With no new intakes, it was definitely a slower week for LWR, and no one here’s complaining!
The red-bellied woodpecker was released; he’s not coming down for handouts but I hear him in the trees, so that’s good.
The mourning doves are headed to the songbird flight next; they need another day or two inside, just to make sure they’re self-feeding sufficiently to be outside.
The red-bellied woodpecker was released; he’s not coming down for handouts but I hear him in the trees, so that’s good.
The mourning doves are headed to the songbird flight next; they need another day or two inside, just to make sure they’re self-feeding sufficiently to be outside.
The single hummer still with us has picked at his injured wing until he’s further damaged it, probably beyond repair—you can see the scabbed spot in the photo below. Sadly, he’ll more than likely require euthanasia now.
The red-tail in the raptor flight is proving to be more severely vision-impaired than originally thought. He simply cannot find his food if it’s more than a few inches away from him, and forget perching—the best he can do is stumble around till he lucks up on a low perch. It’s not looking good for him right now, but I’m trying to give him a little more time in hopes that perhaps the vision issues are lingering aftereffects of head trauma that will slowly resolve.
And, of course, the flyers are, as is always the case, too adorable for words. They’re getting a bit more active near feeding time now, and have started playing with solid food—not really eating it yet, but teething on it.
This just in! (Sorry, couldn’t resist…) The flyer “twins” are about to be “quads,” as while I was finishing up this update, a text came in from one of my local game wardens, who’s en route with two more flyers.
Finally, although LWR doesn’t work with arachnids, who could resist sharing a shot of a banana spider? Her web was so large that I managed to catch the far edge of it even while trying to avoid it, so she scurried over to see what she’d “caught” and I snapped this shot with my cell camera. Banana spiders (aka giant wood spiders or golden orb spiders for the goldish tint of their webs), despite their fearsome appearance, are actually fairly shy and not at all dangerous to humans. Their bite is milder than a bee sting, and you’ve got to actually work hard to get bitten. The males, a drab brown, are Lilliputian in comparison to the females, who can be upwards of five inches, legs included. Their large webs are very strong and are actually being studied by scientists, as apparently the material they’re made of is stronger than Kevlar. Interesting, huh?!
Finally, although LWR doesn’t work with arachnids, who could resist sharing a shot of a banana spider? Her web was so large that I managed to catch the far edge of it even while trying to avoid it, so she scurried over to see what she’d “caught” and I snapped this shot with my cell camera. Banana spiders (aka giant wood spiders or golden orb spiders for the goldish tint of their webs), despite their fearsome appearance, are actually fairly shy and not at all dangerous to humans. Their bite is milder than a bee sting, and you’ve got to actually work hard to get bitten. The males, a drab brown, are Lilliputian in comparison to the females, who can be upwards of five inches, legs included. Their large webs are very strong and are actually being studied by scientists, as apparently the material they’re made of is stronger than Kevlar. Interesting, huh?!
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