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April Showers at the Bird's Nest

Bird mama — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:51:48 GMT

Among the trees
Is a bird's nest,
And in the nest
Her three eggs rest.
And in each egg ~~
Hush, you'll be heard! ~~
There lies asleep
A tiny bird.
Written by H.N. Bialik

Re: April Showers at the Bird's Nest

possummink — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:53:29 GMT

Thank you, Birdmama, for the new nest for April. Have a lovely day, Birding Friends.

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Bird mama — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:01:28 GMT

Bird of the Day - Whooping Crane

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Bird mama — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:54:47 GMT

Bird of the Day - Yucatan Jay

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ValuSkr — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:11:14 GMT

Beautiful, Bird Mama. Thank you.

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mousiegirl — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:11:16 GMT

Hi everyone! We have been having plenty of rain lately, so glad because the trees really need it.

This week, I am taking down the Christmas tree, lol. There was no room to get any ornament boxes in before, trapped by the kitchen items, but am gradually getting things into the family room, so now have a doable path to the tree. It was so cozy in there yesterday. I started a fire, it was so cold, and had the tree lights and others on. I barely have a chance to enjoy everything during the Christmas season as am always in the kitchen, so I really enjoyed yesterday. Today, the sun is out, but supposed to have rain today and Friday, then hot weather next week.

The new slider and kitchen window have been installed in the kitchen, and I can now see the size of the room. The sheetrock will go on soon. This Sunday, DH and I will remove what is left of the wallpaper in there and the laundry room. Most of the walls in both rooms are new, so there isn't much to remove. I have always loved wallpaper, but am not so sure I will have paper in those rooms this time.

I have been cooking from the rec room for almost three weeks now. I made pizza the other night on 8" x 8" pizza stones that I purchased at Amazon, in the toaster oven. I have done this before, and it works great, the pizzas are smaller, but not much smaller than when I use the oven, and takes so little electricity as compared to an oven.

I think I will still buy a ham for Easter, I will just have to slice it and heat it that way. It will come in handy for paninis, etc. for a few weeks or so, and I can freeze what we won't need, for later use.

Off to attack the tree again.

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Bird mama — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:25:12 GMT

Mousie - it's good to read that you are able to access parts of your home. It's like rediscovering little treasures . I have been thinking of getting a toaster oven for use especially in the summer. I don't like to heat the house up when I have AC going.

Bird of the Day - Purple Gallinule

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luvsbulldogs — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:06:23 GMT

Hi birders.......just dropping by to say hi to all. It was a very cold winter here this year and me who loves snow and Winter is ready for Spring. We did have a lot of birds at the feeders and also a lot of squirrels.....lol. It is almost that time of year when we have to take the feeders down because the bears are coming out of hibernation. It is good to see that this thread is still going. Love the pics!!!

Take care everyone and have a great day!!!

Re: April Showers at the Bird's Nest

mousiegirl — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:53:06 GMT

On 4/3/2014 Bird mama said:
Mousie - it's good to read that you are able to access parts of your home. It's like rediscovering little treasures . I have been thinking of getting a toaster oven for use especially in the summer. I don't like to heat the house up when I have AC going.

Bird of the Day - Purple Gallinule

Bird mama - So many wonderful birdies! I actually have access to every room except the kitchen and dining room, which is filled to the brim with kitchen items. I am still able to use the washing machine and dryer until the floors go down, and then I hope I am only out for one week.

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possummink — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:19:41 GMT

Hi Birding Friends, Another warm day here, but at home tornadoes, flash floods and hail. Things I just "love" about spring, NOT!!!

I kept getting chimes on my cell phone during the early morning hours, warning about the flash floods, tornado threat and hail It did hail yesterday and did quite a bit of damage in a town right across the Mississippi from my area. In fact, it was DH's hometown. My brother and nephews' homes were in the hail area, but they are out in the Seattle area so I don't know if their homes were damaged by the hail. A tornado did touch down this am about 12 miles from my home and there's a watch out for more with an 80% chance of tornadoes hitting St. Louis area again today or tonight.``

Mousie, Glad to hear you are getting good rains. It sounds like the house is coming along well. Maybe there's a light at the end of the tunnel. DS uses his toaster oven all the time. I have one, but haven't used it as I didn't realize they are so versatile. Will have to start using it as the big oven takes forever and dries things out. Old stove, need to replace it and the fridge. Glad you got to enjoy the Christmas tree a bit more.

Winifred, I hope the rains that the Weather Channel's maps have been showing, are reaching your area. It looks like some snow in the mountains and that should help build up the snowpack. Not sure, but home may have snow showers later tonight as that severe front passes. Hope you are having some pretty spring weather. The little lone goldfinch that's been coming to the feeder by herself for weeks, finally has friends coming too. I saw at least 4 of them at the feeder yesterday. We also have the beautiful crows coming for bread pieces. One has been coming for a few days and then I saw between 3 and 5 of them in the oak and palms. I hope the neighbors don't mind those big critters. They can be so noisy, but i get a kick out of them and their antics. Very cautious birds, and smart too. We had 2 pet crows for several years, Pete and Repete.

Birdmama, You should see the bird for today in person. It's beautiful, so colorful and to see them walking on water plant leaves is really cool. They look like they are walking on water. There's another similar bird called the Moorhen~~~~which is not nearly as colorful as the Purple Gallinule, and much more common. Both are cool to watch. I would love to see a live Whooping Crane. There is supposed to be a small colony of them here in Florida, not sure where. They are in the Sandhill Crane wintering areas. They are trying to establish a breeding population here so safeguard the survival of the species. The population in Texas could be hurt severely if a hurricane hit the Port Aransas area. Florida is not much safer, but has prarieland in some of the north central part, inland, not coastal.

Are you getting any of the snow from the new Y named storm??? Most of it is staying north of Missouri. Wish the wind would go away.

Luvsbulldogs, It is so nice to read your post. I wondered how you all were doing. Too bad you have to take the feeders down because of the bears, but I understand as I had to do the same because of the raccoons. We had a battle of wits for a long time and I guess they won because I did take a lot of feeders down, after some were actually stolen by those masked bandits. Very clever and persistent animals. Hope you are having a nice Spring season after the cold, harsh winter up east.

Meuw, It looks like your area is getting slammed with a lot of rain. I hope you are all high and dry. My brother, SIL and their 3 sons and their families are visiting up in your part of Washington. Their middle son is stationed at Fort Lewis and my brother lived in the area for about 4 years before he retired and moved back to IL. He would loved to have stayed there, but family (parents) illness more or less made the decision for them to move back to IL.

Waving to all Birding Friends, Stepping Stone, Hooty, Loves, Sweetpeace, Anika and those I may have overlooked(sorry) Take care and be safe.

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Bird mama — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:53:52 GMT

Happy Friday Birding Friends ~

Luvsbulldogs - so very good to hear from you. I suppose if you don't take the feeders down the bears will and we know how rough they are

Possummink - we haven't had snow this week. It was somewhat mild (upper 40's, 50's) during the week but windy. I think we are expecting rough thunderstormy weather tonight or tomorrow night - I can't keep track. It's foggy and overcast and drizzling right now. Wind scares me so spring/summer weather (with it's storms) can almost be harder on my nerves than a foot of snow. The wind can do sooo much damage.

Bird of the Day - Redhead (duck)

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Winifred — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:40:39 GMT

Well dog gone it anyway. I really did post but it seems to be howhere in sight.

Glad to see you luvsbulldogs - sure hope you get some warmer weather. I did read correctly that "someone" is taking down their Christmas tree. I had to check that again Mousiegirl to make sure I read it right. You sure have been busy at your house. Possum, yep we did get some rain - not tons of it but off and on for three days and nights - things got really wet. In fact it was too wet to mow on Wednesday so Brian will be here tomorrow. Hate it when that happens as the cuttings have to sit in a container until the following Thursday AND it is suppose to get up into the high 80s which will make it sweat and stick to the container. When that happens I usually have to plop it down on its side - making sure the lid does not open - to loosen it up so it will come out when they empty it. Occasionally even those trucks with heavy duty stuff cannot shake it loose to come out. Oh well, we shall see what happens. Love the picture of the boot with the baby birdies in it - that is an adorable picture.

Hope Meuw is ok - haven't heard from her lately. ValuSkr, great to see you here - come back soon - we love to have people stop by. Bird mama, bet you ahve had enough snow by now.

We have a zillion black crows out here - cannot figure out what they are putting in the bird bath, nope, not what you may expect. Looks like flour or dissolved bread. Scrubbed it out day before yesterday and in a few hours it was all messed up again. Have never had that happen before. They often drop walnuts in the bird bath AND all over my yard but this is a mystery to me. Hummers are scarce again - they never came back to their full strength after they completely disappeared a while last year. Have tons of flowers blooming but they continue to be almost non existent. I may decide to ask the Powers that Be what is going on. Unfortunately I have found that even the Dept. of Agriculture cannot come up with answers that they should these days. Sigh.

Stripes was sooooooooo good for several months and now he is showing his independence again. Must say, however, he has been sleeping on top of the freezer so at least he is coming home. Just wish he would be available to come in when he is suppose to as I just do not sleep really well when I have to keep checking on him. He is usually found about midnight but I have a hard time going back to sleep. He is such a sweetheart but a tad too independant. Don't think I can change him however.

Hope all have a good day - need to go and cut up some roasts to make stew meat. Hard on these old hands but has to be done.

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Bird mama — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 15:32:17 GMT

Bird for the weekend - King Penguin

Charlie's Angels (lol)

Baby waving hello

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mousiegirl — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:14:55 GMT

On 4/5/2014 Bird mama said:
Bird for the weekend - King Penguin

Charlie's Angels (lol)

B

Baby waving hello

Bird mama - did you see The March of the Penguins? What a harsh life these birdies have.

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Bird mama — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 20:23:42 GMT

Mousie, I was given a DVD of the March of the Penguins as a gift. I specifically asked my sister, who had seen it to tell me in any of them die. She said, oh no. When the first death happened (the egg), I called her at home, around 10 pm and advised her that I was on my way to her home to plant my foot you know where. My husband and I were sick and crying through that movie.

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mousiegirl — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:20:38 GMT

On 4/5/2014 Bird mama said:
Mousie, I was given a DVD of the March of the Penguins as a gift. I specifically asked my sister, who had seen it to tell me in any of them die. She said, oh no. When the first death happened (the egg), I called her at home, around 10 pm and advised her that I was on my way to her home to plant my foot you know where. My husband and I were sick and crying through that movie.

The same with me, Bird mama. I just cannot watch any animal documentaries due to the death that takes place in it. I took DD and her friend and Mom to see Spirit, years ago, and I sobbed throughout the entire movie, because I know that horses are treated that way, and the scene where Spirit lay down next to the mare by the stream, I have goose bumps now just thinking of it, totally broke my heart.

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Bird mama — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 23:19:57 GMT

I have to watch myself during cartoons. I will never forget when my nieces were very, very young (like 4 and 6) and I took them to see American Tail about a mouse that gets separated from it's parents on the way to America. I cried in that movie (good grief) and my niece touched my arm and said, it will be okay, Fievel will find his mommy and daddy.

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mousiegirl — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 00:40:08 GMT

On 4/5/2014 Bird mama said:
I have to watch myself during cartoons. I will never forget when my nieces were very, very young (like 4 and 6) and I took them to see American Tail about a mouse that gets separated from it's parents on the way to America. I cried in that movie (good grief) and my niece touched my arm and said, it will be okay, Fievel will find his mommy and daddy.

So cute. Let's not even mention Bambi, LOL!

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Winifred — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 16:07:21 GMT

I am older than dirt and cartoons have been super sad since I was a very young one. Always sad and that is perhaps why I have a hard time even now watching animated movies - love them most of the time but I sure check them out. To this day I remember Bambi's mother dying.

I am sooooooo sick, do not have a clue why - started feeling really bad late yesterday afternoon. Feel so bad as I was going to pick up a lady and we were headed to Beaumont to hear Ollin preach - can't do it. Jeannie said it was a blessing in disguise as she only got about 1 1/2 hour sleep last night and she hasn't felt really great for some time now but she keeps on. My body put itself in to an idle. Ain't going to do much of anything.

Have a good day everyone.

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possummink — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 05:34:38 GMT

Hi Birding Friends, Have been having computer problems over the weekend and thing it's been fixed. Had techs. work on this laptop on line rather than take it to Office Depot to have it fixed. On line took about 7 or 8 hours, and aat Office Depot it many have taken up to 4 or 5 days. I couldn't be without my computer for that long.

Hope to get back to normal posting tomorrow. Peaceful rest to all.!!!