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[CarolM]

Looks like some sort of finch maybe? It’s hard to see. Fascinating to see the nest though.

We have warfare in our garden with the birds. The robins in the cotoneaster have been joined by a pair of dunnocks (aka hedge sparrow). The cotoneaster is just over a metre from our bird feeders.

I feared the robins had been scared off by a mean ginger cat, but they’re still there. The male robin has become very territorial and is trying to fight off everything. To be fair, everything else is trying to avoid him and just go about their business. But he’s not prepared to be tolerant right now [emoji849]

Lol. I would imagine that in the wild you can't afford to be tolerant.

 

[CarolM]

And in other news, my back is noticeably improved today. I seem to have turned a corner. Fingers crossed!

I’m back at the physio in the morning

Good luck.

 

[CarolM]

We spent most of yesterday at a "Parts yard" that was being shut down and the land sold to developers.
They didn't want you to take pictures for some reason, and you even had to sign a form saying that they aren't liable for injuies, but it was fascinating! There were old classic pinball machines and arcade style games, even a original arcade Pac-Man machine. Old sewing machines, retro style furniture and things.
Then there were tools and machines, and parts. I really can't even begin to list the stuff that was there. Things were piled into mountains that the brave could dive into.
Out of all the stuff we only bought a few things. My hubby got some parts and I got a couple of old stainless steel milk jugs [emoji16]

Lol. Sounds like it was fun.

 

[CarolM]

Good night all. It's time for bed.

 

[Bee62]

Hi gang.
I just found THIS in my Redfoot pen.
Looks like I missed an egg or two!

Oh Ed, that is wonderful ! A baby ! You must keep that baby ! Congrats for the cute torty.

 

[Bee62]

I grew up raising rabbits, I think I was about 5 or 6 years old when my family started raising them. I would love to get back into raising them but there is no point getting into them if my husband wants to move..
I'm one of those people that would have a zoo of different types of animals, love raising them and just observing their behaviors. When I got out of highschool, I worked as a kennel hand for a veterinarian clinic. They worked with exotics as well.
That's when I learned I loved torts! One of the regular patients was a large sulcata who always busted out of his pen. He learned that he could and nothing short of a concrete wall was going to keep him in. He would cut himself up going through the fence and they would bring him in to get stitches frequently.
Yep that torts pure determination won me over... Plus he looked like a dinosaur

You are like me Bambam. I grew up with lots of animals. A family dog and aquarium. Several species of birds, guinea pigs, rabbits, chicken,
tortoises. Later horses, two pigs, now sheep, cats, dogs and chicken.
In the past I raised new born bunnies with their mother, but the mother don`t want the babies. She tried to kill them. Often bunny mothers kill their first babies and eat them ....
I had to keep the babies seperated from their mother and when they get hungry I grabbed the mother, tied her legs together and let the babies drink the milk of the mother. The babies survived !

 

[Bee62]

I dream of owning a couple thousand acres.. make my own zoo/ farm/ wildlife refuge.

That would be wonderful ! I am sharing your dream.

 

[Moozillion]

Hi gang.
I just found THIS in my Redfoot pen.
Looks like I missed an egg or two!

OH HOW COOL!!!!!! And he's no shrimp...How old do you reckon he is?

 

[Moozillion]

One of my kayaking mates got this shot of one of the many American Bald Eagles we spotted yesterday.

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What a PERFECT shot of our national bird!!!!!!!!!

 

[Moozillion]

It seems to be like potatoes. You keep digging them up years after you last planted a crop! And you’re funding cute redfoots!

I know your next problem is finding a home for it though!

HAHAHA!!!! "...it seems to be like potatoes..." LOVE IT!!!!!

 

[Moozillion]

And in other news, my back is noticeably improved today. I seem to have turned a corner. Fingers crossed!

I’m back at the physio in the morning

HOORAAAAAYYYY!!!!!

 

[Bambam1989]

You are like me Bambam. I grew up with lots of animals. A family dog and aquarium. Several species of birds, guinea pigs, rabbits, chicken,
tortoises. Later horses, two pigs, now sheep, cats, dogs and chicken.
In the past I raised new born bunnies with their mother, but the mother don`t want the babies. She tried to kill them. Often bunny mothers kill their first babies and eat them ....
I had to keep the babies seperated from their mother and when they get hungry I grabbed the mother, tied her legs together and let the babies drink the milk of the mother. The babies survived !

Yes we do sound like we grew up the same[emoji1]
I had some momma bunnies that would eat the babies too. It was very upsetting to find only bits and pieces of the babies the next morning. If the doe did it a second time we would eat HER. The babies we could save were fostered onto other does. We always bred several does at the same time in case we needed a foster doe.
Two of my best does were of the same litter. I ALWAYS bred them at the same time because one doe had 12 babies every time and the other would only have 4. I would add 4 from the big litter to the small litter.

 

[Moozillion]

Lol. I would imagine that in the wild you can't afford to be tolerant.

True!

 

[Bee62]

Whahaha. I think mine would too.

That is one reason why I have no hubby....

 

[Bambam1989]

That is one reason why I have no hubby....

O but they have their uses[emoji6]

 

[Momof4]

Hi gang.
I just found THIS in my Redfoot pen.
Looks like I missed an egg or two!

He looks pretty big. Have you not been out there in a while?

He is so cute!!!

Miss you around here!!!
Chime in every once in a while!!!

 

[Momof4]

Today my husband put in a 2nd door for my redfoots heated house. My two are separated and the house is divided but I always have to put my female away in the evenings so we added the door for her. Now if I can train her to go in at night all I need to do is lock her door. I think my pet sitter will appreciate it too.

She dug another nest and laid again. I just them in the ground. I’m not sure if my male as actually fertilize them but he has snuck in her pen.

 

[JoesMum]

OH HOW COOL!!!!!! And he's no shrimp...How old do you reckon he is?

I reckon that’s one of last year’s nest. He had some hatch this time last year.

 

[JoesMum]

Today my husband put in a 2nd door for my redfoots heated house. My two are separated and the house is divided but I always have to put my female away in the evenings so we added the door for her. Now if I can train her to go in at night all I need to do is lock her door. I think my pet sitter will appreciate it too.

She dug another nest and laid again. I just them in the ground. I’m not sure if my male as actually fertilize them but he has snuck in her pen.

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Training.... hmmm. Unless Redfoots are radically different to Greeks ... I‘ll use a British phrase “fat chance!”

Your torts will use it because it’s there, or because they think it’s convenient, but the minute you need them to use it then they’ll act like it doesn’t exist [emoji849]

Well that’s what Joe would do anyway

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning I am celebrating a full night’s sleep! I stirred because I was chilly and pulled a blanket over, but went straight back to sleep!

Things are definitely improving with my back. It’s so nice not having had to get up, take pain killers and walk around to try to relieve discomfort

The weather here is diabolical, very wet and windy, and due to be like that all day. Apart from the trip to my physio I shan’t be going far!