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[RunningDeer]

2019 Cahow Nesting Season Begins As Female Lays An Egg! Jan. 10th (2 minutes)

Live Cam here or @ NonsuchIsland.com.

After a month at sea, the female Bermuda Petrel returned the nesting burrow on Nonsuch Island, Bermuda to lay the pair's single egg! Watch the highlights and learn what to watch for in the coming days.

We're excited to share a brand new live viewing experience featuring the critically endangered Bermuda Cahow, a kind of gadfly-petrel that nests nowhere in the world except rocky islets off the coast of Bermuda. In the early 1600s, this once-numerous seabird was thought to have gone extinct, driven out of existence by the invasive animals and habitat changes associated with the settlement of the island. In 1951, after nearly 300 years, a single bird was rediscovered, and since then the species has been part of a government-led conservation effort to revive the species.

This on-camera pair has been together since 2009, using this same burrow each of those years, and has fledged successfully for the last four years. During the nesting season, the cahows only visit and court under the cover of night, then head out to sea during daylight hours. The pair returned to the island in early-November to court and mate, then will disappear out to sea for the month of December.

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=gTcbYflf8ac

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Much of this conservation work by the Bermuda Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has centered on the creation of manmade burrows to increase nesting habitat, and to create new colonies on larger islands that are more robust to the increasing threats of hurricanes. The Cornell Lab entered into a partnership with the innovative Nonsuch Expeditions, a multimedia and outreach effort centered on Nonsuch Island that is committed to raising awareness and conserving the unique animals and environments on and around Bermuda. They have successfully broadcasted from a cahow burrow in past years, and this year we are working together to create an experience that will blend both live footage from a new camera as well as interaction with DENR Senior Terrestrial Conservation Officer Jeremy Madeiros during his weekly nest checks throughout the nesting season.

The CahowCam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Nonsuch Expeditions. You can watch the cam live at AllAboutBirds.org, and learn more about Nonsuch Island's environs (including the cahow) at nonsuchisland.com

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Common Raven Claims Hunks Of Meat From Ontario Feeders – Circles Back for Seconds (1 minute)

The Common Raven towers in comparison to the other species that visit the Ontario FeederWatch cam. Not only are they large in size, they can also pluck quite a payload from the feeders with their incredible bills. Watch an individual pick chunks of meat from the Hache's platform feeder and swiftly haul them out of the backyard.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OWIqTDpMtdE

[RunningDeer]

There are free range chickens and rooster(s) that’ve learned how to fly the coop and walk the property. I happen to notice this one guy drop a feather while he was about 4’-5' away. I thanked him.

I’m in the middle of a fast, so I took it as an encouraging sign.

• Rooster - new beginnings and power
• Chicken - overall good health and prosperity

There are different breeds here and they all get along. This one breed is extra fun to watch with their floppy feather hat, especially when they pick up the pace. You can't help but giggle and smile. They don't stay in one place for long, so I stop the world to take in the show.

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[avid]

So cute - love your birdy-vids Paula x
I notice some days if I have a problem, a soft white feather will float down to me onto my garden. I save these, as they mean nice things. Up above, in the vast countryside skies, are giant seagulls, flocks of crows, sparrows, starlings, pairs of doves, robins, blackbirds and woodpidgeons, multitudes of goldfinches, a gallant kestrel, pairs of pied wagtails, and a sneaky red squirrel creeping across my big garden wall. Who left my little downy white feather...? Under big feathery coats little downy feathers grow? Still cling onto pozzi-vibe messages - even if it’s just thanks for the garden birdy-fud 😀

[Melinda]

This is kind of a work in progress. But I was thinking how nice it might be. Especially given how hard it can be to find people to discuss the world in depth like many people do here.

It's got what I consider the basics.

A Big Foot. A herb gardener. A yogi on a laptop.

A cigar smokin' gnome hosting an all night snackery.

And Forest Whitaker's face (from the film Arrival) as he contemplates a mysterious alien presence.

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Melinda (here)
This is kind of a work in progress. But I was thinking how nice it might be. Especially given how hard it can be to find people to discuss the world in depth like many people do here.

How fun, Melinda! Great idea. It reminds me of “Where’s Waldo” discovering all the themes.

[RunningDeer]

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[RunningDeer]

6 Million Views - Congrats!

Thank you, Avalon posters and viewers
Old and new
Same goes for Guests, too

A special shout out to Ulli, the originator of the thread.

P.S. The Here and Now thread is 1,210 shy of 6,000,000. I’m early with this post because of a winter weekend storm. Fingers crossed the power stays on.

Lots of folks will be out with their shovels.

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Dr. Zach Bush: So Much Wisdom!

"...But let me tell you about what my experience has been in those last moments with patients who are dying."

“… but there's one sentence that came back again and again. And I had one ICU shift that was very weird where I worked for 36 hours shift. I see three people die and I bring them all back.” “…every single one of them, their first sentence was “Why did you bring me back?”

"...And what I've seen it to be is a massive expansion of consciousness of reality of awareness and ultimately of love. And the most poignant examples of this are people that actually die biologically and we spend 15 or 30 minutes and ICU resuscitating them with drugs and shocking their chests like you see on TV shows and everything else and we have a dismal track record..."

“…death is not not an endpoint. It’s a transformation moment. It’s an expansion beyond the limits of this frail biologic shell that we carry around. And the instant that we step out of that, we find out that the universe embraces us in every single second of our existence and complete acceptance of who we are we are enough in and of our own identity of I am at every second of every point of our existence. And it’s the disbelief of that that's keeping us locked in these stupid conversations we just had for last …”

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fZIpdRRxht0

CABIN TALK
Published on Jan 19, 2019
SUBSCRIBED 15K

Link to the entire interview

more snippets:

“…At the end of the life, we've termed it death. And what I've laid out for you today is the possibility of the death of our species in seventy years,100 years. Who cares if was 200 years, it's still pathetic. And so we have, we're looking at the last chapter of life on earth with our current course of action. But let me tell you about what my experience has been in those last moments with patients who are dying.

We have the belief, I think in our subconscious because of the movies we watch, because of the TV shows we watch, because of our our big divorce from the death process, it's become sterilized.

"You a have probably not seen many people die. You’ve probably not seen your loved ones die. They've probably died in operating rooms, or in ICU or and they died before you could fly across the country and see them."

"So very few human beings are now watching this process of of death. And it's allowed death to be defined as an endpoint, as a contraction or a disappearance rather than what I what I've actually seen it to be. And what I've seen it to be is a massive expansion of consciousness of reality of awareness and ultimately of love. And the most poignant examples of this are people that actually die biologically and we spend 15 or 30 minutes and ICU resuscitating them with drugs and shocking their chests like you see on TV shows and everything else and we have a dismal track record..."

“…meanwhile been in the ICU for a week or a few days or weeks, months in some cases.”

“…and by this time they've been isolated away from humans for quite some time they're only touched by latex gloves hands. Only people with gowns on will come and see them that masks on. They haven't seen a human face and close up in months. you know they're so isolated and lonely and they go into this moment on the other side. And then we start working on them and doing our code and and as the hero depicted on TV, you become that doctor that pulls somebody back from that that other side of the veil and it…”

“…these patients for hours after these experiences they all told such a similar story on the other side of biologic life…”

“…you just couldn't pick three different medical cases or three different human beings and every one of them, the first sentence was “Why'd you bring me back.” And then as they start to get oriented and in the in the hours that followed, they are telling their loved ones, I went into this space and it was bright white light everywhere and I in that moment felt completely accepted for the first time in my life. "

“…that if we need a death moment to transform completely to let go of all of the preconceived notions of what it is to be human. And to say you know what we are beings of light and we are completely accepted at every moment including this moment when we would…”

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[Chanie]

Back in 1966, a young First Nations’ boy named Chanie Wenjack died while trying to escape an Indian Residential School and return to his home 400 miles away. He would have celebrated his 65th birthday today. On this snowy winter day, I am taking a moment to remember him and his family.

See: https://www.secretpath.ca
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[TargeT]

Domestic Violence Australia piles on the Gillette misandrist commercial.

Interesting.. given the source.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-X94TPrzWsI

[Valerie Villars]

Saints vs. Rams

Damn that was tough loss. The referees dropped the ball.

I'm waiting for the full blood Supermoon eclipse. Best of 2019 to everyone, here on Planet Earth.

[Carmody]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=aXnfhnCoOyo

[Nat_Lee]

Je suis seul à la maison, j'arrives tout juste de travailler et j'ai bravé le froid hivernal du Canada (Québec). Il fait présentement - 19 degré mais il fait environs - 30 avec le facteur vent. J'écris en français pour ceux et celles qui comprennent et pour tout les curieux qui iront traduire ce message. lol ... Je vous fais un petit bonjour à tous, certain me connaissent et savent que je ne viens plus souvent. Je pense à vous et vous souhaite une belle année 2019 pleines de belles surprises et surtout riche en amour ! J'attends en ce moment au téléphone pour parler à un représentant de ma Banque. Je n'ai pas encore défait mon sapin !!! hahahaha !!! Aurevoir et à bientôt !

[TargeT]

Posted by Nat_Lee (here)
Je suis seul à la maison, j'arrives tout juste de travailler et j'ai bravé le froid hivernal du Canada (Québec). Il fait présentement - 19 degré mais il fait environs - 30 avec le facteur vent. J'écris en français pour ceux et celles qui comprennent et pour tout les curieux qui iront traduire ce message. lol ... Je vous fais un petit bonjour à tous, certain me connaissent et savent que je ne viens plus souvent. Je pense à vous et vous souhaite une belle année 2019 pleines de belles surprises et surtout riche en amour ! J'attends en ce moment au téléphone pour parler à un représentant de ma Banque. Je n'ai pas encore défait mon sapin !!! hahahaha !!! Aurevoir et à bientôt !

Translated:

I am alone at home, I just got to work and I braved the cold winter of Canada (Quebec). It is currently - 19 degrees but it is around - 30 with the wind factor. I write in French for those who understand and for all the curious who will translate this message. lol ... I say hello to you all, some know me and know that I do not come more often. I think of you and wish you a happy new year 2019 full of beautiful surprises and especially rich in love! I am currently waiting on the phone to speak to a representative of my bank. I have not yet defeated my tree! hahahaha !!! Goodbye and see you soon

[RunningDeer]

Salut Nat_Lee,

C'est bon d'avoir de vos nouvelles. Bonne année et bonne santé, joie et paix.

Hi Nat_Lee,

It’s nice to hear from you. Happy New Year and continued health, joy and peace.

Posted by Nat_Lee (here)
Je pense à vous et vous souhaite une belle année 2019 pleines de belles surprises ...

[Nat_Lee]

Posted by TargeT (here)

Posted by Nat_Lee (here)
Je suis seul à la maison, j'arrives tout juste de travailler et j'ai bravé le froid hivernal du Canada (Québec). Il fait présentement - 19 degré mais il fait environs - 30 avec le facteur vent. J'écris en français pour ceux et celles qui comprennent et pour tout les curieux qui iront traduire ce message. lol ... Je vous fais un petit bonjour à tous, certain me connaissent et savent que je ne viens plus souvent. Je pense à vous et vous souhaite une belle année 2019 pleines de belles surprises et surtout riche en amour ! J'attends en ce moment au téléphone pour parler à un représentant de ma Banque. Je n'ai pas encore défait mon sapin !!! hahahaha !!! Aurevoir et à bientôt !

Translated:

I am alone at home, I just got to work and I braved the cold winter of Canada (Quebec). It is currently - 19 degrees but it is around - 30 with the wind factor. I write in French for those who understand and for all the curious who will translate this message. lol ... I say hello to you all, some know me and know that I do not come more often. I think of you and wish you a happy new year 2019 full of beautiful surprises and especially rich in love! I am currently waiting on the phone to speak to a representative of my bank. I have not yet defeated my tree! hahahaha !!! Goodbye and see you soon

First Thank you TargeT for the translation ;-)
I just have found a wrong but VERRY funny part in the translation dought ... lol ... Look :

FRENCH: Je n'ai pas encore défait mon sapin !!!
ENGLISH: I have not yet defeated my tree! lol .......
Real meanning: I have not yet undone or remove my fir tree (christmas tree).

Well thanks for the laught and for your help ;-)
Have a nice day you all

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Merci RunningDeer et j'aimerais bien goûter à ce chocolat chaud !! MMmmmmm ....

[Flash]

Allo Nat, j’ai hâte de te voir!

I was going to write about the minus 20 centigrade and fareinheit at minus 20, they reach each other) with feelings of -33 because of the icy wind.

But Nat beat me to it !!!

I have had my first day on a new project, a 6 months contract, to implement integration policies of women on the board of low cost lodging. Yeah, over 70% of those in cooperative housing are women but their board is composed of 80 of men
So women needs are still unet and not listened to. (Lot are single mothers etc).

So, Target, I will now have access to lots of studies and stats on women - neat for arguments on women threads loll

And had to walk 40 minutes in that cold to take public transportation Rrrrrrr

Everyone was with heavy winter coats and scarfs covering their faces, plus parka hoods up. Nobody who has not lived in those northern countries can imagine the cold.

Target, you took the right decision when moving out of Alaska!!!

[TargeT]

is russle brand subtly pro trump?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mHTR-XF6MXU

broke a tooth in half tonight... wtf, the blood wolf moon was last night!

[norman]

Serendipity Machine 11.19.03 (haunted) (by the Quiet American) .

Serendipity Machine 12.13.03 (morris)



put on your best headphones