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Saturday, September 23, 2006
On Vacation
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Bye-Bye for another year
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Our friend John Gomes took alot of pictures at Bye-Bye Birdie and posted them on his website. Here's the link. I'll do more of a story later.
Today is Bye-Bye Birdie
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Today is the day we have been preparing for since June. Today at the Bird TLC property on Old Seward Hwy, overlooking Potter Marsh, we'll be celebrating the begining of a long journey for many birds. "Bye-Bye Birdie" we call it.
For starters, we will be having walk by programs with our education birds. An informal presentation where several are being presented at a time. Once you've heard enough about one, you move on to the next.
We have 3 different bands through out the day with all kinds of bird friendly music. We'll have games for the kids and kids at heart. There will also be bird watching tours around Potters Marsh with scopes available if you don't have one.
We'll have formal presentations of "Those Crazy Corvids". Magpies, Ravens and Crows of course. Then we have "The Small and mighty". The overlooked birds of prey. And then "The Big Boys of the Sky". That's the eagles of course. There will be question periods at the end of each presentation.
There will food and drink available all day and ample parking too.
At the 3:30 is the big event. We will be releasing a rehabilitated eagle back into the wild. A success story. Last year we had a 50% plus release at Bird TLC. This year we are trying to keep that fantastic success going.
If your in the Anchorage area, come join us from 11-4 today at 15500 Old Seward Hwy and join us in saying Bye-Bye Birdie.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Joan Harris @ Tidal Wave Books
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Bye-Bye Birdie, Saturday 11-4PM at the Bird TLC Property (Old Rabbit Hutch) on Old Seward Hwy.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
With a lot of help from our new friends
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We got it all knocked out fast and it looks great. We're not going to list what our findings were, but the list is long and disgusting. We even returned a shopping cart to one of the local grocery stores.
During the same time our Bird TLC Ed Presenters
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Bye-Bye should be a great event. Lots of work has gone into it by a lot of people. I'm looking forward to it.
Check out our friends from Elemndorfs webpage @ http://oddenonline.com/. Also, thanks to Britt for some of the pictures (that's her pushing the shopping cart).
Friday, September 15, 2006
With Cindy's help, I can still pick up girls
-UPDATE-
The other week Cindy Palmatier and I went out to the flight center (We made a few eagles mad today). We were hearding through the eagles out there looking for females. This you don't really know until you DNA test. Cindy and I have been around a few eagles and can kind of tell their sex by eyeballing them (guessing) and comparing their size to the others (females are larger than males). We picked out two we thought were female, pulled a few blood feathers from their chest and sent them off to the lab.
Guess what. They were both females. I can still pick up girls (with feathers) with Cindy's help and my wife Ruthie knew about it too. The only thing this guy has lost is his mind.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Big Boys Toys
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But later on I run into some really nice people. I call the Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) to get a burn permit. (I don't have a truck big enough to take this stuff to the dump). I get help right away. They email me the burn permit application link. When I get home I fill it out and it's approved right away.
There's one draw back. I have to have a source of pressurized water. There's no water source on the property. AFD says they will dispatch a water truck if one is available when I burn. Kewl people, but one wasn't available today.
So I called on a customer / friend at Airport Equipment Rentals. Here's the conversation "Hi guys! How's the wife? How's things? I need a water truck. What for? I need a pressurized water source for a controlled burn at the Bird TLC property. OK! No charge!"
During an extended lunch ( 1 1/2 hours) I burned the hay and then washed down the area to make sure the fire was out. I also got to play with a neat big toy. Thanks go out for the help from AFD and Airport Equipment Rentals. Kewl people!
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Special viewing of the Hunters of the Sky
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Sunday, September 10, 2006
Saturday, September 09, 2006
They are almost here
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Stweart Allison, one of our clinic volunteers on Tuesday's, design the poster. What do you think???
Also, Bye-Bye Birdie will be on Spet 23rd at the Bird TLC property overlooking Potter Marsh. For more info, go to www.birdtlc.net . That will be the place to say goodbye to all of the migratory birds until next year.
Also, Joan Harris will be signing her book "One Wing's Gift" at Tidal Wave books on Thursday Sept 21st at 7:30PM. Mary bethe will be presenting a golden eagle at the same time.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Give TLC your tired, hungry, dirty eagles
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Cindy wants for him to get plenty of rest and tube feed twice a day. She'll re-exam him after she returns from a trip on Wednesday. Hopfully by then he starts eating on his own again. If he is getting stronger, maybe an x-ray to
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Snowy Owls never miss a good lemming year in Barrow
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Photos by ERIK HILL / Anchorage Daily News
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Here's an excellent story from the Anchorage daily news today.
Snowy icon
Booming lemming population means high raptor survival as well
By ALEX DEMARBAN
Anchorage Daily News
Published: September 5, 2006
Last Modified: September 5, 2006 at 03:01 AM
BARROW -- Snowy owls that wing over the tundra and perch on telephone poles like giant white eggs are having their most productive summer in at least 15 years, researchers say.
They're everywhere you look in this coastal village, spreading long wings as they soar among weather-stripped homes or dotting sandy banks to avoid blistering Arctic winds.
Why are there so many? Mainly because the lemmings they love to eat are booming.
Barrow and the surrounding North Slope -- the nation's northernmost community -- is the only place in the United States where snowy owls gather to breed. If the food is good enough, some stick around for the frigid winters.
The rest of the story.....
BTW, Bird TLC has 1 Snowy Owl in it's Education Program. It is cared for by Leslie Lancaster in Nikiski. We have another candidate for the program, but it has just recently been applied for to USF&G
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Caring for small injured birds
Laura Erickson at Birderblog has a very good post on helping cat-injured birds. Please check it out.
Friday, September 01, 2006
We made a few eagles mad today
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The next eagle had limited use of it's left wing. It wouldn't extend all the way and it didn't like it
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Last but not least, this is how Cindy looks when you interrupt her doing paperwork to take her picture.
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