Hi B

Still there  10:14 am

Love that bridge!! Way to go Pat!!! 

[Hope your birthday was great Baerbel!]

Hope your birthday was great Baerbel!

That is a very cool pic. Over 600 people?? Neat and thanks!! I see "wings" in the background!! 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/penguin-mother-video-watch-heartbreaking-3110686

    The mother tries her best to wake the youngster up, despite its body being frozen solid, and even attempts to offer it her own body heat.

I cried and I couldn't even watch it!

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/bird-smugglers-caught-invasive-species-used-finch-fighting.html   The smuggler was apprehended at the Guarulhos International airport with suitcases full of birds. 

 

"Once in a while, a squirrel or raccoon will get up there ... and usually it's dead," said Vogel, an eight-year veteran of the company. "This is the first time I've taken down something alive."

http://www.themorningsun.com/general-news/20140206/many-help-in-rescue-of-snowy-owl-impaled-at-top-of-utility-pole

http://www.sciencecodex.com/falcon_feathers_popup_during_dive-127460

The body of a falcon changes shape as they gain speed.

http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii/oldest-known-bird-in-wild-gives-birth/-/8905354/24323528/-/jqhg2xz/-/index.html  Video

http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/5-a-crafty-toolmaking-cockatoo

A Goffin's cockatoo in Vienna uses tools to fetch nuts beyond reach.

I don't know how to post the cute little icons and things, but I sincerely wish you the happiest of birthdays.

Mary in Charlotte (NC)

Mary, for future reference, just click on the above smilies when you want to post them with your reply. Click the blue [more] button for all smilies! 

I too agree it's 97/BA.  Because the band was turned, it made it look different.   

so do we know who it is and where they came from?

I haven't heard. Joyce is our resident sleuth for stuff like that but I haven't seen her around. Maybe on vacation?

Yup, she's in Florida!! 

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