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15621. alistairconnor - 6/24/2005 12:33:48 PM 11-nearly-12 and 8.
... still pretty trouble-free and low-maintenance...
... still love their parents uncritically, and think they know best...
... still like nothing better than spending time with their boring old dad.
I do what I can to merit this incredible good fortune. 15622. alistairconnor - 6/24/2005 12:40:25 PM 
La fête de la transhumance was founded in 1991.
15623. Magoseph - 6/24/2005 12:52:03 PM I never went to Die, only spent nine months in Crest and the rest in the Gard, near Bagnol-sur-Cèze, specifically in Laudun, Viviers sur Rhône, and Montélimar--much prettier country down there, I think. 15624. Magoseph - 6/24/2005 12:56:01 PM We left the area when I still was a kid, but spent summers visiting relatives. Now, I'll probably be obsessing over pictures of those times the rest of the day. 15625. Macnas - 6/24/2005 4:30:38 PM Temperature is starting to rise here, it might be good for the weekend, and if it is, well, pollock here I come.
If it isn't, hello garden shed.
I'm going home, see yez next week. 15626. jexster - 6/24/2005 6:55:54 PM Yea should be fun Arky..this is my third year with the Newsom contingent and even though you have to arrive at the staging area and wait an ungodly length of time to start, you get the best view of the bois or girlz depending on taste when you march...
Of course I shall long remember my first with Newsom as candidate when I was one of four guarding the car when Gay Shame attacked!
Not real keen on pink t-shirts tho 15627. Jenerator - 6/24/2005 11:01:31 PM Thoughtful,
A while back you mentioned wanting a Himalayan cat. All I can say is that I hope you got one!
I had a Seal Point Himalayan named Simon and he was the smartest, sweetest and most persnickety animal I ever owned. I would buy one tomorrow if it weren't for our big dog. 15628. thoughtful - 6/25/2005 2:42:32 PM No,Jen,never got one. Somehow I can't pay big bucks for a cat, especially since they end up costing so much after you get them. But I guess i'm close to a 'coon' cat with cas in size anyway, as he runs about 20 lbs. No more pets until I retire. Once I retire, I'd love to have a dog. But I'll have to do battle with hubby first. But that's a ways off. 15629. Magoseph - 6/25/2005 4:16:35 PM The robin nest above our nightlight emptied a few days ago. Now we have other occupants who don’t seem to be robins. Is it common for birds to share nests? Would you know that. thoughtful? 15630. judithathome - 6/25/2005 4:30:37 PM I think sparrows will nest anywhere...in others' nests, I mean. 15631. Ms. No - 6/25/2005 5:14:57 PM Anybody here use Vonage for phone service? Everything looks good to me about it but I'm curious about sales calls since Vonage isn't really a telephone company. If you list your number on the Do Not Call list, but then switch to Vonage service, are you technically not a phone anymore and therefore open to sales calls?
Posting over in Technical as well, just in case. 15632. arkymalarky - 6/25/2005 6:30:50 PM Interesting question. Some are beginning to try to get around the Do Not Call, and I got a very annoying call as a follow-up to a "survey" I stupidly participated in a few days before, telling me I'd won my choice of two or three lame prizes and a trip. They just wanted to come by to hand deliver my "prize" and ask my opinion about a Hilo product demonstration. When I said I wouldn't do that, they hung up on me. I should have called and reported them, but didn't take the time to. 15633. arkymalarky - 6/25/2005 6:37:05 PM We've had bluebirds nest in our martin house, but I don't know if there have been any birds there in a while. We need to clean it out.
As predicted, Mojo got hold of the swift fledgling (either there was only one, or the others got away, or she ate them when we weren't looking) and bit its tail off. We have it in Mazie's kennel in the living room, but I don't think it's going to make it, and I guess it could never fly if it did. At least Mojo won't be traumatizing it. I'm open to any advice wrt what to do about it (other than Bob's "what did you do that for? You just made it worse"). I heard commotion on the porch last night as Mojo dived for the bird (she'd been watching them for a while, evidently, waiting for the moment). I walked around the porch and finally saw Mojo at the back of the house (the nest is in front), sitting on the fledgling like Lenny trying to hide the puppy in Of Mice and Men. 15634. Magoseph - 6/25/2005 10:20:03 PM Here, I found the following advice, Arky:
For those of you who come across baby birds that have fallen from their nests and fear for the baby's life, I have an answer. We all know it's best to leave fledglings alone (as their parents will tend to them on the ground, eventually), but if you have cats or other predatory or curious pets around, the baby birds will be in danger. The answer? Save old birds' nests that you've found and place the fledgling in the nest out of harm's way. It's best if you can find the tree you think the baby fell out of. If you don't have an old nest, try a brown paper sack, sandwich-sized, filled with dry material. Then sit back and wait for the parents to return knowing you've done the most you could with the least interference your heart and conscience would allow. 15635. Magoseph - 6/26/2005 12:43:32 PM Hello, wonk--Arky, what's up with the fledgling? 15636. arkymalarky - 6/26/2005 4:09:34 PM Thanks Mags.
I couldn't get in to post yesterday afternoon for some reason, but the bird died not too long after I posted. She had an injury between her chest and wing that I hadn't seen, in addition to having only one feather left in her tail. 15637. arkymalarky - 6/26/2005 4:11:47 PM That's excellent advice for later, since we always have nests around, and I will also follow Bob's advice to get rid of the nest right when we see birds making it if it's where Mojo hangs out. There are plenty of safe places, since we have a big yard, but anywhere close to the house or on or around the porches, is a bad location for a bird nest. 15638. arkymalarky - 6/26/2005 4:13:11 PM Sasha and Diva would eat baby birds if they could get them, but they didn't lie in wait for them like Mojo does, and they weren't as quick as Mojo. 15639. thoughtful - 6/26/2005 6:24:07 PM I'm no expert on birds, but i believe there are birds that will only steal other bird nests, so i can imagine there would be birds that would make use of a vacant nest if it's the right size and shape. Birds tend to be very fussy about such things.
One of the amazing bird nests are those of the baltimore oriole...they weave together a nest so strong that they actually hang, suspended by a branch. Yet they when you touch them, they are quite soft. Very amazing pouches for the nestlings.
 15640. judithathome - 6/26/2005 8:23:29 PM We see out little jay around here every day.
Sorry about your little bird, Arky, but at least you tried.
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