This evening around 7:30pm I found her perched up on the corner edge of the cardboard box where she’d been recuperating. This meant she was well enough to fly up there and want to perch. So, after sitting with her and pondering it a bit, I decided to try her out in the coop. If [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Update: Back in the Coop
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A Good Morning
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Amazingly, things are looking up! After not much change from the attack around 3pm until I went to be around 11pm last night, I woke up this morning to a much-improved Lady B. This was her, yesterday (pic below), on my lap as I wrote the beginning of the last post.
I was too concerned with keeping [...]
Bloody Friday
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Terror has struck our happy little existence. I have been expecting hawk attacks since day one. They are my biggest concern. We have tons of them here – hawks, kites, harriers, eagles, etc, etc. And I love them, I do. They are wonderful, top predators that indicate a healthy ecosystem. They are also top predators [...]
EARTH HOUR – A Worldwide Event
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please join me in participating in Earth Hour, set up by the World Wildlife Fund. It is scheduled for tomorrow, 3/28/09, at 8:30pm, your own local time. For one hour, everyone (businesses included) is encouraged to turn off all non-essential electronics and lights. The hour will “roll” around the planet with the time zones. The [...]
Scruffy, King of the Worm-Eaters
Posted in chicks, garden on March 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, I tried my best to get a shot of with a big, fat worm in his mouth but he is just so dang FAST that it proved an impossible task. This is my best shot out of about a trillion. That little thing that is sticking up above his beak is the tag-end of a [...]