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Club Nouméa
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Joined: May 03, 2010
Posts: 326
From: Wanganui
|  Posted: 2011-10-07 02:59 am Permalink
Here are a couple of cheeky fellas who I see hanging around down my street:
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae, a.k.a. the bush pigeon or kukupa (or kereru if you are not from the North Island).
Traditionally, their feathers were used by Maori to make cloaks, but nowadays they are protected birds. They are substantially larger than boring old ordinary pigeons. They even hopped down onto an adjacent fence to get a closer look at me, but were scared away by a Maori woman driving past in a car who stopped to ask: "what are those birds?"
CN
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Jungle Trader
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Joined: Jan 04, 2003
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From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2011-10-12 11:14 pm Permalink
http://www.blackfeetnation.com/community/44-hiker-bitten-by-rogue-bear.html HA! Then scroll to bottom of page. It's not what you think.
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5089
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2011-10-13 11:31 am Permalink
Wild Turkey is the sighting rampage in Sacramento as of late. They are stopping traffic, hanging at the shopping malls and performing fly-bys at cars on country roads.
We would rather see this...
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Chuck Tatum is Tiki
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Joined: May 12, 2011
Posts: 1674
From: Southern Cailifornia
| Posted: 2011-10-13 12:19 pm Permalink
Yuummmmmm Turkey!
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LiddleLola
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Joined: Aug 24, 2008
Posts: 160
From: Elk Grove, CA
| Posted: 2011-10-15 07:43 am Permalink
Hey Vamp, I had 6 in my front yard on Thursday. I have never seen turkeys wandering the neighborhood before. Sign of the apocalypse....?
Darilyn
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-10-15 08:05 am Permalink
Vamp, send those turkeys my way - maybe they can help with spider control. This is not the biggest spider I have ever seen, but I'm pretty sure he's the biggest one I've ever seen IN MY SHOWER! 
(quarter for size reference)
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5089
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2011-10-15 3:53 pm Permalink
OMG...that spider is scary.
Darilyn...Sandy & I saw a big tom hanging out at David's Bridle by the Galleria...probably there for his tux fitting. She drove up next to him, rolled down the window and he went into quite a rant...lol.
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Will carve
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Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 365 | Posted: 2011-10-17 07:11 am Permalink
You guys have any idea how much it cost to have a mocking bird
pose atop your 9 ft Tiki ?
You know, I spare no expense to bring these pic to you.
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-10-17 4:47 pm Permalink
Will, I want you to know I appreciate your dedication 
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Jungle Trader
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Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3691
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2011-10-17 10:08 pm Permalink
Quote:
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On 2011-10-17 16:47, MadDogMike wrote:
Will, I want you to know I appreciate your dedication
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He probably glued crickets to the top.
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Will carve
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Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 365 | Posted: 2011-10-18 04:47 am Permalink
Ya see,
Crickets are expensive these days.
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Will carve
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Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 365 | Posted: 2011-10-28 10:07 am Permalink
This has been a tough summer for my lizards.
Here you can see the female has lost her tail,
and her daughter has lost her left arm clear to the shoulder.
Her man has had it up to here & only
comes around occasionally.
I knew this would be important to you guys.
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5089
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2011-10-28 1:25 pm Permalink
Poor creatures...I hope they aren't in pain!!!
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komohana
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Joined: Nov 08, 2010
Posts: 348
From: western australia
| Posted: 2011-10-31 05:08 am Permalink
we call these parrots 28's because part of their song sounds like they're saying 28.
taken at a mates place today after work, a few miles from my house.
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2004
From: So FL
| Posted: 2011-10-31 1:07 pm Permalink
From this weekend's paper. 16' Boa caught digesting an adult deer, West of Miami.
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