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Chat - Monday April 9, 2012; What Exciting Eagle News Will We Have Today!
Topic Started: Apr 9 2012, 03:26 AM (626 Views)
Artsy Mom
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<::: Meet Darius the World's Largest Bunny :D

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Darius, being held by proud owner Annette Edwards.

'He is from a dynasty of giant rabbits and now he's smashed his own record and fittingly his birthday falls on April 8 - so he really is the Beast-er Bunny.

A spokesman from Guinness World Records said: "This is the biggest bunny in the world. Darius is bigger than all the previous record holding rabbits. It's unbelievable that a rabbit could grow to over 4ft long." (He weighs about 47 pounds!!!)

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now that's a bunny - what size eggs does he deliver ;)
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Happy Easter Monday to my Eagle Peep friends. :D

Cheryl, thank you for the great update on the Whoopers. What a fragile population of a species and such an immense effort to help it to survive. <3

Penny, I agree, I can't stand to watch the Carolina nest and see how soon they take the Eaglets to the hack tower. It seems so harsh and heartless. :( Do they ever follow up on what happens to them? Like dear Noah, who broke my heart to see taken off the nest and then the parents' grieving response? :'(

The NBG saga is so unbelievable! Their observer, Reese, commented on how "evil" #4's flat head looks and I have to agree she does have a threatening harsh look, especially compared to #3. She seems bent on disruption of this nest. :dvl: I know it's "Nature" but when Dad seems so much more comfortable with #3 and it's been so long, give it up! It's feeling like the film "Fatal Attraction". :hair: Poor Dad, after last year's tragedy he so deserves some soul healing. <3

We've had our own little drama here with the local Ducks this past week. Our adorable little white domestic female Duck who partners with a wild Mallard disappeared several days ago. The night before we didn't see her again I was awake in the wee hours and had heard a distressed Duck quacking from the canal outside. It was the night before the Full Moon and a well lit night for prey hunting. After a few days of not seeing her I was distraught to think a Fox or Badger might have had gotten her. :'( But it is also nesting season so I researched their habits and learned a few things about their breeding behavior that gave me hope she was building a nest somewhere. I also learned about "Manky Mallards", hybrids that result from wild Mallards breeding with domestic Ducks, and realized a couple of the Mallards in our area fit this description. Seems Mallards are very indiscrimanate about who they reproduce with and after following a link Marti/Wrightflyer posted on CHIL I found the info on Manky Mallards that helped explain what kind of Ducks we have here. Penny, you had wondered what kind of cross we might see from the mix of the Duck pair I posted a pic of a while ago; well I found out, and it seems that a couple of our Mallards are actually "Manky" ones and maybe even offspring of our cute white female Duck.

This has becme a Shaggy Dog story, sorry, but to get to the punch line: our white female, "Daffy", amazingly after four days showed up this afternoon! :><: Quacking her head off she went to the grain feeder on our lawn and ate like a starved person! I think she's been building a nest "where she was hatched" like they do, and must have come back for a break today. Usually she's quacking loudly intermittently all day and has been for months, so her absence was especially obvious and worrying. But from what I learned online she may disappear for a month now once incubation begins, but at least we know she's alive and seems to be thriving. :)^

A pic from the Manky Mallard page of a Mallard with the white bib that is typical of interbreeding with domestic Ducks.
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One of our local white bibbed Mallards. The best shot I could get through the window. :(
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Our beloved "Daffy", the domestic female, with her Mallard partner a couple of weeks ago.
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Wishing you ALL a perfect day!
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Kris what an interesting post on the 'Manky' Mallards :P
Who knew? I'm so glad your white 'Daffy' duck came back...at least she knows where the good eats are  :lol: It's going to be really fun when she shows up with all her little 'manky' ducks in tow rofl
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Momma Canada Goose, who used the RTH nest box at Richmond this year, shows her goslings how to 'fledge' :o

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She was harassed by owls at night during the month long incubation. After the hatch RamblinRaptor placed a radio near the nest to deter the owl. It worked! The eggs hatched on the morning of 4-6 & the 7 goslings jumped 4-7-12. :><: :><: :><:
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Apr 9 2012, 09:15 AM
We are at $635 after the first week. Thanks for your hard work.



<::: <::: <::: <::: Update from Dr. Sharpe
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<::: Lady of Loch Lowes is in egg laying position right now <:::

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Save berries from molding (I haven't tried this yet!)-
Berries are delicious, but they're also kind of delicate. Raspberries in particular seem like they can mold before you even get them home from the market. There's nothing more tragic than paying $4 for a pint of local raspberries, only to look in the fridge the next
day and find that fuzzy mold growing on their insides.

With fresh berries just starting to hit farmers markets, we can tell you how to keep them fresh a little longer.

Wash them with vinegar.

When you get your berries home, prepare a mixture of one part vinegar (white will probably work best) and ten parts water. Dump the berries into the mixture and swirl around. Drain, rinse if you want (though the mixture is so diluted you can't taste the vinegar,) and pop in the fridge. The vinegar kills any mold spores and other bacteria that might be on the surface of the fruit, and voila! Raspberries will last a week or more, and strawberries go almost two weeks without getting moldy and soft. So go forth and stock up on those pricey little gems, knowing they'll stay fresh as long as it takes you to eat them.
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That's an excellent hint Jill :)^
I'm going to try that Berry RX :D
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Well, for a minute there I thought the Osprey was ready to lay her 1st egg, but she just did a head tuck again after hunching in the bowl.

She usually lays her eggs in the AM so I guess we'll see one in the morning (UK time) which is approximately 7 hours later than Central time :X:

Her original mate has not returned yet this year and she is dealing with a new young male who has not figured out that he needs to supply her with  ><'> instead of eating them all himself :blink:

Kris can fill in the blanks when she logs in again :ok:
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<::: Pa Norfolk and #4 just came back to the nest...she left almost immediately because a 3rd  :<<o>>: is circling overhead (DT #3? perhaps) It just never ends  :wacko:

She's back in the nest again...
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Both are keeping an  :<<o>>: eye out up above. Lots of chatter going on!!!

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Edit: Ground photog says it is not DT #3 circling above the nest :o
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Apr 9 2012, 11:36 AM
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Apr 9 2012, 09:15 AM
We are at $635 after the first week. Thanks for your hard work.

<::: <::: <::: <::: Update from Dr. Sharpe
:><: Thanks for the update Deb & Dr. Sharpe B-)) . :><:
I will make my Recurring Contribution again
this year for our beloved IWS team and CHIL BAEA.
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"You can help the Eagles soar", crowed Mr. West End Raven! - Click on his photo above..... visit the 2012 NAC Topic :soar: ^"^ ^"^ :soar:
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