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EllieMay

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Good morning everyone! Last night I got a alert on my phone that there was movement on the porch. I looked at the cam and saw 2 shady looking tortoises trading some mazuri for Opo's mustard greens and bok choy. I didn't realize Opo had that bad of addiction to mazuri. I guess it might be rehab time.
I couldn't identify the torts because they both had hoodies on. :mad:

[emoji23][emoji41][emoji23] we will have to call the torcotics division!!!
 

Ray--Opo

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He can get out of the lovely enclosure you made him?
Where there's a tort there's a way!!:)
No Opo cant get out of there. I put that up so Opo had a way to go outside anytime he wants. In the mornings I let Opo go in the backyard. I keep saying this but I need to fence my backyard in. My patience (procrastination) has kicked in :) Shed in the backyard then fence.
 

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I’m afraid the law enforcement don’t have the man power to deal with a tort posse. Your dealing with the Mazuri sniffers after all. I’m having too much fun with this:D
That's what is worrying me about Opo. He wasn't snorting it. He was smoking it out of a crack pipe :eek:
 

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Can he get out of their garden? He may decide to try to go further afield one day and end up on a road. Naughty torty!!
I don't let him travel to far into their yard. It was their rabbit pen on the other side of their house. Where they found Opo after 3 days missing. That was awhile ago.
 

JoesMum

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Kayaking/Smith Island: Did I mention that we paddled up to and through a Brown Pelican rookery? Not sure how many thousand we saw... from babies to adults to juveniles. It was pretty amazing.

Some pretty cool shots, up close and personal.

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Wow! Another bird we don’t have this side of the Atlantic. I remember watching pelicans fishing when we went to Florida years (15?) ago. They’re extraordinary birds.

There are some captive ones living in Green Park, near Buckingham Palace, in London. Individuals get moved to London Zoo if they start eating pigeons.
 

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I'm sorry if you feel I seemed sarcastic or ignorant. I know very little about birds and had never looked into it. Many animals have relatives that live on other continents but before I make I comment I will check next time.

Interesting though millions of years ago it looks as though there was such a thing in Europe. I guess they died out at some point as nature favored other species.
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-origins-hummingbirds-are-still-major-mystery

And I am sorry my post seemed rude. My enthusiasm to communicate just reads blunt and impolite now :(
 

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Had a Robin visit me at lunch today. View attachment 278081

Did you know that US Robins are actually thrushes? The early settlers called them Robins because their red breasts reminded them of the Robins we get in Europe which are smaller and unrelated.
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It’s still a source of annoyance to many Brits that the Robin singing to Julie Andrews in London in the first Mary Poppins film was an American one! [emoji1]
 
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