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Saturday, September 9, 2006; Observations & Discussions
Topic Started: Sep 9 2006, 02:11 AM (1,459 Views)
ElaineRuth
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Bea,Sep 9 2006
03:49 PM
Patti, interesting you should mention the slugs. Hubby and I are just stumped as to where they go during the day. We see them in our backyard every night. Not that many, but enough to where you have to watch your step. Come morning they have vanished. I mean vanished! We look underneath things and everywhere and there is no trace of them. Where do they go during the day?

for the answer, check this site: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index...01130022AAuqzdB

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kljinusa
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Thanks HB, for the humminbird video. I used to keep a feeder, then I read the prepared solution wasn't so good for them and the feeders tended to develop mold if not looked after regularly. I live on the coast, so my liitle HB's regularly visit my yard to feed off my fuschias and other flowers.

But, when I used to keep a feeder in the wintertime, I had nests in my yard. I think I will set up a feeder this winter. And spread a little Spanish moss for their nests...

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KLJinOz
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:lol: ER Oohhh that was a funny website :lol: :lol:
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kljinusa
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Hey, the IWS.org site has a new look...It needed a facelift...
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kljinusa
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Still no link for purchasing t-shirts yet, though...
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Bixby
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After reading the slug stories I'm afraid to go out after dark without my shoes on. If I stepped on one of those 10" slimy things I'd jump so high I'd land in Cruz's nest.

Well dear friends, I going to call it a night and turn in early. I'll be sending you all good thoughts every day while I'm gone. I'll check in on the 22nd.

Goodnight, have a great evening.
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kljinusa
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Bixby, I'm so glad you are so close to being in Big Bear! And slugs in Ventura are only 1/2 inch at the most, but they are still destructive.
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kljinusa,Sep 9 2006
07:50 PM
Still no link for purchasing t-shirts yet, though...

I'm watching and waiting for the link, too. I want to wear my t-shirt & hat on the Santa Cruz Island trip. . as I'm sure most, if not all of us do! :P
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Bea
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ElaineRuth, thank's for that slug-related link. Some of those answers were just hilarious!! Others made a lot of sense, and believe me, we have upturned just about everything there is and..no slugs. I think they stay at my neighbors during the day as they have a lot more "things" in their yard to hide under, and at night they come over to my yard to eat :lol:
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Speaking of slugs...
I went to college at UC Santa Cruz and our mascot was the Banana Slug. Those who see a banana slug for the first time may no longer think their own backyard slugs are so bad! Banana slugs are huge, bright yellow critters who live on the coast around the Pacific Northwest. I developed a real respect -even love!- for these slugs while in Santa Cruz. One of the reeasons the students chose the banana slug as our mascot was that they have no predators: any creature that tries to eat them will apparently choke on their slime and their thick bodies. On a recent trip to Oregon with some friends from the Midwest, I spotted a banana slug and stopped to pet it. You should have seen the look on their faces, watching this grown woman petting a slug! :blink:
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kljinusa,Sep 9 2006
09:47 PM
Hey, the IWS.org site has a new look...It needed a facelift...

Under 'What are your questions' is a reply from Dr Sharpe on the status of the IWS Homepage.

It's not finished yet.
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Good night!
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Bea
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Lana, interesting story about those banana slugs. I remember that in Germany, we also had many different looking slugs. Different bodies and colors, some even bright red.
KLJinOz, those 10 inch slugs sound like mini snakes. You guys do have a lot of dangerous animals there if I'm not mistaken? Some pretty nasty spiders I believe, and I don't mean Tarantulas. BTW: Animal Channel has something on about the Australian Tarantulas right now. I can't really watch it. Spiders have been the one thing I fear most. Although hubby has eased some of that fear in a pretty neat way. When living in Ventura, we've had sightings of Tarantulas around our house just about every year in August. Well, one year hubby caught one, built a terrarium and put it right in the livingroom where I looked at it daily. After 2 weeks we both let it go, and I must say, I don't scream anymore everytime I see a spider big or small :D


Edit: We did feed it bugs and stuff, and I was most amazed at how thirsty it was when he first brought it in. You could actually watch it drinking. Pretty neat. It was quite big and almost black in color.
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Bea
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EagleDuo, I see you are here, how was the trip??
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Eagle Duo
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Well, we're back. Had a wonderful time.....even if Dave wouldn't stop at any of the yard sales we saw on the drive there! :P

It is beautiful up there and not very crowded. We're both looking forward to going back. Wasn't fond of the boats available for rent. Just a little row boat with a motor on it pulled up on the sand. Very weathered & rustic and I think I may have a sliver in my 'get-along'. :blink: After spending a day in that little boat, I'm glad we didn't have any of the grandkids with us! :o

My eyes are too tired to resize pictures for posting and my body still feels like it's swaying on a boat. It's a good thing neither of us have a problem with motion sickness, cuz this would have done us in. When you see the videos I took, I think you'll understand. :blink:

I sure have a lot more respect for the IWS crew that takes the pictures for our updates each week. I already had a lot of respect for them, but after today, it's multiplied by a thousand! We did see one bald eagle, but no wingdings. I got a video of it flying, but it's not very good since that little boat wouldn't hold still no matter what we tried. We were both so excited, we went around telling all the people fishing nearby that there was a bald eagle in that tree. We also saw an ospry, a convey of quail, lots of ducks, and a crane or heron or egret of some sort. Got a good picture of it flying. And we saw what we both think (hope?) is the juvenile that fledged in July. I got video of it with my binoculars, but unfortunately, the video is not as clear as what I actually saw. :(

I'll try to go through the pictures and videos tomorrow when my eyes are fresher. Right now I want some 'inner peace' and splash some cold water on my eyes.
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