I cannot remember how many times I have written "I despair!" this year. May this be the last... until, unfortunately, I have to say it again in 2011.

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When me and Ed went to visit his grandma in Fla, we heard a scream!!  . We all ran and in the toilet was a big rat that came up through the pipes. She tried flushing it back down but it wouldn't go. Took a bunch of us to trap the dern rat. YUCK!! Ya never know what you'll find!
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TMI, Donna! TMI! Eeeeeee-uuuuuuu!

(Sorry - cannot do this "quote" stuff!)

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Thought for Today

"A snowflake is a Winter's butterfly."

What a wonderful vision, Carol P.! Love it!

Oh now that's a very cute Lemur Bobbie...definitely awww! 

Told ya! No sign of an "ick"!

Well, I suppose the wee lemur does not think it is new!

As you may have noted, I love "finding" such things. This one is totally "non-Ick"... might even rate an "Awwwwww" warning.

From the BBC... check to see if the programme mentioned will be on American TV.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9267000/9267996.stm

Thank you all so, so, sooooooo much for the birthday greetings! They are all very special to me, especially being so far from home. I can feel the hugs!

Thank you, one and all!

Slainte!

BOBBIE
 

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U is for Upupa epops

The Upupa epops is the latin name for the Hoopoe.
We had him before but it's such an amazing bird! So here he is again



greetings Aafke

Good one, Aafke. I love them too!

Uhhhh... make that Decade's!

Definitely less icky than the last ten I sent... here are the decade's top ten discoveries. I continue to marvel.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9269000/9269338.stm

Thanks MAK, good job 
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Is there no stopping this woman... and her new scope??!!

Goooooo, MAK!!
 

OK, so now we need to mount a tripod in the bed of your pickup and set you up with a motor drive mount on the scope with video feed to a dashboard cam with a joystick to point the scope. Then add a mobile Internet connection for video streaming.

It will be like that African Safari site on wildearth.tv except in it will be in Rochester.

Can you do an Afrikaner accent?

I can picture it now!! Ok, maybe not the elephant.

And we can all meet up at the Highland Park Diner... I'll get in some hay for Elmo...

Just in from YouTube:

"Congratulations! Your account is now enabled for uploads longer than 15 minutes."

YouTube has recognized Rfalconcam as a good video citizen. Now we should be able to upload to YouTube all those mega-hour streams on Ustream.

http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/12/up-up-and-away-long-videos-for-more.html

I can't wait to see Brian's 4-hour version of the Falcon Dance. Do the bird!

Rock 'n' roll, guys! Well done! 

  Thanks for posting these for me Donna! I received a spotting scope yesterday for Christmas from a couple friends of mine who live 5 minutes from Donna in New Jersey. I'm so thrilled to get this unbelievable gift. Now I can take even better pics to share with everyone! With lots of practice and better light of course! WOOHOO!

You deserve that scope, MAK! Enjoy it!!! (And... what wonderful friends!)

Just a reminder that the cameras will be down this afternoon.

Good luck, everyone! And thanks for all you do.

we are doing team snowmen now. GO .......BILLS!

   AND Where would you like them to go to? 

Hey, hey, hey!  Play nice Janet!   

   Just counting the old Cowboy rings .... 

I see the Jets lost last weekend by some crazy score... I reckon they were playing their cheerleaders.