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Subject: BS: Birdwatching
From: Raptor
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 10:19 AM
I was wondering if any of my fellow mudcaters share this hobby and if so where do you like to go!
Do you keep a life list?
Just enjoy feeding?
Favrorite bird?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 10:29 AM
I'm not a twitcher but I do enjoy watching birds. A dozen wood pigeons are working over my garden as I type. I holidayed on Alderney for many years and I would watch gannets diving for food for hours. I'm lucky to live in a quite heavily wooded area so the garden gets a good variety, a friend who is a BTO ringer often uses our garden. Our strangest visitor was an African grey parrot escaped from a neighbour! We also got some escaped zebra finches one year and I often see the famous Surrey ring necked cockatoos in woods around here.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 10:30 AM
parakeets NOT cockatoos!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 10:32 AM
Hi, Rap:
I used to teach birding classes at the nature center where I worked.
That was almost as much fun as teaching little kids, not only to identify birds, but to actually "watch" them. I have my Petersen's Guide with all the birds checked off that I've seen... but haven't looked at it in years. At first, I was carried away with numbers. I've since just enoyed watching birds, we have a bird feeder in our window, and I just bought one of those sunflower bells to hang in the tree near the house, for Cardinals and larger seed-eating birds.
Favorite bird? The mockingbird, hands down. We had a pair nesting in a shrub next to our front door last year, and it was such a kick to hear them singing. After the eggs hatched, the proud parents would dive bomb me when I came out the door... give me a good whump onthe top of the head. I like them because their saucy (not to eat, but the way they carry themselves... kinda like blue jays who know more songs..
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Don
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 10:36 AM
Although I am a "guest", I will have a go.
I used to be a regular birdwatcher, frequently going out to watch and sometimes travelling reasonably long distances. Over the course of over 30 years of birding, I have accumulated a lifelist of 300 species for North America, north of Mexico. It is possible, of course, that some of those 300 identifications would not "stand up to scrutiny."
More recently my life has been such that I virtually never actually "go out birding." We tried maintaining a feeder for a while, but eventually had to give up due to the @*&!% gray squirrels. So now I only watch the birds that I see out the back window, or that I stumble across. Still consider myself a birder, though.
Favorite bird that I have actually seen: Pileated Woodpecker.
Bird that I most wish I could see (but almost certainly never will): Ivory-Billed Woodpecker.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: mooman
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 10:41 AM
Yes...but a watcher rather than a "ticker". I'm more interested in their behaviour than in getting a list. I always take my bins to foreign climes!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: TIA
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 10:51 AM
Lifelong watcher. No official lifelist, but scribbled notes in the margins of birdbooks. In my opinion, it's much more fun to watch behaviours than to compile a lifelist (although a "new" bird is always a thrill -- particularly one that doesn't belong where you are). Hands-down best place in Eastern US is Cape May Point State Park in New Jersey. I'm prejudiced since I grew up there, but ask the experts (I'm not one) and they always list it in the top ten worldwide.
Favorite bird is the puffin. Just plain cute with a mouthload of silversides (it's the wallpaper on my computer).
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Raptor
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 11:15 AM
Roger BTO?
Jerry, Which centre?
Don, I find the red squirrels More of a pain!
Mooman &Tia, It's possible to be a lister and enjoy behavior watching as well, I'm tring to push my Canadian List over 300 but my favrorite bird is the BC Chickadee and I still spend hours watching them.
Anyone else?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Bobert
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 11:17 AM
I am a birder, Raptor, and have some very unusual Bobert designed feeders. I feed black oil, of course, thistle, safflower, peanut splits, woodpecker blocks and suit. I keep a heater in the bird bath fir times like now.
Living on the Blue Ridge Mountain, we get a full variety of Mid Atlantic birds. My favorite is the "red headed woodpecker", not to be confused with the pilleateds which I also have. The red headed makes a white cross when flying away from you and they are very shy. I lile the chickodees and wood hatches because they are som tame and finches fir their scrappiness. Not to wild about male wrens because they like to fill bird houses with twigs hoping a lady will move in and make sense of the mess.
We also have attracked lots of huming birds with our gardens over the years and considering that we are in the mountians its nice to have them return in the summers.
JerrY; I'm not surprised that you're a birder. When we finally get you and Ruth down, I'll show off my unusual feeders.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Raptor
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 11:23 AM
Bobert Do you sell These feeders?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Astorsen
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 11:45 AM
I watch and feed. I like observing the behaviour of birds, specially when a ground feeder learns to get food from a feeder...
European species including big migratory birds like the cranes or the geese are always a thrill. Small northern birds (northern chaffinches) learnt to stop at our feeder for a few days in the spring.
I also have a real kick "ennoying" golden orioles or great tits (!) whistling at them. The golden oriole is normally quite timid but when you whistle their territorial call, they come and they are then very visible. I also enjoy the annual nightingale "hunt", i.e. trying to see them. Not always an easy business...
We have up to 20 different species coming to our feeders... A real treat.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Don
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 11:52 AM
My in-laws (east of Pittsburgh) tell me that the Red Squirrels will run off the Gray Squirrels at their feeder, so they may indeed be more troublesome. But here in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC, Red Squirrels don't occur.
I have heard a report that the American Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis (sp?)) has been introduced into Britain, and is driving out the native Red Squirrels there. What idiot brought American Gray Squirrels to Britain?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Micca
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 12:48 PM
Sporadic watcher, Non-Twitcher, Saw Cardinals in Canada, and was delighted. Faves are Owls, Eagles, and Great Northern Divers are almost a totem bird, travelled to Canada to see them for the first time in Algonquin Park, Ontario, then saw them off the west coast of Scotland the following spring!! and Golden Eagles!!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Joe Offer
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 01:01 PM
Over the last 20 years, I lived close to the lower American River in the Sacramento area. We had a family of four wild turkeys who would walk around the neighborhood several times a week, and I occasionally counted over twenty at a time. We also have our own variety of magpie, a yellow-billed bird with more distinctive black/white markings than you find on other magpies - very intelligent birds that were fascinating to watch, but they bullied most of the smaller birds away. Along the river, I'd see lots of egrets and herons. At one time of the year, I'd see dozens of small owls perch in trees along the river just before sunset, and then take off all at the same time when it got dark. I couldn't identify the owls, or tie down exactly what time of year they'd appear - but it was fascinating to watch.
The Central Valley of California is an ancient sea, four hundred miles long and maybe forty miles wide. There's a lot of flooding in the valley during the winter, and the water fowl love it. I suppose the most interesting are the snow geese and the sandhill cranes, but I love them all. It was a thrill to visit Cape May (New Jersey) on the day of the raptor count a couple of years ago, but it's just as much a thrill to see the sandhill cranes fly in at sunset outside Lodi, California. They don't seem to mind being "stuck in Lodi."
Now I'm at 2,300 feet, on a ridge in the Sierra Foothills, and the birds are quite different. Now I'm asbout half a mile from the North fork of the American River - here it's a mountain stream in a canyon that's 1,200 feet deep. We still see California Valley Quail here - they were killed off by feral cats in the Sacramento area. Lots of turkey vultures here, and an occasional red-tail hawk. There's a pair of bald eagles in a lake nearby, but I haven't seen them. We have bird feeders that draw hummingbirds and lots of goldfinches and other songbirds. Dozens of varieties visit here - more than I can begin to learn the names of.
In the woods on the next property over, we found a huge construction high up in a pine tree. It's about twice the size of a large doghouse, and all we can guess is that it's the nest of some raptor. It has been there for years, and seems to be made of material that is still growing. It's a mystery to us - we haven't been able to figure out who lives there.
This place is as much a birder's paradise as the Central Valley, but it's a much more beautiful setting. I think I like it here.
-Joe Offer, Colfax, California-
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 01:32 PM
Raptor: I was Director of the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in Stamford, Connecticut for 30 years. We had a nice, diversified wooded area with a small swamp and some open meadows, so there was a good variety of birds there. I used to lead people on Warbler Walks early in the morning during Spring migration. We were only nine miles from Long Island Sound, which is a good place for shore birds, so there was ample opportunity for birding in the local nighborhood. We had Pileated Woodpeckers on the property, and they were always a treat to see.
You feed your birds black oil? Like in oil spills, Bobert? This I gotta see.. :-)
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Sharon G
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 01:37 PM
Before the tide turned to music, I was a very active birder here in Tucson, Arizona. But alas, it's very hard to stay up all night playing fiddle and then get up at the break of dawn to go birding.
I used to run the rare bird alert here, and my husband founded BIRDCHAT and various other birding lists- (but has since given them over to others to be in charge...)
I always paid attention to songs/calls, and still cannot walk into any outdoor environment without assessing the birds. But I don't plan trips around birding anymore... even forgot to pack binoculars on the last road trip....
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: CarolC
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 01:56 PM
I've been a bird watcher since the early 1970s, although it's been years since I did it with any degree of dedication. I keep a life list, but it's not terribly impressive compared to more dedicated birders' lists.
I use the Golden Guide (Birds of North America), and I won't use any other guide unless there is no Golden Guide available. I don't really have a favorite, but Herons are some of my favorite to watch. And one of the most beautiful birds I've ever watched in flight is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. I used to love to watch them when I lived in eastern Oklahoma (USA).
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Bobert
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 01:59 PM
Raptor: No, I don't sell 'em. Actually, they are conventional feeders but what I built out of a 12 foot porch column is more a *feeding center" with 6 different kind of feeders rigged up with arching hangers, pulleys, rope and cleats fir getting them down to where they can be refilled. It is set in concrete and has a flower box built around the bottom of it with several screened pvc pipe going thru the concrete for drainage. Before I set up the harward I cut a hole in a trash can lid and slid it down over the column to act as a squirrel baffle and get the pole greased below the baffle. The column is capped with another trash can lid and a turned wooden ball. That is the main feeder. Then I have several single pole feeders.
If you'd like a pic of the "monster" PM me and I'll mail you one.
Today has been a busy bird day with the snow and there's a lot of continous activity. Mostly titmouses, nuthatches (which I misidentified earelier as woodhatches... excuse me...), cardinals, blue jays, downey and hairy woodpeckers, and a couple of red-bellied woodpeckers. I expect the pilliatedsany time. They are some nutty birds, fir sure.
If anyone would like to read more about the pilliated find the "reader writes" section at Tweedsblues.net and find my story "Bobert's Birds".
Jerry: Are *WE* a little bored today? Jus funnin'. Black oil?!...
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,LesB(UK)
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 02:17 PM
Yes I'm a birdwatcher, I don't go in for making lists or twitching, but if I hear of something of interest locally I nip off to have a look, if i've time.
I live at Southport, in Lancashire(UK) on the Ribble Estuary & the big thing around here are the overwintering Pink Feet Geese, & Bewicks & Whooper Swans, it's pretty good for raptors as well.
A few weeks ago I had 5 Marsh Harriers 2 Ravens overflew my garden in the space of 5 mins. In the last couple of years we have had Peregrins nesting on the local gas holder.
I tend to carry my bins in the car & have a look see if we are away from home at a Festival or Morris Dance weekend. You never know what you may see.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Ebbie
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 02:20 PM
Joe Offer, could that nest belong to ospreys? In Oregon they are more common than bald eagles and they make the same kind of nest.
In Oregon I lived next to the Willamette river at a ferry site. One year when the county replaced some utility poles, they tore down the old nest then put in a pole farther from the ferry cables at the river's edge and replaced the old branches on top of the new pole. The ospreys returned.
TIA, those round little puffins are up here too. I never saw any before I came to Alaska.
The American robin (actually a thrush) is a different kind of critter here from the robin they have in Oregon. The robin here nests in the forests and visits urban areas rarely and not in large groups. I've never seen more than three at a time on our lawns. In Oregon it's a sociable bird, busy and intent on hunting the elusive worm. Here it's a cautious, not to say paranoid, bird, looking continually over its shoulder for predators. Maybe it has good reason- we have a lot of eagles, peregrine falcons and ravens.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: TIA
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 03:06 PM
RE bird books...Have you seen the new (last year or two) books by Sibley? More than one view per bird, and includes the plumage of young plus seasonal variations. Kinda big to carry outdoors, but hugely useful for telling apart "little brown (or grey) jobbies".
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Raptor
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 03:12 PM
Sibbley's books are great and I collect Field Guides but my favrite book is National Geographic!
anyone else?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 03:24 PM
"I feed black oil, of course." from your first post, Bobert ole Buddy... was that a Hullism? I didn't see a 9 in it, so I took it literally... maybe castor oil to help establish regularity? :-)
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,EBarnacle
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 03:46 PM
I always carry Peterson's East of the Rockies with me because I never know what I'll see. Once out in my boat, I saw and was the first to report a Hudsonian Godwit that was taking a break on his/her way South. Generally, I don't bother with binocs, just slowly walk up to my bird with the book open if I don't know it by sight.
My son gets mentioned in P's when we see something he hasn't seen before. One morning, many years ago, a woodcock landed at my feet. He was tired and I ended up scaring a cat away from him as he rested.
Kingfishers and night herons live on the creek where we keep our boats. Once, when delivering a boat to Cape May, we had the privilege of seeing squadrons of Black Skimmers and Pelicans dining on freshly fertilized horseshoe crab roe. Life is good.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Bobert
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 04:41 PM
Jerry: Well, Iz real glad that yer havin' a good time with the "black oil, of course". Wouldn't want you to get too bored up there in Corn-etercut. But fir those folks who may have tuned in and are not birders I reckon a tad a clarification is needed, least someone is gonna poison some danged birds with their used motor oil.
"Black Oil" in the world of birders is sunflower seed.
There, my friend, ya' drug it out of me. You're good, no question about it...
Black Oil Bobert
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: MartinRyan
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 04:57 PM
Been a birder for many years. I do some desultory survey work around the Irish midlands - but basically I have a few beautiful local wetlands that I like to wander around in winter!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Lyle
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 05:08 PM
VERY amateur birder, but love to find them. I'm now doing more listening than watching, as I find it fascinating to identify by call.
My favorite to watch are the crows, and I have notebooks filled with antics I've observed. I've found them to be extraordinary birds in so many ways, although it is very difficult for me to NOT anthropomorphize about them!
I don't keep a life list, but have a pretty good idea of the ones I've seen, and it is not impressive by birder standards. Still very enjoyable, though.
I do go a fair distance to find unusual or interesting birds during migration for something like whooping cranes.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: harpgirl
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 05:49 PM
I keep trying to post to this thread and my computer link has gone down about ten times today! Very annoying....anywho....
I saw a Tundra Swan last year. Looking for another! Birding in Tallahassee is spectacular even driving to work. I regularly see flocks of storks, herons, canadian geese and when I go over to Lake Munson in town on the south side, the cormorants are roosting at night. It gets all the seasonal migrators of Florida along with many kinds of frogs with all kinds of sounds! It's magical!
I'm a casual watcher but with great joy! My yard always has
jays, cardinals, morning doves, woodpeckers (even red cockaded, and chicadees. I go to the Y pool to watch the redwinged blackbirds that live around it. I love birds!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: TNDARLN
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 05:55 PM
I've been enjoying the birds for years- one of my adulthood learning passions. Don't much care for lists, but I do love to watch the commotion around my feeders.
Favorite? No more beautiful creature/song on the planet than the eastern bluebird. And these hills are full of 'em!
Guest Don- I think that idiot who shared the gray squirrels with our Brit friends is related to the one that brought starlings over here!
Someone mentioned crows...back in the cb radio days, my Dad's "handle" was Crow Hunter. Anyone having trouble with crows in the cornfield would call him over. Daddy'd do a hoot owl call, and get the crows all stirred up. Or he'd do a crow call- their curiosity always got the best of 'em. Daddy was really into crow-psychology!
BTW- anyone here familiar with the houses/feeders designed/built by the "Bluebird Man" of Ringgold, GA? Though Mr. Sawyer died several years ago, his family has continued making these. Mr. S made/designed his "woodpecker lathe" to cut, ream out the log sections he used. Quite an operation....and supposedly sold by word of mouth all over the country.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Ebbie
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 06:07 PM
Ya gotta wonder about crows, though. One day I watched through the window as a crow flew down to the loose gravel at the side of the street, deposited a saltine cracker, covered it with gravel then lifted himself self-satisfiedly away. Probably gone back to get another. Keep in mind that this area gets about 100 inches of rain a year.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 05 Dec 02 - 10:44 PM
Someone said, "it's very hard to stay up all night playing fiddle and then get up at the break of dawn to go birding." It's a myth that you have to get up at dawn to see birds. We usually go in late afternoon, and we see lots of birds.
My husband and I love bird-watching. We aren't twitchers. We just note in our guide where we saw a bird. We have bird-watched everywhere we've gone, from Arizona to Germany and points between.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 03:53 AM
BTO =British Trust for Ornithology
I spent my early years in industrial Birmingham listening to the starlings coughing!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: mkebenn
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 08:28 AM
Love to watch the activity at my feeder,hate grey squirrels, live with two 'keets and am adopting a rainbow conure(sp?) at son's child's birth. Saw a scarlet tananger this summer and was thrilled(western New York). My favorites, though, are common loons. Mike
P.S. Where I buy seed, sunflower and oil seeds are sold seperatly, and my pair of resident cardinals seem to like the oil seed better. M
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Grab
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 08:55 AM
Only casually. My folks are very keen, so I inevitably ended up picking up a bit during birding trips as a kid. We've only got a small garden, so we don't get anything more than the regulars - blue tits, great tits, chaffinches, etc. Occasionally we get goldfinches or a wren. There's more out in the Fens though, so you usually get to see some interesting birds when you go out for a walk.
Favourite: well, there's a story...
I used to live on the Ribble at Lytham St. Annes (the other side of the estuary from LesB). All our family sails, so we tended to spend the weekends down at the river. Anyway, one weekend we noticed that there was a flamingo in amongst the redshank and greenshank - formerly a pink flamingo, but now a very dirty brown (the Ribble is a very muddy, silty river, and there's thick brown mud all over the estuary)! It had obviously escaped from the local zoo/wildlife park (there's a couple of flocks of them around locally).
Anyway, it was still there the next weekend, when some twitcher turned up and parked a tripod and scope on the jetty, with his back to the flamingo (which was about 100 yards away). One by one, all us sailors towed their dinghies down to the river, and as we passed, we all said "You know there's a flamingo behind you?", "There's a flamingo over there" and so on. And the bloke obviously thought we were all taking the piss, so he just stood there and said nothing to us, looking through the scope in completely the wrong direction while this pink flamingo was strutting around dead behind him!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Raptor
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 09:04 AM
I have found (believe it or not) the way to defeat squirrels.
We put our feederd on 8 foot poles and at 5 feet we have attached stovepipe by drilling a hole through the pole and using tiewire!
Not a new idea but it works!
Up here in Ontario Canada we have squirrels that moonlight as rocket scientists. They have figured out that if they stick thier leg into the seed hopper of the feeder before they step on the weighted perch they can keep the squirrelproof feeder open to raid!
Not that I have anything against squirrels but I spend $40 a month on Blackoil sunflower seed, Niger seed, And peanuts!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: ballpienhammer
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 09:40 AM
I have been a birder for about 30 yrs. Got my interest at Sapsucker Woods Cornell U. Bird Lab. In my present locale we see lots of chickadees, jays, titmice, juncos, cardinals and sparrows this time of year. With our snow yesterday, the feeders are well populated this AM.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: TIA
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 10:41 AM
I gave up on trying to fight the &%#$#ing squirrels several years ago. I realized that I have to go off to my regular job, while their regular job is outwitting me. It's not that they're smarter than me, they just have more time to devote...honestly.
Crows on the other hand could be smarter than me. They have been shown unequivocally to not just use tools, but make them (from sticks, bits of wire, etc.) That puts them right up there with us and chimps.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Raptor
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 03:14 PM
I think Crows And Ravens are brilliant!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: bazza
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 04:53 PM
I have always been interested in birds ,both types started like Bill Oddie collecting eggs as a lad .I did manage to see a Golden Eagle in the Lakes last year.Ilive in Surrey and we are plagued with Ring Necked Parakeets,I agree with TIA about the crows I once watched one spear a toad with his bill but could not rip it apart to eat so he put it into a pile of grass cuttings to heat up and rot ,very clever.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: raredance
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 08:22 PM
Been looking at birds since I was a kid. Have been an officer in the loca Audubon Society Chapter and been on quite a few Christmas bird counts.
Some favorite moments and sights:
At the cottage in western Ontario - the sounds of competing loons on a quiet night - a flock of white pelicans wheeling and soaring in a bright blue sky - a pair of bald eagles rolling and going talon to talon - observing what seemed to be unending ines of double crested cormorants come over the treeetops and land in a bay where I was fishing, it was particularly erie because cormorants are essentially mute
elsewhere - watching a northern shrike chase a brown creeper around and around a tree trunk. The creeper was still ahead when I left the scene - seeing an american bittern pump out its very odd song - the puffins of Nova Scotia - the wave of migrant warblers every May .
Sure would love to see a great gray owl.
rich r
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,daylia
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 09:22 PM
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,daylia
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 11:06 PM
Some of the best moments of my life were spent with the Bald Eagles out on Vancouver Island ...
And with the family of Ravens in Aguasabon Canyon north of Lake Superior.
I've had traumatic experiences involving the Canadian Wildlife Ecology Service, university students and Surf Scoter ducks ...
I was lucky enough to spot a scarlet tanager right here in Midhurst a couple years ago.
Sometimes I meet up with flocks of wild turkeys on the hiking trails here, and I always enjoy the chickadees and bluejays and woodpeckers and cardinals.
Oh yes, and I've heard talk of a particularly wild species of Raptor in the area lately, so look out all you Hummingbirds!
- daylia
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 06 Dec 02 - 11:54 PM
The birds here (just east of the Rockies) go through seed almost by the ton. I buy black oil and the big striped mixed, as the birds and squirrels have preferences. Peanuts also go quickly. I let my neighbors feed the English sparrows (they like the small seeds) and feed the chickadees and others that prefer sunflower seeds.
My daughter is closer to the mountains, in the foothills of the Rockies. She gets a big variety- bluebirds, hummingbirds, sapsuckers and woodpeckers and damn near all the birds that go through this province. Not a real birder, but like to watch them. I like the intelligence of the much maligned magpie and bluejays.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Yvonne
Date: 07 Dec 02 - 08:17 AM
Norfolk--around Cley has to be my favorite birding paradise!No people --lots of birds--heaven!
A Red Backed Shrike is the rarest bird I have ever seen. Birding combined with walking is the best stress buster ever!
Just wish I had the time to go more often--sigh.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Raptor
Date: 09 Dec 02 - 09:27 AM
Don't forget to clean your feeders with bleach regulairly to help stop samonellaosis and other avian dieseases.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 09 Dec 02 - 12:28 PM
I believe that this is going to be a cold winter. If so, I might just put out a feeder for the first time. Fortunately, here in the tall concrete, rats and squirrels [tree rats] are not as much of an issue as they are for my rural friends.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: lamarca
Date: 09 Dec 02 - 01:41 PM
I'm a lifelong birder - my dad was a Biology professor, and used to take me out on nature walks to find birds and bugs and frogs and such starting when I was 4 or 5 years old! I keep notes in my National Geo bird guide about when and where I've seen certain birds - leafing through the guide brings back memories of the places and good times I've had when I saw that particular bird. I've got the new Sibley, but it's too heavy to carry out in the field - I leave it in the car and check it later.
I've been taking bird ID classes through the Audubon Naturalist Society (a DC area environmental organization that Rachel Carson belonged to), and have lately enjoyed trying to learn how to tell shorebirds apart - all the little brown "peeps" and the big,spectacular avocets, phalaropes and stilts. I've also gotten involved with the local butterfly watcher's club - watching butterflies has the advantage that they don't get active until the sun is well up and it's warm (I'm NOT a morning person - the dawn chorus is a hypothetical event for me...)
I feed our backyard birds from our deck - I have a "caged" hanging feeder for the small birds that keeps off the squirrels, and a platform feeder on the deck specifically for the squirrels - I call them my "four-footed furry birds". I feed mostly black oil, with some peanuts and safflower mixed in, and millet and corn mixed in for the platform. I also have an upside-down suet feeder, and we have two pairs of downy woodpeckers that are regulars. My new cats enjoy watching them from the sun-porch - Raffi stares at the squirrels for hours, quivering (the cats aren't allowed outside to indulge their avian appetites...).
My favorite birds are wrens and the downies - tiny packages of chutzpah and noise, that provide entertaining feeder antics and eat nasty insect pests.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Bobert
Date: 09 Dec 02 - 02:31 PM
lamarca: You obviously don't have bird houses or you might not like the wrens as much. As cute as they are the males can be a pain in the butt with the bird houses. They think the way to attrack a female is to find a nice bird house, fill the entire thing with twigs and with no semblace of being a nest and expect the gals to line up at the door! (Hey, some men are like that, too, I guess...) Sure do make a big mess, that's fir sure.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: TIA
Date: 10 Dec 02 - 09:31 AM
Nothing I know of is louder than a wren. They might have the greatest decibels-to-weight ratio of anything on the planet. Come to think of it, I believe I've read of another tiny bird (Australia maybe?) that is incredibly loud. Anyway, Bobert's right -- had a wren build a nest in my clog on the back porch one afternoon.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Raptor
Date: 10 Dec 02 - 09:41 AM
Actualy the frog Spring peeper is the loudest Decibles to weight I believe! If a peeper was my size 6'3" and 230lbs you could hear him in New York city and I'm 2 hours north of Toronto!
The Wrens clog all of the bird houses its not useing with sticks to detur other males from nesting in its range but clogs only houses that suit the wrens, not other bird boxes such as the bluebird house.
Thats pretty smart!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: lamarca
Date: 10 Dec 02 - 05:52 PM
Actually, Bobert, I do have three birdhouses - all wren houses! I love watching the little guy building his "love nests" and yelling his little head off advertising them. In a good year, he'll have a brood in each one (I'm assuming it's the same male, although one house is in front and two are in back).
One year, I had wrens in one house and chickadees in the other. When I went to clean the houses out in the fall, what a difference! The wren nest was all twigs, with a few feathers in the depression, while the chickadee nest was woven from smaller twigs and lined with bits of moss and soft, white fur. Turns out they'd taken bits of Siamese cat fur that I would leave out on the deck after cleaning my cat's brush and lined their nest with it!
I love the marsh wrens at Bombay Hook NWR, popping in and out of the reeds to sing. They're loud, too. And the Carolina wrens come to my suet in the winter, and "sing lustily and with good courage." Not that I'd want to do the little buggers in, but I also like wrenning songs like "The Cutty Wren" (especially Les Barker's wicked parody) and "Please to See the King".
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Peter from Essex
Date: 10 Dec 02 - 06:10 PM
I always take some time at Whitby to watch the fulmers, one nested on hte cliff outside the Spa last year. One of these days I must take some extra time off and go up to the Farne Islands again after the festival.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Dec 02 - 08:56 PM
I love this. Here we have folks in the US talkin' about their birds, then ya' got the UK'ers talking about their birds.
Reminds me of this past summer when Greg Stevens came to visit with his lovely lady Kate and fir the first two days just couldn't get over the Amercian birds. Especially the cardinals, which they don't even have anything close to in the UK...
But what the hey, they'll all birds and birds are cool! (Except the wrens, of course... Ahh, jus' funnin"...)
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Van Lingle
Date: 10 Dec 02 - 10:43 PM
I watch mostly when the fish aren't biting down in the Everglades and along the SW coast of Florida through the Ten Thousand Islands. We've got skimmers, several types of heron, eagles, hawks, pelicans, ibises, anhingas, wood storks, ospreys, egrets and my favorite, the double crested cormorant, along with quite a few others.vl
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 11 Dec 02 - 11:33 AM
Although I am a fan of the double crested cormorant, a k a mudlark, many fishermen hate him, as they believe he is competing with them for fish. There are those who go around shooting them down. There have been news reports about this in the Great Lakes.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: madwaff
Date: 11 Dec 02 - 11:43 AM
Lifelong birder - gave up twitching about 10 years ago (now it's more a nervous 'tic'!) - now I tend to be more into watching birds' behaviour, keeping the feeders full, and getting up at unearthly hours to count the waders and wildfowl every month on my local reserve. Trying to keep track of 38,000 geese tends to concentrate the mind wonderfully in an icy north wind straight from the Pole off the North Sea! North-east Scotland - there's nowhere quite like it!Guess I have a life list somewhere, gave up keeping count when I hit 300. Favorite bird? Love Ravens, rather fond of sparrows! (they're decreasing in number dramatically, like starlings!)
Oddest garden bird - cormorant!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Don
Date: 11 Dec 02 - 12:30 PM
There is a term, that has shown up in quite a few of the responses to this thread, that I have never heard before. I can probably make an educated guess from context, but I would really like to have someone give me a explicit definition:
What is a "twitcher"? What is "twitching"?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Ebbie
Date: 11 Dec 02 - 01:13 PM
I wondered too, Guest/Don. In horse talk, a 'twitch' is a come-along, a cord tied around the muzzle- a fairly inhumane method of persuasion, but justified, I suppose, in times of emergency. That meaning seems the wrong one in this context!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: TIA
Date: 11 Dec 02 - 01:27 PM
A twitcher is someone who actively (and usually obsessively) seeks out new birds to put on their lifelist. I have a relative who got a phone call and drove 300 miles (well above the speed limit) in an attempt to "grip" a hawk owl. He got there and it was gone. This is called "dipping out". Do we all need to get a life, or does this count?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 11 Dec 02 - 02:22 PM
Of course it counts, unless you are that relative or his ilk.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: TIA
Date: 11 Dec 02 - 10:01 PM
Honestly, it's not me... "Doc, I have this friend who has a problem..."
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,COCO
Date: 12 Dec 02 - 09:14 AM
Iwouldn't call myself a birdwatcher, but I'm fortunate enough to get out and about giving me a chance to see lots of birds. No I do not keep a list.Numbers? Well I only notice if there's a small amount or a lot off them. Feeding? Yes,I enjoy feeding them,as it also gives me the opportunity to see their behaviour during this fun time. Favourite bird? Well I have so many,I guess....Small bird must be {WILLIE WAGTAILS} there cute fluttery and their tails are fasinating. Another favorite of mines is the {KOOKABURRA} Which is about 18 ins long,weighs around 11pounds-5kg,has a square head,a large beak,brownish in colour and has a call like a loud laughter.... sound like anyone you know? The times and places I've seen the Kookaburra is in Australia WA: mainly at JOHN FORREST NATIONAL PARK or WOODLAND and BUSHLAND areas. I'm telling you this because the Kookaburra is the worlds biggest {KINGFISHER} not that I've seen any fish in the forrests,I'd be worried if I did. Anyway uf your visiting or staying in PERTH WA you mustn't miss the chance of seeing all the bush birds at THE BOTANIC GARDENS AT KINGS PARK... Walking distance from the city or a short drive. There are a lot of beautiful and fasinating birds everywhere in the world if only more people took a few minuites from their normal daily life and just look and listen. Enjoy one of the many natures of the world.....
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,COCO
Date: 12 Dec 02 - 12:03 PM
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Dec 02 - 01:41 PM
"has a square head,a large beak,brownish in colour and has a call like a loud laughter.... sound like anyone you know? " Gracious, Guest Coco, have you been peeking in my window?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: coco
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 04:10 AM
I also like looking a burds, I like the ones with big breasts like Pelicans and robins and other big breasted burds.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: coco
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 04:14 AM
the last one was from Kinky donkey and not me
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: coco
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 04:16 AM
That Kinky Donkey, is a bit much of a sexist aren't they?
I think that people who send these messages are a bit silly
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 01:20 PM
coco, you talk about big breasts and then cite someone else for being sexist? Huh?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: TIA
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 02:08 PM
This thread has officially degenerated...so I'll jump right in.
Have you ever been to Florida to watch the Roseate Hipshakers?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 03:18 PM
We're in a small town that has designated itself as a bird sanctuary, and since my property abuts the creek there are lots of birds. We have tall trees, brush, open lawn, which provide a surprising number of birds something they need for a visit. Haven't started feeding them, they seem content with all of the berries in the bushes and whatever they're finding to peck at in the lawn.
My Dad lived on the beach at Puget Sound, and like everyone on the waterfront, the were the ubiquitous telescope and pair of binoculars in the front window. We would find ourselves, during casual conversations, to have drifted to the window and stand gazing out over the waterfront as we talked. The conversation would be peppered with "there's a cormorant" or "the sea lions are on the beach," and "where'd that duck/grebe go?" after one dove and didn't seem to return to the surface again.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,Coco
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 07:39 PM
it wasn't me but a friend of mine who was using my computer.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,COCO
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 05:10 AM
The fist two answers were from me, the big breasted one and the others are from a friend who had acsess to my computer,also I didn't realise you had to log off. Hope it didn't offended anyone.......
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,van lingle
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 07:09 AM
Hey Barnacle, I can see where fisherman might not be fans of cormorants because they are such industrious fishers. That's precisely the reason I admire them so much, they never come round looking for a handout but work hard for their fish with their submarine tatics. As far as I know they've never interfered with my catch. Regards,vl
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: greg stephens
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 07:23 AM
I'm not a serious birdwatcher, but I must say the best fun I've had for years was sitting at the back of Bobert's house in the W Virginia woods, drinking beer and looking at American birds for the first time in my life. I spent a lot of time there and it just got better and better. And I am at the moment copying Bobert's ideas for squirrel-proof bird-feeders, as I seriously resent going to the effort and expense of putting out food for our wonderful Stoke birds (even of there arent any cardinals or pileated woodpeckers) and watching it all get eaten by tree-rats.
Boating is the best thing for birwatching, whether pottering round Scottish islands warching gannets fishing, or chugging along the Trent and Mersey canal in the middle of Stoke looking out for kinfishers,.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 10:13 AM
I'm not really a birdwatcher but I noticed that there was very little about Australian birds, so I thought I'd mention some of my favourites here around Sydney. Apart from the kookaburras, there are many that come around that I love. The rainbow lorrikeets are gorgeous - every colour of the rainbow, there are sulphur-crested cockatoos(yellow and white), Galahs(pink and grey), as well as some very noisy customers - currawongs, magpies(both black and white and quite large) Indian mynahs and crows. In fact, I think we must have some of the noisiest birds in the world(not sure how they compare in noise/weight ratio though). Many years ago when my husband(at the time) and I were building a house, we lived in magpie territory (they are very territorial, especially in mating season) and the fights with the neighbouring kookaburras were fearful to behold. When they had a baby, the magpies brought it around for us to check out, it seemed. They totally accepted us and were always hanging around the building site. When the babies got quite big, they actually looked bigger than the parents because their feathers were not so smooth and they were more grey-looking where the parents were black, and they were the noisiest of all, going "yark yark" all the time while the parents tried to push them away and give them the hint to grow up. They were very slow to take the hint, too. We referred to them as yark yark birds. One of the parents we actually named. We called him George (not my idea). A couple of years later when I had my son, Mike wanted to call HIM George, and of course he got his way, which might give you some idea why we are not married any more. Now George (my son, not the bird) likes to tell people that he was named after a bird.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,van lingle
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 01:31 PM
Charming story, JennyO. I saw my first rainbow lorrikeet (in a cage, in an apartment) the other day here in Florida. Up until then I didn't know they existed and yeah, they are gorgeous.vl
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: BusbitterfraeScotland
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 08:24 PM
Where I come from I can see from my window pigeons (wood and the other type) segulls, starlings, sometimes Robins, diffferent speices of tit and sometimes I can hear a cockoo as well.
The reason for this is because I live close to the country.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,HENRY
Date: 15 Dec 02 - 08:46 AM
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 15 Dec 02 - 09:26 AM
Coco, I was kidding.
VL, the point I was making about the cormorants is that we (so called humans) seem to attack any organism that attempts to compete with us, no matter how trivial the competition is. It would be a very good thing if homo sap would demonstrate his sapience and learn to coexist.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,vl
Date: 17 Dec 02 - 02:28 AM
Hear, hear!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: Raptor
Date: 19 Dec 02 - 02:39 PM
Is anyone participating in a Christmass Bird Count this year and where is it?
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: EBarnacle1
Date: 20 Dec 02 - 12:27 AM
I was planning to get involved but my schedule got in the way. The easiest way to get involved is to use your search engine to bring up the Audubon society and go from there.
Dress warmly and enjoy!
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: ballpienhammer
Date: 20 Dec 02 - 09:49 PM
You may enter "Christmas Bird Count" and get a flock of site choices.
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching
From: GUEST,madwaff probably as guest
Date: 20 Dec 02 - 10:56 PM
there's also the RSPB 'Big Garden Birdwatch' on 25/26 Jan weekend. Record the max number of each species you see in an hours' worth, try the RSPB website to submit results!
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Kavango West
Kavango West
The Kavango West Region (dark grey) in Namibia
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|Sirkka Ausiku[1] (SWAPO)
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Kavango West is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Nkurenkuru. The Region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West.
In the north, Kavango West borders the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola. Domestically, it borders the following regions:
- Kavango East – east
- Otjozondjupa – south
- Oshikoto – west
- Ohangwena – northwest
Because of its rather higher rainfall than most other parts of Namibia, this region has agricultural potential for the cultivation of a variety of crops, as well as for organised forestry and agro-forestry, which stimulates furniture making and related industries.
The region is subdivided into eight electoral constituencies:[2][3]
The Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, responsible for recommending on the country's administrative divisions suggested in August 2013 to split the Kavango Region into two. The president Hifikepunye Pohamba enacted the recommendations. As a result, the new Regions of Kavango East and Kavango West have been created.[3]
The first Governor of Kavango West was Samuel Mbambo, former Governor of Kavango Region and sitting Governor of Kavango East.[2] On 27 April 2014 Sirkka Ausiku, formerly Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, was appointed.[4] He kept his position in 2015 in president Hage Geingob's new government.[1]
In the 2015 regional elections Swapo won in all eight constituencies.[5]
The region is characterised by an extremely uneven population distribution. The interior is very sparsely inhabited, while the northernmost strip, especially along the Kavango River, has a high population concentration.
- ^ a b "President announces governors". The Namibian. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ a b Haufiku, Mathias (22 August 2013). "Kavango awaits second governor". New Era. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ a b Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ "New broom in new region". The Namibian. 28 (76). NAMPA. 28 April 2014. p. 2.
- ^ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. pp. 7–8. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
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'Smallville' ponders Kristin Kreuk's possible return for final season
By Jethro Nededog
July 25, 2010 5:18 PM ET
After the "Smallville" panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Sunday (July 25), Zap2it spoke to the cast and the executive producers.
In the final season, Clark (Tom Welling) will be making his final stride to earning the "Superman" title. Along the way, he'll deal with some demons, though.
"Not only are we exploring some physical and actual ghosts from the past," says executive producer, Brian Peterson. "But there are some metaphorical ghosts we are exploring as far as his inner turmoil."
One ghost from Clark's past seemed to keep popping up in our conversations with the producers and the stars. Will Kristin Kreuk, who played Clark's original star-crossed love interest, return?
"We'd love to have Kristin back, but like a lot of actors, she's very busy," says Peterson. "And, so we have some thoughts. We have the door open. Right now, that hasn't happened to work out. We want her back. We love her."
Kreuk left the show in 2008 as her character's tumultuous relationship with Clark ended with her being, well, walking kryptonite. Since then, she has appeared on "Chuck." Her agent has denied recent rumors that she'll return, though.
When we spoke to "Smallville's" star, Tom Welling, he told us he had a scene in mind in case Kreuk did sign on.
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When you simply bet more on the same game, it doesn't change the RNG's number set.
It will continue to generate numbers in the same proportions regardless of whether you cover 20 lines at one coin per line, or at five coins per line.
Not a week goes by without my email box including a variation on this theme: Do slot machines change results when you bet more?
Let's let Howard, a Chicago area player, and Joe, who signed himself "A. Player," ask it their own ways, in emails that arrived about a week apart this April.
Howard first: "We just got back from taking my in-laws to Las Vegas and had a great time.
My father-in law and I get along great, but when it comes to gambling he has some weird ideas about how slots work.
His latest belief is that on a machine that offers say 5 betting amounts (i.e., 20, 40, 60, 80, 120), it will pay off more often when you bet more (i.e., 60 vs 20).
I tell him that the machine does not alter the payoff frequencies due to the amount you bet, only that you will win more money if you bet more and have a winning combination. He thinks the big wins come more often if you bet less.
He is in total defiance of this theory and says that the machine knows if you play more and that you will hit more often. "If a slot player plays one unit instead of the three maximum units, and wins (say $100), would the winning combination still have necessarily occurred if the three maximum units had been played (say $300 win)?
Could you please let us know who is right, maybe he would bet and lose less in the future? Howard's father-in-law believes that betting more brings a higher payback percentage. It seems that the relatively higher dollar winning combinations usually occur more frequently when only one or two units are played rather than when the maximum three units are played. The random number generator that determines what you see on the video screen or on the reels doesn't know how much you're wagering.
In other words, the $100 win for the one unit play may not have happened at all if the maximum three units had been played at that particular time. I realize that conventional wisdom dictates 'always play the maximum units,' but aren't there many specific instances where maximum play can work against you? It just generates random numbers corresponding to reel symbols.
If you happen to be betting more when those random numbers lead to a big winning combination, so much the better. Howard's father-in-law was playing video slots, with the option of betting multiple coins per payline.


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Eliminate distractions. I don't expect you to stop being obsessed with the things that fascinate you, but admit that right now they're keeping you from getting to the other stuff you ought to be doing. Instead of trying to deny your own impulses, however, which will just consume more time and energy than you have to spare, may I suggest indulging them? Simply do so as efficiently as you can, and get them out of the way for now. Once you've gotten your "fix," you should find concentrating on the task at hand much, much easier.
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While juvenile pranks are obnoxious, they have a playfulness that you've lost touch with as you've gotten older. Maybe you think you've outgrown mooning someone out the car window, and no longer think it's as hilarious as you did when you were 13. However, you might be surprised if you gave it a try. This week try to recapture some of the silly, carefree spirit you had in abundance during your youth. There's still joy to be had there, and playing around some will only enhance everything else you do. Get to it. Drop your drawers and let your ass-cheeks feel the breeze.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
There's a difference between a stiff upper lip and a full-on mask. Toughing it out through hard times is great, but pretending everything's perfectly fine (when it isn't) does you a grave disservice. It's also unfair to all the people you've been there for, who'd love a chance to return the favor. I like your stoic ability to soldier on in the face of adversity – it's a refreshing change from the people who whine about any little setback. However, sometimes you need someone to lean on. Remember, your friends like being needed. Let them; it's a win-win.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
No one's perfect. Even those apparently "perfect" couples have to put up with a lot of shit from each other. The price of admission to most relationships is getting over something you sorely wish weren't part of the equation, but just is. People who wait for the relationship math to work out perfectly mostly end up alone for a long time. Is that what you're doing? If so, I'd re-check your calculations. Given that your beefs are mostly petty, you're still well ahead of the game. I'd hesitate before throwing that away, if I were you.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
There's your dream job and then there's what you actually do. How far apart are they? How have you contributed to that distance? Did you make your dream job virtually unattainable (rock star or president)? Or have you simply not been industrious enough in its pursuit? Whatever the cause, find ways this week to move your dream job and your real job a little closer together, either by revising your ideas about what exactly that dream job might be, or just putting your nose to the grindstone and doing the work it would take to get there.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Shit happened, but things aren't tainted "forever." Don't be melodramatic. Your emotional response to recent crappy events is understandable, but it's strong simply because they're so recent; in retrospect it'll probably feel like an overreaction. Don't freak out and further complicate or poison the situation. Take a break from it. Make up a great excuse and disappear for a week or two. When you return, you'll be able to approach this in a way that will still make sense 10 years from now when you look back on this time. This bridge doesn't need to be burned, so put away the matches and don't come back until your pyromaniacal urges have faded.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Even if you secretly hate them, surprises are good for you. Bulls have a tendency to surround themselves with people who generally agree with them and follow their lead. That might be a pleasant scenario on the surface, but it's also one that makes it dangerously easy to fall into a rut, and stay there for ages. Pull in some people who chronically surprise you. Having your life periodically shaken up by the unexpected from your unpredictable friends will keep you from going down that sad road. If you don't have people in your life whose actions constantly entertain and astonish you, go find a few.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Sometimes taking the initiative is the thing to do; sitting on your hands and waiting for a job to come to you, for instance, isn't likely to work out very well. However, there are other things you should never force; if you tried, you'd regret it. They're only meaningful if they happen on their own. Don't force someone else's hand just to get the result you crave. Played that way, it won't feel good when you get it. Just get out of the way and wait and see what happens. That means you may be disappointed, but that's still better than pressuring someone into saying or doing something that simply doesn't come naturally.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Whenever a relationship goes through a transition, it's fraught with emotional pitfalls and weirdness. Whether it's friends becoming lovers (or the other way around), it's sometimes helpful to change other things up as well. A total blackout period can help kick off a fresh start, for example. Sometimes a complete change of venue is the way to go ("What happens in Vegas…"). Anyway, if you're looking to change any of your relationships, switch up some of the externals to make it easier for both of you to break out of the boxes you're in. This week, incidentally, is a great time for that.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Keep up the good work. You've set up some wonderful precedents and new habits for yourself over the past couple months. Don't let your intrinsic laziness kick in and sabotage all that now. You know what the good stuff is. Maintain that momentum, and if you really need some down-time, carve it out of the rest of your life; don't feel like your new great habits are what's keeping you from all the lounging and taking it easy you also like to do. Actually, if you work things right, you should be able to get more done that you really want to do, and be lazier than ever before. This week, think up ways to do exactly that.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
You don't let much get in the way of things you feel you need to get done. That, my dear, is exactly the problem. You're undaunted by illness, circumstance, or legitimate complications that would cause virtually anyone else to turn away and give up. We all admire your steely determination, of course, but you may want to revise your standards. Sometimes something just isn't meant to work out. Occasionally even you need to take a sorely-deserved break. This week work on learning to listen to these not-so-subtle clues when they appear, and heeding at least some of them.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Avoid double-standards like the plague. Because of your intuitive ability to identify with almost anyone and see many different sides to a situation, you're too inclined to make exceptions to a rule just because your compassionate heart goes out to someone. Unfortunately, the rules exist for a reason (you made some of them yourself, so you know that), and bending or breaking them willy-nilly will just get you into trouble all across the board – sometimes even with the people you're breaking them for. This week, by the book is the way to go, no matter how much your heart bleeds.
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How to Stop an Area Rug From Slipping on the Carpet
Area rugs add color and interest to a room, and cover up stained, worn or torn carpet. A rug that doesn't stay in place changes from an asset to a liability, however. A slipping or bunching area rug not only looks unsightly, it's also dangerous. An unexpected slide underfoot could send you tumbling to the floor, resulting in injury. Placing a nonslip pad under your area rug will help keep it in place and minimize the stretching that occurs when an area rug is on top of carpet.
Measure the length and width of your area rug.
Purchase a roll of double-sided carpet tape and a roll of nonslip rubber shelf liner. You will need enough shelf liner to cover the bottom of your area rug to within two inches of each edge.
Turn your rug upside-down. Cut strips of double-sided tape to extend across the width of the rug, leaving a two-inch border on each side. Space the strips 12 inches apart.
Cut the shelf liner to fit over the double-sided tape. You might need multiple pieces. Press the shelf liner down onto the tape, leaving no sticky areas exposed.
Flip your rug back over, and position it as desired. The nonslip backing will hold it in place.
Tape measure
Double-sided carpet tape
Nonslip rubber shelf liner
Things You Will Need
Over time, nonslip liners gather dust and lose their stickiness, so periodically replace the liner.
Things Needed
- Tape measure
- Double-sided carpet tape
- Nonslip rubber shelf liner
- Scissors
- Over time, nonslip liners gather dust and lose their stickiness, so periodically replace the liner.


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Government of British Columbia:
- BC Government
- Legislative Assembly of BC
- BC Supreme Court
- BC Department of the Solicitor General
- BC Statutes and Regulations
Government of Canada:
- Government of Canada
- Federal Court of Canada
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Parliament of Canada
- Canadian Statutes and Regulations
- Government of Canada Publications
- Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada
Immigration and Human Rights:
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- Department of Finance Canada
- Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Public Service Commission of Canada
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Vancouver Police Department
Law Societies:
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- Canadian Legal Information Institute (Federal)
- Find Law – US Supreme Court Opinions
- Legal Tree – Resource for Lawyers


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A Big Setback For Vijay DevarakondaFebruary 17, 2020 10:21
A Big Setback For Vijay Devarakonda:- Vijay Devarakonda sounded extremely confident on World Famous Lover and he promoted the film widely. The film released on Friday and it received poor response from the audience. Vijay Devarakonda's performance was widely appreciated but the film was badly rejected by the audience. The collections dropped down on day one and World Famous Lover had a pathetic day two and three. The first weekend numbers are quite disappointing and the film will end up as one of the biggest disasters in Vijay Devarakonda's career.
World Famous Lover's theatrical rights are sold for Rs 24 crores and the film collected close to Rs 6.5 crores in its first weekend. The film will have a horrible first week and will end up as a huge dud. Kranthi Madhav directed the film and Rashi Khanna, Catherine Tresa, Aishwarya Rajesh, Izabelle Lite played the female leads. KS Rama Rao bankrolled World Famous Lover. The film is a huge set back for Vijay Devarakonda.


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Are you altering your diet for the very first time? You understand how tough it can be to even understand where to begin. It's obvious that attempting to enhance your diet plan for the first time can be a bit overwhelming. Below are some suggestions that can assist to make dietary changes happen at a smoother speed.
Aim to eat more breast meat in your diet everyday. Most protein comes from animal fat and this kind provides the least amount versus red meat. You can find tasty white meat in turkey, chicken and even pork. Add these to products such as sandwiches, salads, stews, soups, etc; the possibilities are endless.
When choosing foods, consider nutrition. Green beans seem nutritious, for instance, but broccoli is a knockout in regards to nutrients, so it is much better to pick broccoli for supper. Potatoes are tasty, naturally, and rather innocent, when they're not slathered in butter or cream, but if you desire to pack a truly nutritive punch, switch them out for sweet potatoes from time to time. They're packed with vitamin A and C and fiber. It's said that sweet potatoes (NOT sweet potato french fries, sorry!) are so nutritious, that you might make it through on them alone.
Highly processed foods should be avoided as they contain trans fat. Trans fat is an extremely unhealthy thing to consume; it increases your chances of suffering heart illness down the line. You require the type of cholesterol described as HDL. Eating trans fat lowers the amount of HDL.
As you have seen, altering your diet is not as scary as it may appear at. Just consider all the advantages to your life that it has. The advantages range from avoiding minor health problems to warding and combating off significant illness. Hopefully these ideas have actually offered you some insight on how to start consuming much healthier.
Try to consume more white meat in your diet plan everyday. Potatoes are tasty, of course, and quite innocent, when they're not slathered in butter or cream, however if you want to load a truly nutritious punch, swap them out for sweet potatoes from time to time. Trans fat is a really unhealthy thing to consume; it increases your chances of suffering heart illness down the line. Hopefully these ideas have actually provided you some insight on how to begin consuming much healthier.


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Daedalus – Jumping Jack postcard
700 HUF http://manufaktor.co.uk/daedalus-jumping-jack-postcard_79267
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DIY paper jumping jack. After cutting out the pieces join them using string and needle according to the instructions. Complete with colour envelope.
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INTO Retirement Planning Seminar - 30 November/1 December 2018
Retirement brings change. Taking the time to consider the changes and how to handle them will help you plan and take control of your future.
The INTO Retirement Planning Seminars are delivered by our team of experts and are specifically tailored for primary teachers who are contemplating retirement.
We endeavour to assist our members in understanding what to expect from retirement and in helping with the preparation required. We would advise that if you are considering retirement that you would attend a seminar at least a year prior to your proposed retirement date.
Our Seminars are designed to be informative, enjoyable and engaging. The programme includes topics under the following headings :
- INTO Guide to Pensions
- Introduction to the Retired Teachers' Association
- Income Tax
- Wills & Inheritance
- Psychological Changes in Retirement
- Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle
- AVCs and Making The Most of Your Investments
- Comhar Linn Credit Union
There is a non-refundable fee of €50 in respect of each person attending. Spouse / Partner also welcome but you must do a separate registration for them.


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The Polar Transmitter Module transmits heart rate data wirelessly to Bluetooth® Smart Ready devices or to a Heart Rate Receiver.
The Polar Transmitter Module is included with the Go Wireless® Heart Rate and the Go Wireless® Exercise Heart Rate. It can transmit heart rate data to Bluetooth® Smart Ready devices (LabQuest 2 with Bluetooth® Smart, iPad, iPhone, Android, and other mobile devices).
- Battery Type: CR 2025
- Battery Lifetime: 200 hrs
- Operating Temperature: -10 to 50 °C
- Wireless range: 10 m or more unobstructed
- Radios: Bluetooth® and 5 kHz RF transmission
The Polar Transmitter Module is recommended for devices that have Bluetooth® Smart support and the appropriate software.
Compatible Software
- Graphical Analysis app (version 2.2 or newer)
- LabQuest App (version 2.5 or newer)
Supported Devices
- iPad (3rd or newer), iPad mini, and iPad Air
- iPhone (4S or newer)
- iPod touch (5th generation)
- LabQuest 2 with Bluetooth® Smart
- Android support for compatible hardware available later this year
For use with Vernier interfaces that are not Bluetooth® Smart Ready, you will need a Heart Rate Receiver to collect data.


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The stock market rally has been lacking something over the last several years. Rising stock prices are typically accompanied by rising capital expenditures. But over the past several years, this has not been the case, as capital expenditures have effectively stalled as stock prices have soared to new all-time highs. Looking forward, a long overdue pick up in capital spending will be required to keep the stock market going to the upside. Conversely, if business investment ends up contracting, it would effectively take wrecking ball to the post crisis stock market rally along with it.
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Blue Hepatus Tang
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Blue Hepatus Tang
This item must ship next day. Additional shipping costs will apply.
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Shipping & Returns
The Blue Hepatus Tang is a rich blue color with contrasting black & yellow stripes. This saltwater fish requires a lot of algae. Usually solitary and territorial. Rocks and decor for hiding spots recommended. Minimum tank size: 75 gallons
- If we need to contact you for any reason about your order, shipping of your package may be affected. Once your order is placed, you will receive a confirmation email with your order summary. Orders are subject to verification of payment information by phone or email. We ship for arrival to the customer Tuesday through Friday and Saturday for an extra charge where available
- For feeding instructions, please click on the "directions" section.
- Approximate selling size: Sm 1.5-2.5"; MD 2.5-3.5"; Lg 3.5-6"
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- Also known as a hippo tang
- Loves to "play dead" and hide in crevices
- Least aggressive tang, but territorial towards other tangs
- Primary BrandPetco Marine Fish
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The Arkhi team are keenly awaiting the decision for this striking contemporary family home, which will be situated alongside the Trent & Mersey canal in Sandbach.
The structure is segregated into three angled components which are all intersected and united by the shared open plan communal living space in the centre.
The building will have its main living area and bedrooms inclined to both enjoy the best views of the nearby waterway, and to facilitate the creation of a 'private' garden area away from the sites entrance.
The design aims to achieve both intimacy and separation by disconnecting the bedroom wings from each other, with each room having its own designated dressing and washing area, both with direct access into the communal space.
The dwelling is all at one level, (apart from the garage which has a separate annexe above to provide private guest accommodation), with exposed gables maximising natural light within the interior spaces.
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The CTA is making great strides towards meeting its goal of 100% system-wide access. Current plans are to bring the Addison Station on the Blue Line, the Red Line Wilson Station and the Quincy Station into a state of good repair including adding elevators to each. Additionally, the Ogden entrance of the Blue Line Illinois Medical District (IMD) Station, as well as the Peoria entrance of the Halsted-UIC Station will also receive elevators. Customers will also see a brand new rail station being built at Washington and Wabash. The future will bring total rehabilitation, including the installation of elevators, to the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr Red Line Stations as part of the CTA's Red/Purple Line Modernization (RPM) Project. Moving south, the 95th Street rail station will receive a complete renovation including the installation of new elevators, as well as reconfiguration of the adjacent bus terminal.
The CTA is well aware of the need for timely information related to elevator outages and repairs. While current information is disseminated hourly, the CTA is working to provide more timely elevator outage information to customers.
Currently, 350 bus shelters throughout the loop and within the community include both visual and audio bus tracking information. Such timely tracking detail will enable all customers, but especially those individuals who are blind or visually impaired to receive real-time information as to when their bus will arrive.
Established by the Chicago Transit Board, the CTA's ADA Advisory Committee, comprised of 12 individuals who either have disabilities and/or represent an organization that serves individuals with disabilities, provides ongoing recommendations related to CTA's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Through quarterly public meetings, this Committee assists in promoting a dialogue between the CTA and the disability community to encourage use of its mainline transit services.
CTA's website, transitchicago.com provides ongoing updates for all of its projects, programs, policies and committees and has dedicated pages related to specific accessibility programs and accommodations.
The CTA operates the nation's second largest public transportation system and covers the City of Chicago and 35 surrounding suburbs. On an average weekday, approximately 1.7 million rides are taken on the CTA.


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Modern Dining Room Sets Furniture
Modern dining room sets – The dining room created by Luis Laplace interior designer brings to unite the best of classical aesthetics and modern, a breath of lightness. The period atmosphere, with herringbone floors and walls full of woodworks, wins freshness immediately to incorporate the minimalism of modernist pieces made of metal.
While a modern dining room sets gather around the table with glass top, the Potency wall lamp by Jean Prove pounces on her. The entire assembly is formed by black metal structures, resulting in an elegant contrast with the original brightness of space.
12 Picture Gallery: Modern Dining Room Sets Furniture
The epitome of modern style and affluence was the set of matching furniture. Games room, dining room sets and sets of living room roared in popularity. These sets are designed usually with a modern, elegant look and built with lighter and brighter materials like blondes woods. The parts were very simple and ornate decorations or ornaments. The modern dining room sets is complemented harmoniously by the lamps in the shape of flowers and the frosted windows in the background, with niches for decorative objects. Everything is light and clarity in this space, ideal for delicious meals. Smooth surfaces were in textured or decorated surfaces were out.
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Back in 11th grade I had this crush on a boy from 12th grade…or was I in 10th? Can't remember. The deal is that I had this crush on this boy.
I do not have that many friends. All my friends are back home and I do not have any here in Portland. But I digress…
High School. I hung out with two girls: Penelope and Alexandra (who is now known as Dr. Galvez and she is still my best friend even though we barely talk any more, she is super busy, remember? :P). We all had our crushes and we gave them nicknames.
The 12th grader was "Que". I am pretty sure there was a "Quien" as well. And then when I was in 12th grade I had a crush on a 10th grader, hehe. But he was cute! And his nickname was "Oso". Hehehe, and there was a "Nadie" as well!! And we can't forget "Nada", the hot volley ball player…who was not my crush.
I never stalked any of my crushes. We just had to leave the stalking to Penelope! She was good at it and knew all the where abouts of our crushes. I did once simply stopped and stared at him from outside his classroom. Oops!
Hey, I was coming out of the principal's office and his classroom was right there! I am pretty sure he noticed me. But life went on and I still did not dare go talk to him. And he did not care about me, so blah.
I then started dating this guy and I remember that one day after classes were over I was sitting by the lockers with Alexandra, aka Ale, and I saw "Que", I can't even remember his real name. I stared and lost my train of thought.
Funny thing is, the guy I was dating came to visit to my school and was trying to get my attention but I was lost staring at another guy. HILARIOUS!! I remember that I looked up, said hi and went back to my staring.
Oh, those high school years.
I did get to talk to him. Not much. Maybe a hi?


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Happy New Year!
As we spring into 2016, please welcome the First Officers of the new 2016 Executive Management Team of FilAm Creative.
President- Walter Talens
VP of Content- Edwin Santos
Head of Long Term Planning- Ed Mallillin (not pictured)
Content Producer- John Flores
Content Producer- Mark Owen
Let's all take the time to welcome them and show your support. We will post their biographies soon so, you can familiarize yourself with the new guard.
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FilAm Creative (FAC) is an all volunteer community organization dedicated to the advancement of Filipino-Americans in entertainment and media.
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Very happy to present this newest of opportunities in the city centre! Yet another creative option in Cape Town's hip array of workspaces. Situated on the top floor of an older (and recently renovated) building in the inner city this space works well as an office, and could at modest expense be perfectly suitable as a residence.
As you enter at reception, a large, open-plan area dominates the premises offering plenty of work/activity space as well as a boardroom and well-appointed kitchen, while two private sun-lit offices over-look the street. Modern bathrooms and toilets can be found at the rear of the unit. Overhead, the ceiling has been removed to expose the old wooden beams and a mezzanine level has been installed which is currently used as a recording studio and storeroom.
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Silvermoss Construction Quality Q & A...
How long will it take to build my house?
6 months (weather permitting)
Can we have a private pool?
On certain lots, yes. Please see photos of homeowner pools
Can I reserve my homesite in advance, and what is the deposit?
Yes, initial deposit is $5,000
Do I need to get a construction loan?
No. Silver Moss requires 3 deposits until closing.
1st is $5,000 – Lot Reservation
2nd is $10,000 – at time of structural approval with builder
3rd is 50% of all selections above level 1 grade (average deposit is 8 to 12K
Can I make changes to the interior?
Yes, we are semi-custom
Do I pick my own colors?
Yes, however exterior colors must be approved by ARB. We have 21 color combination choices
We exclusively use a custom, high-end, local home builder...
- 10 ft ceilings
- 8 ft solid doors
- 2 x 6 Exterior walls
- Hardie Plank exterior siding, which is very low maintenance
- Custom Master Bath Custom Master Bath
- Bedroom Bedroom
- Custom Kitchen Custom Kitchen
- Custom Pool Custom Pool
- Lowcountry Screened Porch Lowcountry Screened Porch
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