The reason behind my lack of involvement the past few months

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Yep sure do have a blue and gold. I'm not sure of the parrots species down here. They're currently migrating and very funny. Loud little guys. They fly in flocks of 10-30. In between the size of an eclectus and military macaw. One of the federal parks has had siting of macaws. It's very very rare though. Forget which species it is too. A small one I think. My jaw dropped when I read through the bird siting log of Species in the park. It's literally 1000s of birds. Very cool. That federal park is about 5 miles southwest of the property. Then the state parks are immediately south, an irrigation canal that's fed from the Colorado river divide that pro property and ours. Nice surroundings
Very cool! Let me know if you ever figure out what kind of parrots are there...I'd be interested to know.
 

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and here I thought a woman was involved
I think Kelly has already said many times his mother is well involved. Sometimes the good woman in a man's life is not a romantic partner but a sister, mom,good friend that is of the opposite sex, or other family member.
 

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I think Kelly has already said many times his mother is well involved. Sometimes the good woman in a man's life is not a romantic partner but a sister, mom,good friend that is of the opposite sex, or other family member.
I never stated romantic interest
 

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Very cool! Let me know if you ever figure out what kind of parrots are there...I'd be interested to know.
Looked up the log of species at Santa Ana. Seems the parrots logged although rare are,
Red lored parrots,
Yellow head parrot
Red crowned parrot

I know it wasn't a yellow head those are pretty big. I think they were red crowned parrots. I got a good close look at a few last weekend. They're pretty small but not super small. Smaller than eclectus and bigger than an Indian ring neck.

Here's the list. Of sites birds in the area.
http://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/BirdList-2011_508.pdf
 

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Ah the pictures! Post pictures of SA and of the animals!
 

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Looked up the log of species at Santa Ana. Seems the parrots logged although rare are,
Red lored parrots,
Yellow head parrot
Red crowned parrot

I know it wasn't a yellow head those are pretty big. I think they were red crowned parrots. I got a good close look at a few last weekend. They're pretty small but not super small. Smaller than eclectus and bigger than an Indian ring neck.

Here's the list. Of sites birds in the area.
http://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/BirdList-2011_508.pdf
Awesome, thanks!
 

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Ah the pictures! Post pictures of SA and of the animals!
Most certainly will. Hopefully. I'm pretty bad about posting stuff as of late. The Botswana shipment is fantastic. Don't think I've posted anything about that.
 

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So, you just didn't consider his Mom?? I've met her via social media, seems to be wonderful person.
She is indeed a wonderful person. I've met her in person. The nicest lady I've ever met, and that's no joke.:)
 

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I think Kelly has already said many times his mother is well involved. Sometimes the good woman in a man's life is not a romantic partner but a sister, mom,good friend that is of the opposite sex, or other family member.
Well said.
 

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It has been couple months went by from I first saw this thread.

Is there any update that you can share with us? Sooooooooooo looking forward to see some new set-up, new Torts, How is your Mom doing , etc,etc.....

Or just nosy ....:D:D:D
 

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It has been couple months went by from I first saw this thread.

Is there any update that you can share with us? Sooooooooooo looking forward to see some new set-up, new Torts, How is your Mom doing , etc,etc.....

Or just nosy ....:D:D:D
Meh a little. Been very financially and time strapped recently. The big move caught up to me I guess. But everyone is nice and stable and acclimated well. The big guys have been outside for a month and a half now. They love it.
 

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I did add some more aquatic tubs in the greenhouse portion.
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Also have been preparing for the new greenhouse(Amazon building) got a 12' tall ficus tree at a nursery that ordered it for me.
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Also had a good local friend and new contact whom is an arborist come visit us. He is going to do all the landscaping and help us out for no charge. He identified a few species native to the area that are critically endangered and very rare trees and butterfly bushes. So the portion of the park where those were found will be "native Texas wild trail" and of course our resident Texas tortoise Marvin is still loving the garden. He has been awake for 3-4 weeks now and working on a burrow.
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Spring occurs a lot sooner down there then other regions of the US. We only have Bradford pear trees blooming in Dallas. Everything is green and completely bloomed down south. All the trees are newly leaved.

These are primarily what Marvin consumes along with lots of cactus. The sheriff has contacted me again and has a few more to bring down. Pretty neat program we started right off the bat. Native refuge for native tortoises in a great protected area.
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