal in a chicken coop until the Assiniboine Park Zoo agreed to give it a temporary home in its new centre for polar bears. Posted by: Jenny Ford 02/24/2012 Winnipeg Free Press "I noticed this little black thing running along the side of the road," he said. "I thought it was someone walking their dog at first. I came up closer and I saw it wasn't a dog, it was a black bear." The bear looked malnourished, and he knew it was unusual for a bear to be out this time of year. "She was very dazed and tired-looking and looked like she was on the move lots". Figuring the bear must be orphaned, they followed its tracks through the woods. They found no signs of a mother bear. Jensen used a thick jacket to grab the bear by the scruff of its neck. (It was put into a dog kennel for transport and then housed in a chicken coop which it escaped from and had to be recaptured) Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship went to get the bear on Wednesday morning after finding a home for it at the zoo. "For us, it didn't make sense not to help this animal out," said Tim Sinclair-Smith, director of zoological operations at the zoo. He said he suspects the bear is orphaned. The zoo didn't expect its new centre for polar bear cubs would have a black bear as its first guest, but Sinclair-Smith said it's a good opportunity to test the facilities. "There's one good thing about black bears," he said. "They're very good climbers, they're very inquisitive, and they'll definitely test our facilities. If there's any weak spots, they'll definitely find them." Currently, the bear is quarantined for 30 days until her medical work is complete. She'll then be able to roam around the facilities until they can find an accredited zoo as her new home, Sinclair-Smith said. Bill Watkins, a biodiversity conservation zoologist for Manitoba Conservation, said the bear shouldn't have been picked up by people. "We encourage people to leave wildlife alone," he said. "This is a bit unique, because you don't see black bears out in the winter very often, but in the summer, a lot of mother animals leave their young alone while they go off to feed. Just because you see an animal alone doesn't mean it's an orphan." |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Feb 25 2012, 09:51 AM Post #5 |
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Good Rule. I see mountain lion cubs alone often. I just let them pass knowing momma puma might be watching from the hill side. Time to go look for some wildlife. BBL 
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| Naturegal | Feb 25 2012, 10:17 AM Post #6 |
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GOOD MORNING FROM THE NESTS...............I SHOULD SAY GOOD AFTERNOON SEQUOYAH TRIPLETS     OZARKS.......................................................................................BLACKWATER....................   ALCOA......................................................................................PA NORFOLK.....................   EGG #3 AT DECORAH......................................... |
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| Artsy Mom | Feb 25 2012, 10:21 AM Post #7 |
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 U.S. probes golden eagles' deaths at DWP wind farm  for video Each year, about 70 golden eagles are killed by the rotating blades of Altamont Pass's nearly 5,000 wind turbines. The birds and the perils they face embody the complex issues facing wildlife authorities, wind-farm companies and regulatory agencies. The toll makes the Pine Tree site in the Tehachapi Mountains among the deadliest in California's wind farm industry. Activists say birds' behavior should be studied before erecting more sites. By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times February 16, 2012 Two more golden eagles have been found dead at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains, for a total of eight carcasses of the federally protected raptors found at the site. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to determine the cause of death of the two golden eagles found Sunday at the Pine Tree wind farm, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles and 15 miles northeast of Mojave, said Lois Grunwald, a spokeswoman for the agency. The agency has determined that the six golden eagles found dead earlier at the 2-year-old wind farm in Kern County were struck by blades from some of the 90 turbines spread across 8,000 acres at the site. Those deaths give Pine Tree one of the highest avian mortality rates in California's wind farm industry. The death rate per turbine at the $425-million facility is three times higher than at California's Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, where about 67 golden eagles die each year. However, the Altamont Pass facility has 5,000 wind turbines — 55 times as many as Pine Tree. The rest of the story This just makers me so  70 GE's a year plus all the other raptors that are killed by wind turbines!!! How long before there aren't any left at all? 
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| Artsy Mom | Feb 25 2012, 10:26 AM Post #8 |
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EeeeK....OMG......Topa Don't Look !!!!! |
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| Naturegal | Feb 25 2012, 10:27 AM Post #9 |
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SAVANNAH & DEREK AT CAROLINA RAPTOR CENTRE HAVE THEIR FIRST BOBBLEHEAD  PHOTO FROM FORUM............... 
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| Naturegal | Feb 25 2012, 10:31 AM Post #10 |
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POND NEWS - EGG OR NO EGG, JUST PRACTICING OR KEEPING ME GUESSING.......   
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| Naturegal | Feb 25 2012, 04:02 PM Post #11 |
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NO EGG ON THE POND FROM THE SANDHILLS, THEY WERE JUST TEASING ME 
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| jillers | Feb 25 2012, 04:31 PM Post #12 |
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Click on the pictures below and when they come up, click again and drag your mouse in any direction and the picture will give you a 360 degree view: http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas/SulpherCreek_swf.html http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas/DoubleArch1_swf.html http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas/PaysonC_swf.html http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas_2/AztecButte_swf.html http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas_2/AztecButte_swf.htmlhttp://www.utah3d.net/panoramas_2/AztecButte_swf.html |
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| Naturegal | Feb 25 2012, 04:42 PM Post #13 |
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Jill - Those 360 degree pics are amazing, thanks
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| KLJinOz | Feb 25 2012, 05:54 PM Post #14 |
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G'day peeps, my Sunday, started hazy in more than one way. I only got about 6 hours sleep, not too bad, I like at least 7 though. Left BBob sleeping, he was very tired and sleep is a healing process, and headed to the Hardware store then groc store. Ihad to return an item to the hardware, there were more people in the Return queue than the check out! And the guy in front of me wanted to argue about his return (it really wasnt broken and has to be for a return?!). The customer and the clerk were both Indian. Imagine if you will two Indians with thick English accents, heads bobbling going back and forth......  It was funny even though I had to wait so long. Back just as the sun is breaking through the haze. Have some outdoor chores/gardening to do and marinating steak for BBQ dinner. Cricket for Bob is on at 2pm, India vs Pakistan booooring.... Penny, its so sad about the wind turbines when there is a perfectly good alternative. 'floating wind turbines' which was originally an invention of an Aussie mechanical engineer. Just google those words and you will find a plethora of information. SCranes practicing on the nest! Everyone have a great weekend. |
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| Artsy Mom | Feb 25 2012, 06:31 PM Post #15 |
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Lily the Black Bear – UPDATE February 25, 2012 Juliet’s cubs’ eyes open  Juliet's cub with eyes open! - Feb 25, 2012 It was time to record the progress in Juliet’s den. Juliet’s cubs were born between January 17 and 22. At 5:15 PM on January 17 we listened for 2 minutes and didn’t hear a peep. The snow showed she had been out just hours earlier, which she wouldn’t have done if she had newborn cubs. We were satisfied. We checked again at 2:24 PM on January 22—cubs. Their high squeaky voices added confirmation that they were not there on the 17th. Figuring the birth date at January 18-22, we checked today at 4 PM when they were 34-38 days old (5 weeks give or take). According to literature on captive black bears, cubs open their eyes at 6 weeks, but they don’t suddenly open. They open a crack, then a little more each day. The eye in the picture is not fully open but almost. It looks like we were lucky in our timing of our visit for this week. Juliet had been eating the fresh inch-deep snow at the den entrance. A couple square feet were gone. Juliet knows us and was perfectly calm—not a hint of anxiety. She mostly tended to the cubs. They hardly squawked as they nursed almost constantly the 44 minutes we were there. When they paused at one point, one gave a little cry that we captured on video. It evidently meant the cub needed help going ‘potty’ because Juliet responded immediately. We loved the tranquil scene. A video of yesterday’s highlights of Jewel and cubs is posted on YouTube. Thank you for all you do. —Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center |
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