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Post by Shirleypal » 04-04-2008 03:35 PM

A female lion carries her newly born cub at the Raghdan Zoo, near Amman, April 2, 2008

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Post by badspell » 04-24-2008 01:51 PM

The hummingbirds are back, as are the Whippoorwill's. I couldn't resist posting the picture of my hummingbird perch. My wife Jeannie laughed at me last year to the point of tears saying. Now I know you've lost it Billy. In less than one hour she was saying look, a hummingbird is sitting on your perch. I knew they wouldn't let me down:D tryed to get a picture with a hummingbird sitting on it. But those little hyper dudes are fast.
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Post by Shirleypal » 06-02-2008 07:52 PM

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Post by badspell » 09-06-2008 02:33 PM

Found this on the Coast website. Ya gota love it:)
All hear few listen

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Post by Bellisima » 11-10-2008 01:59 PM

ImageA silent mouth is sweet to hear.
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Post by Shirleypal » 11-10-2008 02:07 PM

Thanks Bell.......darling, we all could get along.:)

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Post by Shirleypal » 11-10-2008 06:28 PM

Amazing isn't it...:)

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Post by Bellisima » 11-11-2008 12:24 PM

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Post by Shirleypal » 12-20-2008 06:49 PM

Picture of the year!!!
Ya' gotta' love the face on the dog!

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Post by SETIsLady » 12-20-2008 07:02 PM

Great Pic Shirley :)

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Post by Bellisima » 12-22-2008 01:14 PM

NEW YORK -Polly want a New York City Council resolution?

A Queens politician is drafting measures to protect Brooklyn's wild Quaker parrots, whose nests have caused power outages. Councilman Tony Avella wants to make it illegal to capture the parrots and wants the city to relocate their nests when necessary.

The green parrots also are known as monk parakeets. They're native to Argentina but have been in Brooklyn for about 30 years. Flocks of them have settled at Brooklyn College.

The utility Consolidated Edison says parrot nests built in electrical equipment have caused at least seven fires in Brooklyn.

Residents whose homes lost power say the birds don't belong there.

Animal lovers say the parrots are part of the neighborhood and bring life to the skies.

Information from: Daily News, http://www.nydailynews.com
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Post by Chickadee » 12-22-2008 01:24 PM

i support him in this. there has to be a solution that is good for the parrots and home owners alike. i propose moving them to the Mayor's Mansion's grounds in Manhattan!
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Post by Iris » 12-22-2008 06:41 PM

Quaker Parrots are from Argentina. They are extremely hearty, prolific, and successful in the wild. In Argentina they are in such huge numbers they are said to destroy 1/3 of the country's corn crop.

A good number of them have escaped in the US and have survived in the wild. Probably most of these were wild caught and brought into this country in groups and escaped in groups before going into the pet trade, because our hand fed babies do not know how to survive in the wild. But these did, and they have taught their offspring. A pet escaping today might survive if they found a flock.

Quaker parrots have become established in such diverse parts of the United Sates as Florida, Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois.

Because of concern that these birds might become established agricultural pests and that they represent a threat to native species in the local environments, they are illegal to own or to sell in California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Hawaii, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wyoming. They are legal to own, but illegal to sell or breed in Connecticut. They are legal to own with registration and banding in New York, and legal to own with breeder or seller registration in Virginia.

Quaker Parrots make wonderful pets and they are generally good talkers. This is Gizmo. She belongs to a friend of mine. I taught my friend how to train Gizzy. I don't think she'd mind my posting her picture here. No, it's not photoshopped, it's real.
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Post by Shirleypal » 01-12-2009 03:50 PM

This recent photo, supplied by the Detroit Zoo, shows a newborn aardvark, Amani

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Post by Bellisima » 03-16-2009 07:33 AM

Pemba, a four-month-old red panda cub makes his first public appearance at Sydney, Australia's Taronga Zoo, March 4, 2009. Pemba is the 44th red panda cub bred in the zoo's international breeding program for the endangered species since 1977.
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