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Blogging, to take over the world. |
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The object is to teach an old dog new tricks. (not much hope ... ) |
| Monday, this week, the first eight chicks were collected from the nest. The reason for removing the chicks are multifold; feral dogs, jackal, mongooses, even people, will harvest the brood if they could. Mommy was not happy at all, still, there was no asking her, discussing the pros and cons, explain to her the situation - Mother knows best! She told us very clearly what she would do to us, should she be able get hold of us. Fortunately, Daddy was not close-by, he is a real problem, he is not as easy to keep at bay with a stick as is Mommy. Wednesday gave us another two chicks, still five eggs to go. The rain is like a leopard, a spot here, a spot there, not something to get involved with - as in many places, people simply got too much which resulted in flooding and all the problems. |
| Got a visit from 3 young dwarf mongoose today. What makes it so unusual, they are way out of their distribution area. They stayed for a long while, irritating the ground squirrels no end. The larger squirrels would kick sand onto the mongoose, the mongoose would ignore this and carry on with whatever they were doing. A photo session was out of the question, they moved around all the time, never allowed a good shot. OK, so we speak English, which says the plural of -goose can be -gooses or -geese, why can I not say -gice; as one mouse + another mouse = mice. Oh, nevermind, we speak Inglis, the language where anything makes sense. As I was trying to take a photo of the -gooses, six feral geese flew over me, and right into the sun's light, so much for taking photos. There is no accurate record of these feral geese (tame Embden type geese which have gone 'wild') These wild geese never come close to the domesticated geese. A fair start to the new year. The year where all add up to 10, or is it 100 ? 2 + 0 + 1 + 7 = 10 or 100; take your pick. |
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Did you predict today's blog prompt, Rich! Yay for the new entry! 
I thought you quit blogging!