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Celtman · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:36 pm Post subject: Wildlife thread

Dont know whether you fancy having a wildlife topic, but I thought this news story was great to hear.

The spectacular ivory-billed woodpecker, which was declared extinct in 1920, has been found alive in North America

Full story here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4493825.stm
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Clairebert · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject:

That's great news to hear!

Hopefully, that article will help make people realise that we gotta do something about the alarming rate of species going extinct every year. Also it gives us hope that if we're careful, we should be able to live along side wildlife without causing harm to it.
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'Boo · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject:

Another heart-warming wildlife story was covered on the BBC regional news last night about a deer fawn that was rejected by its mother as it was a twin and they normally only have one baby. Staff rescued it and put it in the house with the dogs and they'd adopted it - the footage of this deer fawn with great long gangly legs chasing round playing with the dogs was totally fabulous, they were all licking each others faces and all seemingly totally blissful - the end of the footage showed them all in a heap asleep in front of the fire with a ginger cat in the middle of it too.

Various links with some pictures

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4490000/newsid_4492700/4492777.stm

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=15453418&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=canine-friends-come-to-rescue-of-abandoned-bush-baby-deer-name_page.html

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4468116

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/4489437.stm
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Celtman · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject:

Thx for the links Boo...I love the picture of the dog and the dear
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dinha · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:38 am Post subject:

I love this thread.
I'm so happy about the ivory-billed woodpecker.
I've seen Pileated Woodpeckers a few times when I go hiking in the woods and I'm telling ya, what a sight to see, what a beautiful thing. Breathtaking.

Clairebert · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:42 am Post subject:

We get woodpeckers in our backyard, but their just plain brown ones. We have a family of bluejays who've nested in our trees.
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dinha · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:29 am Post subject:

I get downy woodpeckers on my birdfeeder. Black and white with red spots on the back of the head. I'm going to start taking pictures instead of just talking about this!

I think blue jays are beautiful birds, I get them as well. Horrible, frightful cry they make, though.

Mockingbirds are one of my favorites. Not the most beautiful or striking bird to look at, but amazing, versatile singers. Aptly, they're Tennesse's official state birds, whatever that may mean. Do you get them that far north, Clairebert?

mojopin · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:20 am Post subject:

Thanks for all your lovely thought and pictures I love nature, I agree Clairebert I hope the worlds leaders and industries finally wake upto the damage they cause, so that future generations have the ability to appreciate how diverse and amazing our planet really is. Smile

Moomintroll · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:04 am Post subject:

I really like this topic! That cute picture of the fawn and the dog.....and that woodpecker is spectacular looking!
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sazzle · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:34 pm Post subject:

What a good topic, and such a lovely story about the 'Elvis'! Let's hope they find more so-believed extinct animals out there (but maybe not a T-rex!).
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Morganna · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject:

Its a pretty common practice amongst duck breeders to set duck eggs under a broody hen, we used to do it pretty often, however one year it happened the otherway, somehow a hen's egg got into a duck nest. The mother had 4 ducklings and a chicken!

We had to resque the chicken before the mother duck decided it was time for a swimming lesson.
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'Boo · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject:

Some little garden wildlife for you - the spotted avenger!

I just popped into the garden and spotted a ladybird on a leaf and as I'd seen some greenfly on my only rose this morning, I moved it to the aphid-ridden leaf for some dinner. I'd only been reading while I ate my lunch about how voracious a ladybird's appetite was for aphids, from a place that sell them (£15 quid for 30), but my goodness they can't half put them away. These were taken with my little camera as it will focus from an inch away, although it was very breezy and the leaf was on the move the whole time.

When I put the ladybird on the leaf the underside must have had a hundred or more aphids on it, I've just been back out and he's on the last couple on an adjacent leaf. He's had them all, he must be fit to burst!

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Celtman · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject:

WOW Boo.................those pics are amazing.

You should send one of those into the next Countryfile comp.
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Clairebert · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:

Moomintroll · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:42 am Post subject:

Celtman said