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[Nanci]

She didn't take to it. I don't feel _too_ bad, the eggs hadn' even started to develope. I will move it close to the tree at about an eight foot height tomorrow.

Oh well.

[Trek420]

Nanci, there's a family of birds who've nested in one of the vents on my condo. Not sure what it vents from. At first I was a afraid to run the dryer lest I "cook" them but that does not seem to bug them so...catching up on laundry again.

I know they lost 2 babies. I found the tiny featherless creatures dead on the patio, guess they fell out. Either they lay more eggs or there were more and I can hear the tiny family and see Mom and Dad flying in with fluff and dried vegetation and sitting on the carport roof scolding me when I go out.

There's a birdfeeder in front of the condo, and one in the patio in back. The back one not so much eating because Mae is there but the front one, hard to keep it full

Partly inspired by you and my general tree-huggy background I ordered a bird house. Hope they come back next year they'll be housed in style.

[KnottedYet]

We have woodpeckers that pound away at our sheet metal chimneys. The whole apartment building echoes with it.

I found a tiny blue egg shell in front of my building earlier this week. I'm hoping it was a hatched egg rather than one that got splattered when the new siding was put on our building. Didn't see any gooey or dried egg-guts, so I'm guessing it was a hatched one.

[crazycanuck]

Ok, here's one for you Nanci & anyone else-I'm sure the Australian Government would love you for it..

Read this article about cane toads and what do you think is the best way to get rid of them?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5092226.stm

Someone said paint thinner works...

I got up at 415am today....As i start work earlier for the next 2 weeks(end of financial year in aust & paperwork increases) I can't join in on a group run or swim...So my friend & I went for a run @ 5am through the city & then ventured to work..

No cycle tonight as it's raining-it's one thing not to be able to see well whilst biking at night(even with lights) but it's another thing when i can't see through my glasses...

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[DrBee]

Cane toads are a classic example of why exotics should not be introduced as population control for "pest" species. I learned about this long ago as an undergrad in ecology and herp classes. I had hoped that some sort of eradication program had been successful. Sorry to hear it hadn't. Do you see them often?

[crazycanuck]

They're not in Western Australia yet!!! We don't want them...

They're headed this way though & the Western Australian Gov't is trying it's best to stop them...

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[Nanci]

But they're so adorable!! I am familiar with the problem, though. Introducing animals to somewhere they are not from is almost always disasterous. I had one for a pet when I was in high school. They are called Marine Toads here. I named him Lord something or other- some British Navy person. I also had a Three-Toed Box Turtle at the same time, named Mr. Schneider, after my bf's teacher of the same name. Why? Because each only had one arm...