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Chat - Saturday, September 5, 2009; Have a Great Labor Day Weekend
Topic Started: Sep 5 2009, 03:46 AM (1,782 Views)
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Jillers,Sep 5 2009
01:58 PM

Every one of those fabulous images are truly <:3 breaking Jill :'( :'( :'( except maybe the one of the famiy on the dock cheering as the helcopter got a re-fill in the lake. I can't imagine what those photographers went through to get them either. Thanks for posting those :)^
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ojailala,Sep 5 2009
02:47 PM
Penny, what was I thinking when I asked you about attracting Hummers... Your yard is beautiful and inviting for sure... they must be blind... beautiful colors and photos.... I have my feeders higher  but if you have no cats around the hummers feed on low flowers all the time... I like your climbing plant of the wall...

No cats around especially now that we finished the fence...maybe they could shimmy underneath on their bellies in a few spots but why bother :blink: there are so many other places to go with no effort on their part.

The vine on the wall is a scarlet trumpet homeysuckle...it took a hard hit this winter and is usually much larger...maybe I should hang the feeders much higher, but I don't have a deck area at the moment. I really think they have already passed through Manitoba on their way South. It is 82F here right now and is supposed to stay up there for the rest of the long weekend and into next week too :**: :><: :><: :**: It does cool off to the low 60's at night now and will be even cooler in the mid 50's next week.
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I received this email from Carlos de la Rosa of the Catalina Conservancy.. he was assuring me that the bison on the island were being fed by the conservancy. I had been told otherwise and he wanted me to know more about their program...



As you know, the bison that currently live on Catalina are descendants of a small group introduced to the Island in 1924. Since then, they have become a cherished icon of the Island, and something many thousands of people come to see every year. However, bison are native to the plains and the Island really does not provide an optimal habitat for them. The Island's climate and vegetation are less than ideal to support a large or a growing herd. For example, bison reproduce on the Island at the time when resources (food and water) are at their scarcest, so the conditions are less than ideal for maximum health.

The bison herd is managed by the Conservancy with the dual purpose of (1) maintain a healthy herd that visitors and residents can enjoy; and (2) minimize the impact of the herd to the native ecosystem. With this in mind, we manage the population by removing a certain number of them every few years, shipping them to no-kill reserves where they will live out their natural lives. We also monitor their health and do provide water and feed in times of drought or too much stress. These management actions are done based on the results of scientific studies.

This year we are relocating 150 animals to South Dakota, to a Native American reservation that will care for them and cherish them. They received 100 animals from us in 2003 and the reports of their health are good. This year we will also continue and expand genetic studies to improve the quality of the lives of the animals that remain on the Island (between 100 and 150) and implement a contraceptive program that will reduce the stress of reproducing every year, giving the females a much needed break. All in all, these management actions will improve the health and the well-being of the bison that stay on the Island as well as the ones that get relocated to South Dakota.

You can feel confident that the Conservancy is doing its best to preserve this cultural resource as well as to improve their health and the health of the Island habitats.

Sincerely,

Carlos

Carlos de la Rosa, Ph.D.
Chief Conservation and Education Officer
Catalina Island Conservancy

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Penny, your yard is beautiful. I don't know why the hummers don't come in droves. We have several feeders - some are low. It doesn't seem to matter to them. We also have tons of flowers they enjoy and a bird bath that they like.

We have seen several in the last week that are just passing through on their way south. Seems early to me, but then I don't have to fly a couple of thousand miles on my own power.
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I wonder if this mom and calf are in South Dakota now???
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My hummers love the wax flowers (Hoya) and the tiny lavender flowers.. also the trumpet-type that they can really get in...
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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This bird

* aggressively defends its food supply and its surroundings against intruders
* makes an amazing annual migration flight that includes crossing the 800-km expanse of the Gulf of Mexico
* skilfully uses a variety of materials to build a nest that looks like a natural knob on the branch of a tree or shrub
* beats its wings about 55 to 75 times a second

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris is the most common and widely distributed of the hummingbirds in Canada. Canada has five species of hummingbirds. Of these, only the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is found in the east. It inhabits Nova Scotia (including Cape Breton Island), New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, southern Quebec, and Ontario north to Lake Nipigon and Lake of the Woods. It ranges westward through southern Manitoba, central Saskatchewan, and central and southeastern Alberta.

In earlier times people did not believe that a bird so small and fragile could fly thousands of kilometres from its breeding range in the north to its wintering breeding grounds in Central America. This gave rise to the legend that the tiny birds travelled as passengers on bigger birds, such as the Canada Goose.

We now know that Ruby-throated Hummingbirds do fly south in the fall and north in the spring. Observers have seen spectacular flights of these tiny birds flashing by overhead in great numbers at such places as Point Pelee and Port Stanley on the Great Lakes, especially in the fall. It has also been established that hummingbirds actually cross the 800-km expanse of the Gulf of Mexico on their way to and from their wintering grounds.

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds leave their northern breeding grounds during the second half of August and the first week of September. The males migrate first, followed by the females and the juveniles. They return in the same order in spring, during the last two weeks of May. Data from bird banding (tracking birds by placing numbered aluminum bands around their legs) have showed that birds return to the very same place the next spring.

Excerpts from Hinterland's Who's Who Bird Fact Sheets
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Linda thanks for the info on the Bison I was also told that food was not provided during drought.
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I always thought it better if the hummers could see the feeders but the colors of your flowers Penny should draw them like a beacon.

Jill what fab pic's of the fire. The car melted is fascinating to me. Part of it only melted. The one of the firefighters in single file up the side of the mountain....wow. I don't know how they do it but I'm glad they are paid well to do it. That's the only incentive I can see to do that for me. Bless them that do it for the sake of fighting something so ugly. I wouldn't be a police officer either.....no no no no.

It actually looks like a war zone I would imagine. I saw that one plane dumping water on the towers. It's amazing to see.

OK all the eggs are done. Gotten several phone calls to go do have whatever but I am committed to going to one place. Then back home and probably study.

Jann you can only be driven crazier by your own mind. How's a Calif girl supposed to know???? It looks good and it looks fun and I'm glad she and ES are out there enjoying. But I'd have to guess somewhere where planes fly????
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Hi Sandie. :}^
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Eagle Duo,Sep 5 2009
02:48 PM
Deb is indeed feeling better.  She & ES are out and about and she's been sending me pictures, saying.....guess where we are?
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Some of you on the east coast may recognize this, but this California gal sure didn't.  :blink:  She's been driving me crazy.  :wacko:  I finally figured it out, but I'm not gonna spill the beans just yet.  I don't wanna be the only one she drove crazy!  :lol:

Jann Are they on an aircraft carrier docked somewhere in New York? :huh:
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Thanks for all the lovely comments on the garden...I really didn't do much this year because we had to remove 3 mature trees and dig up lots of areas for the fence installation....Hmmm, maybe that's why the hummers stayed away :<::
Oh well, I'll hope for the best next year :X:

Linda
I am so glad you wrote to The Conservancy to ask about the 'starving' Bison herd. What a reassuring response to get back. :)^

Awww...Momma and calf look so happy munching away. Great photo...do you ever take a bad one? :P

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:}^ Carole are you enjoying your trip to Montreal? I hope your Mom is well.

I miss your Zoo screencaps so hurry back :ok:
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silveregal,Sep 5 2009
03:40 PM
Linda thanks for the info on the Bison I was also told that food was not provided during drought.

Barbara, thanks for telling me .... glad there is another side to the story...
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Here's one I took when it was getting dark a few days ago...
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