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ORNITHOLOGICAL SLOGAN OF THE WEEK
"Helping today’s birds survive tomorrow.”
Just so Ash doesn’t have to feel guilty about hijacking the thread, I’m gonna hijack it further.
Pentagon Had Plans for “Gay Bomb"
The comments are as funny as the article.
Time for some close-order swanning about!
-coydog
Best of luck Mr & Mrs Ash! May the Blue Bird Of Happiness land upon your window sill.....
(see, I stayed on topic!)
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 06 12 at 03:13 PM • permalinkGood luck, Ash. My prayers go with you.
My third grandson was born July 9. He was due October 19. He survived and will be 6 next month.
Elizabeth
Imperial KeeperPosted by Elizabeth Imperial Keeper on 2007 06 12 at 04:33 PM • permalinkPrayers and wishes for Pregnant Ash And Co.
Good luck, and as has been said earlier, we have some of the best neonatal care in the world.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 06 12 at 05:05 PM • permalinkHere’s a bird I helped survive for tomorrow. This hawk slammed into my kitchen window during that awful storm last Saturday.
I placed him under a horse blanket out on the back table until he came ‘round. He had been stunned.Here’s another one we saved. The baby magpie must have fallen out of his nest. We raised him until he could fly, whereupon he brought home a girlfriend, told us he was in love and said he was off to find his real parents!!
My son’s shoulder was a favourite resting spot.
Bless you, Pogria, for helping the little fellows. Saw a hawk in the back yard a few years ago, resting on a telephone cable. A bunch of crows settled in his vicinity and began to menance him a bit, but he’d just draw himself up to his full height and flap his wings a couple of times, and the crows would scurry out of his way. Reminded me a litle of President Reagan beset by Democratic congressmen.
You can go off topic as long as it’s an emergency. So don’t worry, Ash! We’re all pulling for you and the baby. I let the killer bees out into the opium poppy field and now they are sleeping like little baby bees, so don’t worry about them either.
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2007 06 12 at 06:52 PM • permalinkPaco: I’ve seen hawks being chased away by mockingbirds. Who then start on the crows.
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2007 06 12 at 06:53 PM • permalinkFor those that can use a good laugh:
I ran into that at Sigmund, Carl and Alfred but couldnt figure out how to make that trackback thing work.
Last time Andrea got mad at me when I tried to link to a blog source and made me cry so I’m afraid to try doing it again.
It’s an old vid but maybe some of y’all aint seen it yet.
#34 - Grimmy, the man loves his horse, and he is single and neat. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. :-)
Posted by surfmaster on 2007 06 12 at 07:11 PM • permalinkAsh, are you referring to yourself in the third person?
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 06 12 at 07:23 PM • permalink#4 But Grimmy, the teacher is really cool, really.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 06 12 at 07:32 PM • permalink#16 & 12 Sulphur-crested cockatoos are nasty birds indeed. This is what they have done to my 2007 crop of mandarines.
The fruit is not ripe so we have eaten not one, but the cockatoos are only interested in eating the seeds and they don’t care how sour the flesh is. They are the vandals of the sky.
Hang in there Ashes. Both our kids were premmies and they are now flourishing in their forties.Good luck with the whole giving birth thing.My supervisors wife had a massively premature bub about 4 months back. Hed be due to be born around now if hed gone to full term.
A miracle bub for sure. Revived twice, ops and in intensive care for 3 1/2 months on deaths door. Then just fine and out of hospital 2 weeks after his last near death incident.
The doctors and nurses in the bubs section of the hospital may look a bit blurry at times, thats just because of the Pinfeather And Corona Obscurer hiding their wings and halos.Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 06 12 at 08:13 PM • permalink#31,
Paco, thank you.
We get quite a few casualties out my way. The hawk was a complete surprise. The local wood doves often crash into the windows, but I never expected a hawk. I can only assume the stormy weather sent him off course. I was very happy to see him fly off safe and sound after he came to.
I try to save most birds. What I can treat I send to WIRES. They’re a great outfit that rescues injured wildlife.
We do shoot the Indian Mynahs. They’re the rats of the skies. Worse than pigeons. Also scare off the Sulphur Cresteds. Like Skeeter said earlier, you don’t get much fruit when the cockies are around.
The Magpie was a particular joy. They are a very intelligent bird and I believe, have a sense of humour!
#35: Actually, El Cid, Detective Paco is taking some time off to clean his revolver, brush off his hats, wash out a few silk handkerchiefs and prepare a formal response to the Better Business Bureau in connection with a complaint filed by some guy about damage (alleged damage) to a - get this - to a time machine, for cryin’ out loud. Have you ever heard anything so ridiculous? Sheila’s at her kickboxing class (high-heels division), and Bogan’s out chasing bicyclists (he has an all-consuming hatred for spandex).
#34, Hi Grimmy,
I have a miniature horse that I used to cart around in the back of my panel van (I was a single girl then), along with my two dogs.
Was always a real hoot when I’d pull up at the petrol station and a couple of dog’s heads and then the little horse’s head would pop out the window when the attendant came over.
He was and still is a great little guy. Never did his “business” in the van. I still have him. That was more than twenty years ago.
I don’t pray, but you have my best wishes. 37 years ago this month, my son, who was also due in September, was born almost exactly 3 months early on June 20, the day before Father’s Day. He was long, very skinny, low weight but healthy. Today he is 6’4” about 185 pounds of springsteel and whipcord and the proud father of two girls.
I’m sure you Ember will do fine. Keep us up to date.
Posted by JorgXMcKie on 2007 06 12 at 10:31 PM • permalinkPrayers for Ash_ and Ember on their way from Taxachusetts - keep us posted.
Posted by Blue State Sil on 2007 06 12 at 11:04 PM • permalink#41 rhhardin
Great pic! The doggie looking down on that teeny weeny bird - wonder what the dog is thinking !
Best wishes to ash_, Jesse and baby - I’m a midwife and I’ve seen lots of premmies
The best thing is that all this wonderful technology we have in our civilised society gives these little ones a chance to live
Posted by aussiemagpie on 2007 06 14 at 02:53 AM • permalink
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The doctors think Ash is going to give birth tonight. I’ll let you all know.
She’s due September 8.