The Official Critter Thread

[Kaveman]

Vox, is part of Vice, and like Vice, they used to do real reporting and documentary work. Now it's mostly hack and attack pieces motivated by extreme ideologies.

Vox is also responsible for the way YouTube treats its content creators. One of their queer Mexican talking heads got into an online pissing match with Stephen Crowder, and the fallout is still affecting everyone on the platform.

Lefty liberal media bullies in short. Not that I can stand political pundits as a whole, but I really don't like being beaten with somebody else's baby seal, so that I'll drink out of paper straws.

 

[Cobleskill]

I am old enough to remember straws were always made out of paper. School lunch milk. They seemed to work back then. Seems like an unworthy cause for Trump.

 

[lxskllr]

Straws are a frivolous waste of resources. So women don't smudge their lipstick. Since I'm not a woman(or wear lipstick I guess), I don't use straws. The fuel tank on my saw is a better use of petrol.

 

[Nutball]

The fuel tank on my saw is a better use of petrol.

That was random

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Just dont use them......

 

[lxskllr]

Charge $1 each for them. The bullshit of privatizing profit and socializing cost is garbage; literally. You get a straw whether you want one or not, sometimes even after specifying you don't, and it ends up on the ground for everyone else to deal with. At $1/each, they won't be blithely spread everywhere, and when they are truly wanted/needed, they'll be closely looked after.

Or just use paper. I'm old enough to remember paper straws too, and they worked.

 

[flushcut]

We use glass and stainless steel straws at our house.

 

[flushcut]

So why are we talking about straws in the critter thread? Maybe I should read back a few posts.

 

[stikine]

So why are we talking about straws in the critter thread? Maybe I should read back a few posts.

It's for artificial insemination reasons of course, you silly lad.

 

[stikine]

Bison Ranchers Return Thousands of Animals to Native Lands and Witness Total Rejuvenation of Ecosystem

The return of the bison means the return of the prairie, one of the three great grassland ecosystems on the planet.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

Something good for a change.

 

[Patrick A]

2 healthy coyotes on our walk today. We heard them miles away as they were howling. They did not care for the dog and me.

 

[cory]

even if you've seen it before, the eagle nest cam rocks!

 

[cory]

she's keeping 3 babies warm in the snowstorm and pops just brought fish for dinner

 

[cory]

The nest is built 145ft up in a Jeffrey Pine tree ~7100ft ASL, one of the highest elevation Bald Eagle nests in the US! It is measured ~5 1/2’ wide and 6’ deep.

Crazy wind and snow atm

 

[Burnham]

@cory Does that third egg still stand a chance of hatching, do you know? I suppose even if it does, the other two chicks will be bigger and stronger, and likely get more food because of it. Downward spiral in that case. The strongest has the best shot at survival.

 

[stikine]

It's amazing that they breed and hatch so early there. They aren't even on the nests here yet. Pairing but not nesting atm.

 

[cory]

@Burnham the third egg has hatched. If you click on some adjacent vids, you can see highlights and see 3 chicks

 

[cory]

Dang, this morning at 4:45am local eagle time, it looks like it's been a long night- temp has dropped, wind still raging, lotta snow accumulated on the nest. Being an eagle aint all strawberries and rainbows.

 

[cory]

Btw, Pat originally posted this vid, thank you Pat!

 

[Cobleskill]

It sucks being an eagle there today.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I doubt they care much. Those are some warm feathers.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

More concerned about raven and crow caws that anything. Hard on chicks

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Cory, you are aware that Big Bear Valley, and Big Bear Lake are basically above San Bernadino just south of Los Angeles? Well, South East. In Southern California.
Most folksdont imagine Eagles a quick drive from LA.

 

[Burnham]

Thanks, @cory.

 

[cory]

@CurSedVoyce yes I googled it when I saw the BBL snowstorm and your work pic of snowy roads on your way to appts, I wanted to see how far you were from BBL given that you were both apparently getting the same storm system. Further apart than I would have guessed