Friday, July 30, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Went hiking last weekend and saw these huge ants, called Bull Ants. Bill put a coin down to get some perspective for a picture, and the ants came out immediately to check it out. As soon as I took this photo one ant, all by himself, pulled the coin, comparable in size and weight to our nickel, down into the hole. So they're not only big but strong too, and apparently they've got a bite to match.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Been a long time since I've posted anything, just been busy at the wildlife center mostly, we got our first baby bird of the season in this week. Someone also brought in a galah which was obviously a pet, they're a beautiful gray parrot with a pink head, and this one was very friendly and talkative. He kept saying "kiss kiss" and he climbed onto one of the volunteer's shoulders and she said "Oh, I think he's whispering sweet nothings in my ear." Just then another volunteer walked up from behind her and said "No, actually, he's masturbating on your head." Birds are funny.
Last week when we took some of the animals out to a school with 4 and 5 year olds, we took along Henry the black cockatoo as usual. The volunteer showed the kids the difference between the tail feathers of the male and female birds, and then Henry showed off his tail feathers by opening up his wings. The volunteer then asked the class, "So how do we know Henry is a boy?" And a little boy raised his hand and said, "Because he's named Henry!" Can't argue with that logic.
Been a long time since I've posted anything, just been busy at the wildlife center mostly, we got our first baby bird of the season in this week. Someone also brought in a galah which was obviously a pet, they're a beautiful gray parrot with a pink head, and this one was very friendly and talkative. He kept saying "kiss kiss" and he climbed onto one of the volunteer's shoulders and she said "Oh, I think he's whispering sweet nothings in my ear." Just then another volunteer walked up from behind her and said "No, actually, he's masturbating on your head." Birds are funny.
Last week when we took some of the animals out to a school with 4 and 5 year olds, we took along Henry the black cockatoo as usual. The volunteer showed the kids the difference between the tail feathers of the male and female birds, and then Henry showed off his tail feathers by opening up his wings. The volunteer then asked the class, "So how do we know Henry is a boy?" And a little boy raised his hand and said, "Because he's named Henry!" Can't argue with that logic.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Yesterday was our club's big 4th of July bash, and estimates on attendance was 6 to 7 thousand, it was crazy. Luckily the weather was beautiful, no rain at all, so most of the time people were outside. We sold out of nearly 4 hundred dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts in an hour and a half, and some people drove 2 hours to get them. I ran the bake sale and we sold tons of stuff, but everyone kept asking for anything pumpkin, and we sold out of all of it very quickly. Bill got stuck making popcorn, and the line never went down, although the line for hotdogs was about 5 times as long.
It was fun but hectic, now time to start planning the Thanksgiving dinner, which thankfully is for members only. Here are a couple of pics from July 4th.
Yesterday was our club's big 4th of July bash, and estimates on attendance was 6 to 7 thousand, it was crazy. Luckily the weather was beautiful, no rain at all, so most of the time people were outside. We sold out of nearly 4 hundred dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts in an hour and a half, and some people drove 2 hours to get them. I ran the bake sale and we sold tons of stuff, but everyone kept asking for anything pumpkin, and we sold out of all of it very quickly. Bill got stuck making popcorn, and the line never went down, although the line for hotdogs was about 5 times as long.
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