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Lyn W

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Hello again everyone.
I've had a very successful day doing nothing and surprisingly the time has flown by - it's 9pm already. Maybe I'll do nothing more often.
Hope you're all having a good Friday.
 

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Greetings. It was really sunny & warm here yesterday, a good portion of our snow melted. I should have gone kayaking, but couldn't roust up any of my mates to go. Reasons: sore neck, another sore wrist, and the third said too cold. Regardless, I should have gone. I missed a good weather day.

Today, was supposed to be warm, but overcast. Instead, it’s sunny & very Spring-like. I see that our daffodils are starting to push up. I’ll have to go check the Snowdrops. All the moisture & sun might have them popping.


We’ve also been doing some major aquarium cleaning, cleaning the glass sides, 50% water changes, filters, vacuuming the substrate, etc. Ordered a few extra parts like aerators & a sponge filter.

Bird house(s) project all about done - all those little extra pieces of deck boards being put to good use.

Happy weekend all.
I printed the pattern for the wren house last night. I'll just have Lowe's cut it for me ?. I half think I'll do 2. One for my Wren family and one for the house finches that look every year. My zebra finches like the opening to be like that and I'll bet house finches do too.
 

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Hello again everyone.
I've had a very successful day doing nothing and surprisingly the time has flown by - it's 9pm already. Maybe I'll do nothing more often.
Hope you're all having a good Friday.
I still have to cook dinner in my dirty oven ? Whatever is there is baked to pieces though and no longer exists. I sweep it out now and then. It's called the patina.?
 

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He’s gotten very demanding and comfortable..:) As I have restored his health, his personality is really starting to shine.. he’s a sight to see when he’s feeling frisky and running full glory across the pasture..
It looked like he had a smile on his face. He's adorable.
 

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Yes my robin is being very territorial at the moment.
Also had lots of green spikes coming through for a few weeks, but nothing flowering yet.
I never have to clean my oven - just dust it occasionally.;)
I hate to think what the oven cleaner would do to the wine store ?
 

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I'm not sure if our Robins are territorial or not. I know the wrens that set up house keeping were last year. The couple was always fighting with the sparrows. You wouldn't believe what went on. I'll have to watch closer. That'll be a good reason for sitting on my bum and not cleaning the oven.?
Your robins are actually members of the thrush family and related to our blackbirds. They were called robins by the early settlers because their red chests reminded them of our birds. They’re not related species.

While the thrush family is territorial, and we have regular blackbird battles in our garden too, they are nowhere near as bad as the robins! European Robins are the Russians of the bird world when it comes to attitude! :D
 

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I printed the pattern for the wren house last night. I'll just have Lowe's cut it for me ?. I half think I'll do 2. One for my Wren family and one for the house finches that look every year. My zebra finches like the opening to be like that and I'll bet house finches do too.
What kind of wren do you have?

Our wren is very small and brown and hides away
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In Tasmania (yet to be visited in CDR Virtual Vacations) we saw Fairy Wrens like this
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Make sure you let any pesticides/fertilisers grow out before feeding.
Yes I will, thanks you. I may take a month or two to get some more leaves on it. I will be moving some other plants around the yard to get this tree in the rite spot.
 

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What kind of wren do you have?

Our wren is very small and brown and hides away
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In Tasmania (yet to be visited in CDR Virtual Vacations) we saw Fairy Wrens like this
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I'll have to look it up again. It kinda looks like a sparrow but the beak and body shape told me that it was not. I think maybe a south carolina wren. This little pair faught every bird in the neighborhood and successfully raised at least 3 chicks maybe more. I got a picture of 3 beaks sticking out of the bird house the day before they left. I've seen at least one lately so I figure they'll be back.
 

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Your robins are actually members of the thrush family and related to our blackbirds. They were called robins by the early settlers because their red chests reminded them of our birds. They’re not related species.

While the thrush family is territorial, and we have regular blackbird battles in our garden too, they are nowhere near as bad as the robins! European Robins are the Russians of the bird world when it comes to attitude! :D
I'm going to watch closely this year. I've already had a lot of fun with our Robins. One that I helped one year did a nest so low that I got to see chicks before they fledged and got a picture. I thought it was strange that they were black with some white flecks. I guess that's not so strange ?.
 

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Greetings. It was really sunny & warm here yesterday, a good portion of our snow melted. I should have gone kayaking, but couldn't roust up any of my mates to go. Reasons: sore neck, another sore wrist, and the third said too cold. Regardless, I should have gone. I missed a good weather day.

Today, was supposed to be warm, but overcast. Instead, it’s sunny & very Spring-like. I see that our daffodils are starting to push up. I’ll have to go check the Snowdrops. All the moisture & sun might have them popping.


We’ve also been doing some major aquarium cleaning, cleaning the glass sides, 50% water changes, filters, vacuuming the substrate, etc. Ordered a few extra parts like aerators & a sponge filter.

Bird house(s) project all about done - all those little extra pieces of deck boards being put to good use.

Happy weekend all.
Sounds like you have been busy.
 

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The Ice Cream Banana Tree I believe was not recommended for my growing zone #7. I thought about it, but with my short growing season I didn't expect it to produce bananas. I bought it for the leaves not the banana, but that would be nice to see some.
And here after all those years after owning an ice cream store, I thought you needed an ice cream machine & bananas to have ice cream & bananas only to learn it comes on trees. Boy, are the corporate people going to have a hissy fit when they find out about this!!
 

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CDR Virtual Vacations presents On this day 2020 (part 1): In the morning we took an overland tour to see the Australasian Gannet colonies at Cape Kidnappers. Noisy and rather smelly as you would expect, but fascinating to watch. Fantastic flyers with a clumsy landing and a poor take-off. The white path round the edge of the colony and the nesting colony was basically the runway
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