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CarolM said:

It is 1 in the morning. But I promised some photos for you. It was dark by the time we got to the farm so I will go on another weekend and take some photos during the day.View attachment 245135View attachment 245136View attachment 245137View attachment 245138View attachment 245139View attachment 245140View attachment 245141View attachment 245142View attachment 245143

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Maro2Bear said:

Greetings all..

We took a drive early this morning to see the acres and acres of sunflowers planted at the McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management area. I posted a few twitter pix from others earlier in the week, but we wanted to go visit ourselves.

Lots of bumblebees, yellow finches and other wildlife all about. Lots of birds for sure...(and people).

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Maro2Bear said:

G’day All. Lots of updates already. SA BBQ looked great...

I’m soon off to Oxford for a full day of kayaking on the Tred Avon River. unfortunately, no WC watching for me..

The Trip. In spite of the place names, Oxford is not Merry Olde England, this is an old colonial town in the heart of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. We will launch right from town and paddle up the Tred Avon River, Trippe Creek and Goldsborough Creek.

It makes a good place for visitors and weekends - http://www.oxfordmd.net/about.html

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Lyn W said:

Good morning all, it's a bright but cooler start to Sunday here.
No substantial rain in the forecast for the week yet which we really need as we now have forest fires on the nearby hills
Don't think any homes are threatened, but it will certainly affect the wildlife.
There are ospreys in that area and it's where I relocated all the slow worms a few years back so worried about them.
Hopefully it will soon be under control, I think helicopters have been dropping water.

I'll be popping in to the open day at the International Tortoise Association sanctuary later in Sully which is about 25 miles away.
It just looks like an ordinary big house in a residential area with a large garden on Google Earth,which would be fine for smaller torts but not sure how they have enough room for the sulcatas and leopards they keep - they certainly don't have acres of land. Anyway will let you know later.
Hope everyone has a good Sunday
TTFN

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EllieMay said:

Thanks! We live in Marshall. I grew up just a couple towns away , have never lived too far away and work the tri-state area 5 days a week. I get to listen to crickets, bullfrogs, coyotes every night [emoji16]. What part of Tx for you?

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Moozillion said:

Well, New Orleans had WAAAY too much excitement this weekend.
Saturday morning around 7:00 am, a keeper saw Valerio, the zoo's male jaguar, LOOSE ON THE ZOO GROUNDS. Jaguars are the 3rd largest cat in the world and THE largest in the Americas (Yes, bigger even than cougars and mountain lions). A mature male can be 2 feet tall at the shoulder and up to 6 feet long from nose to BASE of tail. They weigh up to 210 lbs.
The zookeeper followed the emergency protocol they had been taught: FIRST secure YOURSELF in a building then radio the situation to the central office. (Although, if faced with a wild jaguar, my FIRST step would have been to take a large poop in my pants, but I digress..)

The vet and zookeepers managed to locate, sedate and recapture the animal. They found he had killed 4 alpacas and mauled a 5th, which died overnight despite intensive medical attention; leaving the zoo with NO alpacas. He had killed one emu, killed a fox and mauled 3 others. One fox died overnight; one remains critical and the 3rd seems to be ok. The zoo remained closed all of Saturday but reopened Sunday.

The zoo staff said that Valerio is a normal 3 year old male jaguar who was just doing what jaguars do, and he will NOT be euthanized.
A search revealed that the roof of the jaguar enclosure "had been compromised" and repairs are rapidly under way.

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Yvonne G said:

I hope they allow you to take pictures for us.

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Yvonne G said:

I hope they allow you to take pictures for us.

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Moozillion said:

Well, New Orleans had WAAAY too much excitement this weekend.
Saturday morning around 7:00 am, a keeper saw Valerio, the zoo's male jaguar, LOOSE ON THE ZOO GROUNDS. Jaguars are the 3rd largest cat in the world and THE largest in the Americas (Yes, bigger even than cougars and mountain lions). A mature male can be 2 feet tall at the shoulder and up to 6 feet long from nose to BASE of tail. They weigh up to 210 lbs.
The zookeeper followed the emergency protocol they had been taught: FIRST secure YOURSELF in a building then radio the situation to the central office. (Although, if faced with a wild jaguar, my FIRST step would have been to take a large poop in my pants, but I digress..)

The vet and zookeepers managed to locate, sedate and recapture the animal. They found he had killed 4 alpacas and mauled a 5th, which died overnight despite intensive medical attention; leaving the zoo with NO alpacas. He had killed one emu, killed a fox and mauled 3 others. One fox died overnight; one remains critical and the 3rd seems to be ok. The zoo remained closed all of Saturday but reopened Sunday.

The zoo staff said that Valerio is a normal 3 year old male jaguar who was just doing what jaguars do, and he will NOT be euthanized.
A search revealed that the roof of the jaguar enclosure "had been compromised" and repairs are rapidly under way.

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CarolM said:

My weekend is almost done so sad[emoji24][emoji24]. But before i go here are some post cards. I also wanted to take a pic of the seagulls but they wouldn't stay still. There was also a small bird with blue and orange that I wanted to take a pic of but that one also flew away before I could take a pic[emoji21].
The 2nd pic is through the window of the lighthouse.
Some pics of the beach by woodbridge Island. And of the mountain by Claremont.
Rue climbing into the water bowl while enjoying outside time.
One of Kang going in for a bite.
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Lyn W said:

Lovely pics Carol, especially the one of Clark peeing through the hole.
They are beautiful torts.
Hope your tea party went well.

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CarolM said:

It did thank you. Too much cake though. I have decided that from tomorrow I am going to have a cleaner and less fattening way of eating. And hopefully I can lose some weight. [emoji4]

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CarolM said:

Oh that is so sad. When you visit next time maybe you should point them to the TFO.

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Momof4 said:

Valerio was born here at the Dan Diego Zoo. I’m glad he won’t be euthanized. He was only doing what he was born to do!

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