carlsonjok
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| Quote (Lou FCD @ May 10 2008,14:28) | I just spent about a half-hour tossing the ball with Shakespeare in the back yard.
While I was standing by the back tree line, a Catbird alighted on a branch about ten or twelve feet from me and decided it was safe to serenade us. Shakespeare just took a seat beside me and watched him rather calmly.
It seemed like he pulled out every piece of sheet music he had. Catbirds always fascinate me in that such a wide repertoire is contained all in one animal. |
I just spent an hour and a half rescuing a baby barn swallow out of my barn loft. The swallows like to build nests in the rafters of the lower level of my barn. I normally tear them down immediately, but they managed to put a nest in a new location and by the time I discovered it, there were already chicks in it. Those chicks are now learning to fly and one managed to find its way into the loft. I opened the loft doors and gave the little fella some time, but he never managed to fly out. So I grabbed a towel and captured the little fella and took him down to ground level where his sibling was hopping around. They have both now disappeared, so I assume my rescue was successful.
I have dubbed the episode "another chapter in the book why animal lovers shouldn't live in the country."
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It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it. We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)
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