Topic: A PLETHORA OF PILES (Read 85236 times)

Tomovoz · « **Reply #480 on:** August 15, 2007, 11:57:33 PM »

"Rescued" birds are also at the zoo - Pelicans and Penguins.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #481 on:** August 15, 2007, 11:58:20 PM »

Pelicans are quite common here in Melbourne.

Jason · « **Reply #482 on:** August 15, 2007, 11:58:23 PM »

Those ARE loverly photos from the zoo. I was about to say how loverly the reticulated giraffes were, but it turns out they're Rothschild giraffes... Phew! A near zoological faux-pas barely missed!

Here's a picture of a tiger that I took through glass at the Bronx Zoo last year:

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #483 on:** August 15, 2007, 11:59:12 PM »

We get different kinds of pelicans here. But they are similar.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #484 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:00:01 AM »

they were just about to be fed!

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #485 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:00:55 AM »

DR Tomovoz, it is almost midnight here, and it is 94F (or 34C).

Tomovoz · « **Reply #486 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:01:35 AM »

Thanks Jason.. Good save.

We gave a sponsorship to our friend Shirley last year. (Her maiden name was Rothschild)

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #487 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:02:13 AM »

Looks like a cormorant, too, wanting to be fed.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #488 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:02:21 AM »

We don't get those temps until February Dear Reader Laura. - and then not often.

Jason · « **Reply #489 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:03:33 AM »

Yoga with Alejandro was, as usual, quite fantastic.

And to celebrate, here's a photo of a turtle that I took through glass at the Bronx Zoo:

Tomovoz · « **Reply #490 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:04:45 AM »

There was a group of youngsters a year or so ago who attempted (successfully) to spread a story about Pelicans stealing babies. Put it on the internet and people will believe it. They wanted to see how far the story would circulate.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #491 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:05:18 AM »

Quote from: Sandra on August 15, 2007, 11:54:08 PM

It is my mission in life to own a pair of Cherry Coke pants. They do exist. They do. They show up on eBay every once in a while. But they're always extra large. I think that's the only size they ever made. If I gained enough weight to fit into the pants, I wouldn't fit into any of my Cherry Coke shirts.

What am I to do??

Well, suicide seems premature and a tad drastic.

der Brucer

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #492 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:06:23 AM »

It was 41C here today.

Jason · « **Reply #493 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:07:44 AM »

Here's a close-up of one of the giraffes (don't know if it's a reticulated or a Rothschild) from the Louisville Zoo...

Jason · « **Reply #494 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:08:18 AM »

The giraffe was not photographed through glass.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #495 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:09:52 AM »

I think there are some decent Web site links etc for Melbourne Zoo - Australia's oldest.

Jason · « **Reply #496 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:10:22 AM »

And even though they're frightfully agressive and loud, I still can't help but think peacocks are some of the prettiest animals around...

From the Louisville Zoo, al fresco:

Tomovoz · « **Reply #497 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:11:00 AM »

LOL Jason. The Zebras share the Giraffe enlcosure here.

Sandra · « **Reply #498 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:11:21 AM »

I am listening to Lawrence Welk on my iPod (Artaxerxes).

My foot is asleep.

I am feeling peckish.

Jason · « **Reply #499 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:12:22 AM »

A parting shot of the peacock in all his splendor:

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #500 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:12:46 AM »

Just because:

Tomovoz · « **Reply #501 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:12:52 AM »

I associate peacocks with the Dirk Bogarde vesion of "A Tale Of Two cities".

A few years back we had a peacock sitting on our next door neighbour's roof.
It had escaped from its home a few miles away!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #502 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:13:29 AM »

Cute kitties.

Sandra · « **Reply #503 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:13:35 AM »

Aren't they CUTE?

Tomovoz · « **Reply #504 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:15:00 AM »

The end of the day's notes!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #505 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:15:24 AM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on August 16, 2007, 12:09:52 AM

I think there are some decent Web site links etc for Melbourne Zoo - Australia's oldest.

And they have ZOO SLEEPOVERS

der Brucer

Jason · « **Reply #506 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:15:55 AM »

I told my friend, Amy, who used to work at the San Francisco Zoo, that I thought that Peacock Blue - as in the actual color of the feathers - was one of the most beautiful blues in the world, and she mocked me! Still, I think it's true...

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #507 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:16:06 AM »

Thank you for the zoo photos, Tom and Jason.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #508 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:17:32 AM »

Roar and snore sleep overs - very popular.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #509 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:18:03 AM »

and what colour is a peacock's egg?

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