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[calhound]

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A Wildlife Adventure - UPDATE April 5, 2020
05 April 2020
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Trumpeter Swans
Trumpeter swans
For date night last evening, Donna and I visited a place where the Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, and flocks of ducks from far around fly in for the night. It?s a bend in a river obscured from the road by trees, but the din of trumpeting swans and honking geese was loud?plus the sounds of water splashing from what I believe was bathing waterfowl. Donna made it exciting. While I was fussing with camera settings, she was spotting beavers here, mink there, and pair after pair of trumpeter swans (sometimes singles or triples) flying in. We were a little late for good light for pictures but got some for memory?s sake. We were late enough for the night shift to come on, and she saw two beavers emerge and swim away from their lodge. Between swan arrivals, a mink was foraging from a rock in the stream. It would dive in, come up and return to the rock, and dive in again. We couldn?t tell for sure what it was getting. Then, as we were looking the wrong direction holding the long lens, a pickup drove by, stopped and backed up fast to tell us a beaver was on the other side of the road up on the ice. Nice! It?s just how some people are around here. I clicked and saw that it was eating vegetation. Those are the first beavers I saw this year because the lakes are still frozen over. I?d never seen a mink foraging for food like it was?or a beaver eating vegetation sitting on ice?or heard the din of so many trumpeters. Seeing the swans flying over, I was amazed at the size of their feet?as they should be for bodies that weigh over 20 pounds.

Beaver
Beaver
Beaver eating
Beaver eats on ice
Trumpeter
Trumpeter swan

Today, I saw something else for the first time?a male pileated woodpecker feeding his mate a piece of suet. This beautiful day started with a Dark-eyed Junco posing where he could call attention to the blue sky and bright sun shining on the fresh snow.

Mink diving
Mink dives
Pileated male feeding female
Pileated male feeds female
Dark-eyed junco
Dark-eyed junco
 

Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 51 here 54 in the barn i think great pictures today nice to see the beaver out and about. junco is beautiful. well due to jim being home  he is yelling at the dogs baying in the kitchen he is really getting mad so guess i better go bbl on my ipad in my room with the dogs. ykw i hate your guts dogs hate your guts.


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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 42 here and a slight chance of rain today. Cats were waiting for me on the porch. Must have been hungry as it was early for them at 5:20 AM. I hope the rain holds off as I have bunches of projects planned for outside. Need to pot up starts from flowers that need thinning. Also need to put compost in my big containers. The containers that I had for the bird feeder may be on its last legs. It is one of a pair of old metal wash tubs that a  friend gave me. They were her Mother's and she thought they fit in well with my garden d?cor. Early iron and recycled  stuff. Is that a thing? Rues???

cal- isn't it fun having our spouses home? That was the biggest adjustment in retirement for me. lol

rues- had to look up liriope- I had seen it before but didn't know the name. Very pretty. And water lilies. I like them too.  TY for the Bill Withers info. I didn't know he was from WV. When I listened to Lean On Me an interview site popped up. I listened to that too. What a neat guy. Always liked his music!!

johoward- I looked up that cemetery and found older photos of Daffodil Hill- made my heart sing. TY

ra- plant nurseries not an essential business- I beg to differ. lol We need to go to the grocery also- sil needs stuff and I do too. I may just go in early. I think you should take a leash and get that little bull. I'm taking it that he wasn't aggressive. I'm all for shipping it to cal- she can use it to mow her grass. lol

The update was so great- and the photos. Dr. Rogers rocks!!!

Have a great day jewelies!

[calihoula]

hi lupe! pearl says NO to that little bull! pearl says oh bull****! cant wait for ford to open back up.

hi rues! thanks for bills video i saw he passed away. problem i had with online shopping ordered a 40 can box of friskies cat food oh chicken flavor but they did not have it so got nothing if i am in there okay get that ocean fish one for that turkey one or 32 can just need some food! just better for me to get it unless i just need cat litter but i always need more. im going to watch blacklist later oh her royal highness is up

[johoward]

Oh NO!  A tiger caught it from a zookeeper.  So did several others.  If they can catch it maybe they can spread it.  So pets may become carriers.  How awful.  Sure hope this is wrong.

God Help Us All.

Joan is suffering in new ways.  She has a buzzing inside her head.  It is getting more and more irritating to her.  The pain is coming back in her hands and legs and back.  She is very uncomfortable and edgy all the time.  We don't know where to turn.
  I am afraid of what may be coming next.  The isolation is not helping.  This morning she said she feels like she is in jail.  She is sleeping on the couch now, but groaning.  She asked for coffee twenty minutes ago but went right back to sleep.  I will go make it now, and reheat it later if needed.
CUL EV1

[lupinelady]

Well- I think I've posted photos of 2 flowers blooming right now. Not sure of names- one may be an anemone. Also posted photo of well drilling crew. In all the pictures I took I never got the top of the rig. It was really tall. lol
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[lupinelady]

guess I didn't do what I thought- 

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[ra]

Hi Jewelies!  Hot here... already in the 80's!  I was cutting back a tree, and decided it was too hot to work out there!  My daughter and I were talking today and she mentioned that a lot of the people who are dying from ykw are dying of pneumonia.  I wonder if that means since I've had the pneumonia shot, if I get it, it won't be life threatening...  Any thoughts?

lupine... lol...  Pretty daffodils though...

Joho... I've had that buzzing in the ears before.  I took a benadryl and that took care of it for me.  Worth a try? Might be from spring allergies... Hope Joan feels better soon.

cal... I'm with Pearl... Not even going to try to catch that bull!  He's very shy and I don't see how I'd ever get close enough with leash like lupine said.  lol  I'd need a very long lasso!  lol  I get my canned cat food on ebay... have you tried there?

rues... I'm still looking at Wilson's beautiful St. Patrick's Day pic!  What a pretty boy!

Have a good day, Jewelies!  Find something cool to do today!  Read, garden, clean, mow, crafts, cook, play games, puzzles, chat with friends, watch for baby eagles, watch tv?  I can always think of something to do, can you tell?   

[calihoula]

hi lupe is one those flowers in disguise as a rig? flowers just beautiful!

hi joho i saw that on nadia tiger at bronx zoo i thought why was that worker working? i was afraid nutty people oh better dump my cat my dog  i just read her and  5 other tigers just little lost of appetite dry cough better they are doing very well under vet care very alert okay  gb them. the tigers. no other animals have it. i am sorry for joan. i finally got our unemployment filed online not much but better than nothing i did direct deposit but bank name was wrong. so i quit last night was so tired. called my bank this morning that was former bank so its okay she had lots of calls over that. i know joho my niece and scott went to the key west just in time he proposed to her but now they cant get married cause of ykw! i saw italy is down on it so maybe an end in sight.

[calihoula]

hi ra! you cannot leash a baby bull! stay at least 6 ft from it! yes ra dr told cousin janice if she got ykw since she had that pneumonia shot she would do better! im getting it before my birthday after ykw takes a hike. i got 3 boxes of can cat food 40 cans to a box should last for a little bit moms cat on just can no dry food causes annie eats any dry food not be able to pee then i got to give her primor makes her foams at the mouth i feel bad so just can and some others just can i will just endure walmart but get boxes of it they had lots of it no limit. im back in my room  yes ra i got to finish this one book i was reading before i started on frankie and stayed on it so good way to scary for you i have my harry potter game to finish on my switch and my new game still in wrapper in walmart sack want to get book two to frankie! pearls cornbread! went in the kitchen had 2 min jim making a pizza took off the meat in one part for me, he put on breaklines on smokie new caliber those brakes have not been this good since i got smokie back in 2005. but battety light still on he said will check wires and see if the battery is charging itself

[calihoula]

hi again joho! i just sent you an jacquie lawson easter ecard in your email. dont freak out!

[lupinelady]

Geez- I hope this is right.

ra- those were my daffs- not many this year. Supposed to be 70 here tomorrow. Now hoping for a north wind so I can be outside.

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[calihoula]

hi lupe wow that is awesome!! is the green building spitty and shadows house? what is the red one? suppose to be 80 here got my ac on in my bedroom dogs in here sleeping i went to feed my mom cats downstairs brownie was getting up griz sound asleep on the bed snoring brownie no be quiet dont wake barkie up my code name for griz cause i say dont wake griz up griz up worried face getting ready to bark when i go out the door.

[calhound]

black bear people of ely mn said this...No update tonight. LM

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 63 here and in the barn one raccoon with others to come.

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