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Carol, Grandma Travis, Dot, and Florence It’s been a busy few days here on the hill. Yesterday and the day before, I had a visitor whom I haven’t seen since 1985; my cousin Joey. It was so wonderful to see him again, and we spent several hours pouring over old photos and the memories [Click title to read post ...] The babies are growing already; I look at them today and see changes even from the video I put on YouTube yesterday. I’m growing more suspicious that the “robins” are grackles, and not robins at all. [Click title to read post ...] Firenze, the llama with whom I spoke at length in a previous post, has been giving evidence of remembering our conversation, as well as the friendship we formed while talking. [Click title to read post ...] I recently promised my readers that I would do an occasional consultation with the llamas known as the “NY-100″, which Northeast Llama Rescue brought in from the Montana Large Animal Sanctuary rescue crisis. Since the very first day, I have been drawn to one particular llama. He’s a tall, stately fellow, very handsome, with whom [Click title to read post ...] Yesterday was a long, in part snowy to the point of “can’t even see the road in front of the truck”, busy, exhausting day for the volunteers of Northeast Llama Rescue. The “New York 100″, as the press has dubbed the llamas NELR rescued from the Montana sanctuary crisis, arrived on a huge 53 foot double deck stock trailer. [Click title to read post ...] When does animal rescue become animal hoarding? The easy answer is: when you have more animals than you can care for. This is what happened to a huge Montana sanctuary. The owners began with the best of intentions, and things got out of hand. Way out of hand. Big time out of hand. The sanctuary [Click title to read post ...] Quite a few friends have asked me to try to catch some updated chatter from the Starlings, Stars and Stripes. Last time I managed to acclimate them to the little mini cassette recorder on their cage, it was Stars who went into chat-box mode. Today, Stripes stepped up to the mic. [Click title to read post ...] Outdoor Aviary Completed Aviary Although the door no longer sports the historical “Chicken Little Lanai” sign, said sign is actually mounted on the side of the aviary, and the restoration work is done. Note the inventive sliding glass door … an old window my husband found in the shed and recycled. The entire inside of the aviary is secured with 1/4″ hardware cloth, bungee cords and branches are strung and scattered about for perches, a neat table/shelf is set up for food and water dishes, and the starlings and grackle have taken up residence. [Click title to read post ...] |
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