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[Myew]

@Tortuga Thought loaded... transmitting... "Replies to your public profile are disabled... and I want some salmon."

[Loopy]

Okay, has anyone ever seen this type of bird. Looks like some kind of duck 🦆. 

 

Jehovah’s creative paintbrush was busy here. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[Tortuga]

17 minutes ago, Loopy said:

Okay, has anyone ever seen this type of bird. Looks like some kind of duck 🦆. 

 

Jehovah’s creative paintbrush was busy here. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbittern

[Friends just call me Ross]

25 minutes ago, Loopy said:

Okay, has anyone ever seen this type of bird. Looks like some kind of duck 🦆. 

 

Jehovah’s creative paintbrush was busy here. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

As Brother Richard has already pointed out, it's a Sun Bittern from Costa Rica

The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of Costa Rica.

 

Edited August 11, 2018 by Friends just call me Ross

[Loopy]

6 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbittern

Wow! Thanks !  

 

Wish we we could see beautiful birds like this in Michigan 🙂

 

I mean we do have some awesome looking bird types but this is gorgeous.

 

Feeding

The sunbittern consumes a wide range of animal prey. Insects form an important part of the diet, with cockroaches, dragonfly larvae, flies, katydids, water beetles and moths being taken. Other invertebrate prey includes crabs, spiders, shrimps and earthworms. They will also take vertebrate prey including fish, tadpoles, toads and frogs, eels and lizards.^[3]

Sunbitterns are one of 12 species of birds in five families that have been described as fishing using baits or lures to attract prey to within striking distance. This type of behaviour falls within the common definition of tool use. In sunbitterns this behaviour has only been observed in captive birds so far.

 

Here in a few states we could use these birds to get rid of cockroaches. We’d have some fat birdies. LOL

[Loopy]

Edited August 12, 2018 by Loopy

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

First day back on carts after 3 week break. Cruise ship in today as well.
Local tourism operator bought us a coffee as a welcome back gift. (See pic = mine on post)
When he takes his tour groups past, he points us out to the group as a point of interest for those seeking spiritual information

Older
{still waiting for the 'Wiser'}

[bagwell1987]

5 minutes ago, TonyWenz said:

First day back on carts after 3 week break. Cruise ship in today as well.
Local tourism operator bought us a coffee as a welcome back gift. (See pic = mine on post)
When he takes his tour groups past, he points us out to the group as a point of interest for those seeking spiritual information

Older
{still waiting for the 'Wiser'}
 

How cool is that!!

[bagwell1987]

I don't venture away much, I like it that way. So here's an adventure I did at home today. Tired now, ready for some gin or vodka I think.

 

Big tub of beets.                                 Some pretty big

 

Saved some out for a neighbor, she likes the greens too                   Made 6 quarts of pickled beets.

                              

 

[Omoyeme]

I truly enjoy seeing photos of your vegetable garden Cheryl...love it!

 

[ChrisC]

9 hours ago, bagwell1987 said:

I don't venture away much, I like it that way. So here's an adventure I did at home today. Tired now, ready for some gin or vodka I think.

 

Big tub of beets.                                 Some pretty big

 

Saved some out for a neighbor, she likes the greens too                   Made 6 quarts of pickled beets.

                              

 

I wonder if I can eat my yummy beetroot salad without waking up Emma.

[bagwell1987]

14 hours ago, Omoyeme said:

I truly enjoy seeing photos of your vegetable garden Cheryl...love it!

 

Thanks Sandra, I have to exercise restraint to not post more pic's. 😊 Here's one of a begonia that decided to come back this year.

[nanceebgd46]

I've said it once ...and I'll say it again....Cheryl...you most definitely have a MAJOR green thumb.

p.s. impressive!

[bagwell1987]

33 minutes ago, nanceebgd46 said:

I've said it once ...and I'll say it again....Cheryl...you most definitely have a MAJOR green thumb.

p.s. impressive!

For a small backyard garden it produces well. I got 6 quarts of green beans, lots of giant German radishes, salad plate lettuces, will have about a gallon and half giant carrots for the freezer, probably 2- 5 gallon buckets of potatoes, I'll pressure can the red ones, have made a gallon of refrigerator pickles with more coming on, some peas- I think I don't like growing them, walla walla sweet onion, about a gallon bag of tomitillo's for a friend, and the piece d resistance -  the spaghetti squash, I think there's over 20.

 

Might look messy but it's actually all the clippings of harvested veg.

I don't micromanage the garden either, I have dill that comes up wherever it wants as well as small weeds and such among the veg. Weeds help the soil keep hydrated and doesn't interfere with my veg. 

 

Oh and the rhubarb! I just picked about 22 pounds yesterday. Running out of friends! I can get 2 big pickings and one small one, I usually keep the small one.

 

 

This is salad plate lettuce, just found this 2 years ago, my favorite.

 

And the sunflowers, they're probably 7 feet tall! Supposed to be a small variety, hate to see what large would look like!          Ok, done now. Promise.

 

[dove]

52 minutes ago, bagwell1987 said:

For a small backyard garden it produces well. I got 6 quarts of green beans, lots of giant German radishes, salad plate lettuces, will have about a gallon and half giant carrots for the freezer, probably 2- 5 gallon buckets of potatoes, I'll pressure can the red ones, have made a gallon of refrigerator pickles with more coming on, some peas- I think I don't like growing them, walla walla sweet onion, about a gallon bag of tomitillo's for a friend, and the piece d resistance -  the spaghetti squash, I think there's over 20.

 

Might look messy but it's actually all the clippings of harvested veg.

I don't micromanage the garden either, I have dill that comes up wherever it wants as well as small weeds and such among the veg. Weeds help the soil keep hydrated and doesn't interfere with my veg. 

 

Oh and the rhubarb! I just picked about 22 pounds yesterday. Running out of friends! I can get 2 big pickings and one small one, I usually keep the small one.

 

 

This is salad plate lettuce, just found this 2 years ago, my favorite.

 

And the sunflowers, they're probably 7 feet tall! Supposed to be a small variety, hate to see what large would look like!          Ok, done now. Promise.

 

Very nice...the sunflower must be your avatar...

[bagwell1987]

Ya, he is.

[dove]

Never have seen that color in sunflowers..only familiar with the yellow/gold..

[bagwell1987]

I haven't either, the package looks like all yellow. I'm loving the variety.

[dove]

Makes me think of zinnias...

[Tortuga]

Is the Facebook logo a subliminal pagan symbol?

 

[Old]

Many posts on this forum are very good, I like them very much but alas until this moment I have only been allowed one 'like' to a post. Problem solved, I can now 'like' as many times as I want!

[Tortuga]

Just now, Old said:

Many posts on this forum are very good, I like them very much but alas until this moment I have only been allowed one 'like' to a post. Problem solved, I can now 'like' as many times as I want!

Can you order that through Amazon?

[Musky]

I like it!

[Old]

 

[Sheep]

9 minutes ago, Old said:

It is the same when you are stupid.

Hey, wait a second! I resemble that last remark!

 

 

Edited August 17, 2018 by Sheep