Here's a pic of Mr. T

Would love to be at KP right now!

I wonder if this is a tiercel or another female Archer's added to his harem? 

 

Very nice, Janet.  Thanks.

(movie)

So...has anyone seen the weaver of the web?

                 

Thanks, Aafke!  Love doing your puzzles and have missed them!  Nice pic of the Redshank!  My time for classic 48 piece=

September 6: As of today, NX has been on her own for one week.  She remains close to Berkeley Plantation, and each morning wakes up a little further from her release location. For the last five nights she has roosted next to a small tributary of the James River that cuts up behind Berkeley and Westover; this is prime eagle habitat.

Looking at her “tracks� on Google Earth, we can see NX’s travel path tends to stick to tree lines, which provide her good cover and lots of roosting and perching places; the shallow waters of the upper tributary where she has been for the last few days are good fishing grounds. Position, speed, and altitude data is recorded by the backpack at 15-minute intervals, so interpretations of other behaviors (for example, hunting) would only be conjecture at this point; however, we are seeing her in the air quite a bit flying from place to place. It will be interesting to see where she moves to next now that she has reached the narrowest end of the tributary.

Maps are posted at http://www.wildlifecenter.org/wp/tracking-nx/

 

Rhea Mae at nest. 10:32am

   I've missed her!

P.S...she's still there!

BCAW posted some great pics of her at the nest tray this past Sat.

Palemale chases away one of his babies from his territory. 


http://palemale-store.stores.yahoo.net/

I'm not a very good gardener but I love what little I have. These are my roses, first year they bloomed so big! I don't even feed them. Bad me.

Beautiful, Donna!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/01/virginia.irene.arlington.oak/index.html

 

Still there!

Just for old time's sake, I went to the camera page, and look who I found:


Paul

  good find!

Sorry-can't watch it either. 

Friday, August 26
Lun Lun had a busy and fun-filled birthday yesterday (August 25)! When I arrived in the morning, she was still eating some of her overnight bamboo. She got a piece of sugarcane while she waited for me to set up her breakfast. After breakfast, she took a nap, and then it was time for her birthday cake. As Rebecca mentioned on Wednesday, we made her an ice cake with three layers. It was not an elaborate (or pretty) cake, but it was filled with some of Lun Lun’s favorite things. Before lunch, we set up the dayroom with the cake and some fresh bamboo. As is typical of our pandas, Lun Lun only sniffed the cake in passing and went straight for the bamboo and biscuits. After Lun Lun finished her bamboo, she investigated the cake further. She worked for a long time trying to get the sugar cane out of the ice, then gave up and took another nap (or tried to!). While she worked on her cake, Po noticed her activity and figured the cake must be safe if mom is playing with it. He joined her and went crazy for the cinnamon layer.  He rolled all over it and batted it around. He continued playing with the ice even after Lun Lun left to sleep. He got completely soaked and covered in mulch from rolling around with the cake. When Po tired of the ice cake, he wanted mom to play with him, but she just wanted to sleep. She tried several different napping spots, hoping Po would give up and leave her alone, but he did not. Eventually, she gave in and played with him. Once Po had calmed down, Lun Lun was able to enjoy her sugar cane in peace, but she never did get that second nap.
Heather Baker Roberts
 Carnivore Keeper II

Lun Lun's 14th birthday celebration!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV10ocp2700#

Wednesday, August 31
 Xi Lan had a really fun birthday yesterday! He loved all of the enrichment items we made for him.  He shredded his paper mache and bamboo “rattleâ€� immediately to retrieve the biscuits hidden inside. Then he ate some of the bamboo that made the rattle’s handle. Since eating is much more important than playing for a panda, Xi Lan climbed up into the structure and ripped open the large paper bag filled with hay and biscuits. After another bamboo snack, he was ready to play. He rolled all over the room with his ice cake, rubbing himself all over it, especially the Tabasco-scented tier. I guess he got some Tabasco on his fur because he continued the self-anointing behavior even when he was on the other side of the room from the ice cake. Finally, he ate the bamboo candles on top of the cake. After all that activity he was wiped out and took a long nap. However, he must have started the party up again long after I had gone for the day because he slept in late this morning and his dayroom was a wreck!
 Heather Baker Roberts
 Carnivore Keeper II

Xi Lan celebrates his 3rd birthday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yFlDhYsqlU#