On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:20:23 +0000, zxcvbob wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
> Robatoy wrote:
>> On Feb 10, 7:50 pm, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
>>> Boooo! Hissss! Bored are we?
>>>
>>
>> Hardly. You need to look deeper into the philosophical parameters of
>> the duck's orbit around his meager being.
>> He found a shoe, and here a stupid bartender thought he had lost one.
>> How sad is that? What does that tell us about the bartender?
>> Look deeper into the duck, my friend. Look deeper into the duck.
>
>
> When you stare into the duck, the duck stares back into you.
>
> Bob
There is no "duck" or "you"
There is only the staring
The "thing-ness" of duck and self are merely the unfoldings of the process
which is emptiness contemplating itself through the illusion of form
"Maxwell Lol" <[email protected]> wrote
> Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> On Feb 11, 11:08 pm, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > I never realized you were so....., so...... DEEEEEEP.
>>>
>>> What's the best way to be deep?
>>>
>>> You have to be very BORING!!!
>>> :-)
>>
>> One thing I have never been accused of....
>
> I guess all the holes you have bored were shallow then........
He can't help it. He is a countertop man. Limitations of materials and all
that.
On Feb 11, 5:17=A0pm, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
> marc rosen wrote:
>
> > I read this to my pet Woodduck and he whistled. =A0I guess that means h=
e
> > thought it was funny too.
>
> > Marc (who is typing while his pet Woodduck watches from a perch near
> > the computer)
>
> I couldn't read it to the Guinea Pig. =A0She's in school.
>
> The cats and fish didn't seem to care.
>
> How did you end up with a pet Woodduck?
HeyBarry
Thanks for the interest. My wife and I have had ducks as pets since
1989. Our oldest is Lassie, a Mallard that we purchased from a
breeder in 1990. She will celebrate her 19th Hatchday in April.
Lassie is still very active for being so old. Anyway, about 4 years
ago (in May) our neighbor brought us a day old duckling from his
pond. He's had successful woodduck nestings since he dugout his pond
40 years ago. He saw this solitary duckling swimming around and
checked the nest box, only to discover 4 dead ducklings and 3
unhatched eggs. He figured since we were so successful raising our
Mallards we could give the baby Woodduck a good life.
The Woodduck is so comical and animated, he makes the mallards appear
boring. He sleeps in the house and has four separate perches where he
stays so he can always be with us. One perch is by the computer and
the other is by our back door so he can interact with our two pet
Canada Geese. The other two perches are next to mirrors that allow
Tee Nee to interact with himself. It's funny, he'll have these short
battles with the duck in the mirror and then proceed to preen for
about 5 minutes chirping or whistling the entire time.
Sorry about the long answer to your question, but I like talking
(typing) about my ducks.
=20
Marc
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
Boooo! Hissss! Bored are we?
That's as bad a joke as the first year I lived in my apartment.
Came home in the middle of a snow storm. I'm sitting in the hallway waiting
about 10 minutes for my tires to dry before I go into my apartment.
Super comes walking along and asks me what I'm doing sitting there in the
hallway?
I explain that I'm waiting for my tires to dry before going in and making a
mess.
So he says to me:
"That's all right. Leave the wheelchair in the hallway to dry and go into
the apartment."
"No one will steal it"
True story. *Only* time in my life I've ever been at a loss to come back
with a smart ass comment.
"marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
Sorry about the long answer to your question, but I like talking
(typing) about my ducks.
Can all these birds be toilet trained to go in a certain place? How do you
handle that with uncaged birds in your house?
On Feb 11, 11:08=A0pm, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I never realized you were so....., =A0so...... =A0DEEEEEEP.
>
> What's the best way to be deep?
>
> You have to be very BORING!!!
> =A0:-)
One thing I have never been accused of....
On Feb 11, 11:45=A0pm, basilisk <[email protected]> wrote:
> marc rosen wrote:
> > On Feb 10, 7:18=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Duck walks into a bar.
> >> Duck is only wearing one shoe.
> >> Bartender says: "Hey, duck, you lost a shoe!"
> >> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
>
> > I read this to my pet Woodduck and he whistled. =A0I guess that means h=
e
> > thought it was funny too.
>
> > Marc (who is typing while his pet Woodduck watches from a perch near
> > the computer)
>
> Do wood ducks talk? I have an orange wing Amazon parrot that never shuts =
up,
> someone taught it to say "I'm a cat" and I am faced with listening to thi=
s
> until my dying day. Maybe I could trade it in on a wood duck.
>
> basilisk
Hey Basilisk (That's a lizard, ain't it?),
Woodducks squeak and whistle a lot. Sometimes they "sing " along when
they hear high pitched singing. Tee Nee squeaks in time to opera
singers but the funniest thing was when he was keeping time with a
James Brown song.
Peter Huebner wrote:
> OmG - mirabelle plums. Been about 35-40 years, I still miss 'em. Never
> seen any Down Under.
>
> Damn hawk took one of our ducks out t'other day as it happens - that's
> one less roast for me, as well :(
Sounds as if someone's trying to roast /all/ the ducks down there. :-|
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
In article <b9549b82-bbbe-4bad-b9e6-3e96efa41be2@w24g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, "SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just be thankful they didn't teach it to say "Here kitty kitty"
What does a two-hundred-pound mouse say?
On Feb 10, 7:50=A0pm, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
>
> Boooo! Hissss! Bored are we?
>
Hardly. You need to look deeper into the philosophical parameters of
the duck's orbit around his meager being.
He found a shoe, and here a stupid bartender thought he had lost one.
How sad is that? What does that tell us about the bartender?
Look deeper into the duck, my friend. Look deeper into the duck.
On Feb 13, 10:09=A0am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*[email protected]> writes:
> > He can't help it. =A0He is a countertop man. Limitations of materials a=
nd all
> > that.
>
> Countertop?! Don't give me any lip! (Cutting edge humor!)
Don't sink so low. Next you'll accuse me of tap dancing.
Mark & Juanita wrote:
> B A R R Y wrote:
>
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>
>>> A client of mine has guard geese. Nasty!
>>
>> They SURE ARE! Fast, too!
>>
>> When I was a kid, our neighbors had them.
>
> Tom Turkeys can be even worse. We had one while I was growing up that
> terrorize my younger brother. The thing would jump at him and beat him
> with its wings. It would stand on my grandfather's feet while he was
> working under machinery and stomp on his legs. Not only was it mean, it
> was really tough when we finally ate it.
>
>
Yep, I remember calling supper by its given name, and you are right
he or she was generally tough.
basilisk
Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 10, 7:50 pm, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
>> Boooo! Hissss! Bored are we?
>>
>
> Hardly. You need to look deeper into the philosophical parameters of
> the duck's orbit around his meager being.
> He found a shoe, and here a stupid bartender thought he had lost one.
> How sad is that? What does that tell us about the bartender?
> Look deeper into the duck, my friend. Look deeper into the duck.
When you stare into the duck, the duck stares back into you.
Bob
On Feb 12, 2:19=A0pm, Bored Borg <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:20:23 +0000, zxcvbob wrote
> (in article <[email protected]>):
>
>
>
> > Robatoy wrote:
> >> On Feb 10, 7:50 pm, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>>> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
> >>> Boooo! Hissss! Bored are we?
>
> >> Hardly. You need to look deeper into the philosophical parameters of
> >> the duck's orbit around his meager being.
> >> He found a shoe, and here a stupid bartender thought he had lost one.
> >> How sad is that? What does that tell us about the bartender?
> >> Look deeper into the duck, my friend. Look deeper into the duck.
>
> > When you stare into the duck, the duck stares back into you.
>
> > Bob
>
> There is no "duck" or "you"
>
> There is only the staring
>
> The "thing-ness" of duck and self are merely the unfoldings of the proces=
s
> which is emptiness contemplating itself through the illusion of form
Finally someone who gets it....
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Look deeper into the duck, my friend. Look deeper into the duck.
Hmmm, Ok let me look deeper into the duck.
Is it a thin duck or a plump duck? Wild duck or farm raised duck?
Here are my choices.
Duck Breast with Asparagus? Nope
Duck Terrine Forestiere? Don't think so
Duck foie gras? Yuck
Barbarie Duck Stew with Blackcurrants? Maybe
Ok, my decision is made. It's going to be Roast Duck with peas and mirabelle
plums. Strawberry shortcake for dessert and a rose wine to wash it all down.
Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
> On Feb 11, 11:08Â pm, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I never realized you were so....., Â so...... Â DEEEEEEP.
>>
>> What's the best way to be deep?
>>
>> You have to be very BORING!!!
>> Â :-)
>
> One thing I have never been accused of....
I guess all the holes you have bored were shallow then........
On Feb 10, 11:54=A0pm, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > Look deeper into the duck, my friend. Look deeper into the duck.
>
> Hmmm, Ok let me look deeper into the duck.
> Is it a thin duck or a =A0plump duck? Wild duck or farm raised duck?
>
> Here are my choices.
>
> Duck Breast with Asparagus? Nope
> Duck Terrine Forestiere? Don't think so
> Duck foie gras? Yuck
> Barbarie Duck Stew with Blackcurrants? Maybe
>
> Ok, my decision is made. It's going to be Roast Duck with peas and mirabe=
lle
> plums. Strawberry shortcake for dessert and a rose wine to wash it all do=
wn.
That reminds me of a restaurant on Queen Street West called The Wooden
Plate. (NO idea if it is still there.) On their menu they had a neat
typo: Peeking Duck. The also offered epple sauce.
>
> Are those birds friendly? Like... do you pet them? How are they with
> strangers? Do they let you know when they are hungry?
>
> A client of mine has guard geese. Nasty!- Hide quoted text -
>
Hey Robatoy,
The geese are very fgriendly to us, but they are protective too and
will threaten visitors until challenged, then they back off. However,
one of them knocked over my 93 year old mother-in-law (and no, I'm not
glad, she's a real nice mother-in-law) and my wife was ready to kill
that goose. It spent the rest of the day in detention (its pen).
They will let us tickle them sometimes when they are preening. Scary
thing is when they fly down the driveway to meet me. Have you ever
been hit by a flying 10 pound goose who can't make sharp turns? It's
no wonder they can take down jet planes.
Marc
on 2/12/2009 10:29 AM (ET) B A R R Y wrote the following:
> Robatoy wrote:
>>
>> A client of mine has guard geese. Nasty!
>
> They SURE ARE! Fast, too!
>
> When I was a kid, our neighbors had them.
Swans are worse. They put them in ponds on golf courses to keep the
geese away.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
B A R R Y wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>>
>> A client of mine has guard geese. Nasty!
>
> They SURE ARE! Fast, too!
>
> When I was a kid, our neighbors had them.
Tom Turkeys can be even worse. We had one while I was growing up that
terrorize my younger brother. The thing would jump at him and beat him
with its wings. It would stand on my grandfather's feet while he was
working under machinery and stomp on his legs. Not only was it mean, it
was really tough when we finally ate it.
--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough
basilisk wrote:
... snip
>
> Look here for a full description of basilisk:
> http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/basilisk.html
>
> Not sure what this says about me.
>
ah, memories of mis-spent youth playing D&D.
> We have thinned the zoo down some, got rid of all the poisonous
> snakes
Me too -- long shovel and 22 caliber shotshells are good for that.
> (lost my nerve for handling them)
Oh, you kept them as pets? Yikes!
/alright, wise-@$$ mode off
> and all the lizards.
Lizards, OTOH, I like. Have always been fascinated by them and their
astounding ability to move fast.
> We do animal rescue, but at the moment all the possums, coons and deer
> are grown and gone.
Very neat pursuit. Good onya
>
> basilisk
--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough
basilisk wrote:
> Mark & Juanita wrote:
>
>
>>> We do animal rescue, but at the moment all the possums, coons and
>>> deer are grown and gone.
>>
>> Very neat pursuit. Good onya
>>
> I only wish animal rescue was as great as it appears, it is very hard
> to raise a wild animal and keep it self sufficient enough to return
> to the wild. Coons are easy, they are very adaptable and learn to get
> by own their own, deer become pets and they resist leaving. It is
> interesting to see the look on visitors faces when a deer walks out
> of the woods and sniffs them over. Then there is the financial
> aspect, here when you accept the job it doesn't come with any
> support, the game wardens will drop off an animal and you are own
> your own. Sometimes we are successful and it makes it worth doing.
I am glad you are succesful at least part of the time. Critters need all
the help they can get and I applaud your efforts to do so.
At the moment I need to get rid of a coyote. I could call a trapper but
they generally euthanize the animals and I'd prefer not to do that. Any
ideas?
--
dadiOH
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marc rosen wrote:
>> dadiOH
> Hello DadiOH,
> (Is that a hydroxyl group on the end of your name, basically
> speaking?)
:)
My nym is the computer speak version for hip speak daddy'o.
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marc rosen wrote:
> On Feb 11, 11:45Â pm, basilisk <[email protected]> wrote:
>> marc rosen wrote:
>> > On Feb 10, 7:18Â pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Duck walks into a bar.
>> >> Duck is only wearing one shoe.
>> >> Bartender says: "Hey, duck, you lost a shoe!"
>> >> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
>>
>> > I read this to my pet Woodduck and he whistled. Â I guess that means he
>> > thought it was funny too.
>>
>> > Marc (who is typing while his pet Woodduck watches from a perch near
>> > the computer)
>>
>> Do wood ducks talk? I have an orange wing Amazon parrot that never shuts
>> up, someone taught it to say "I'm a cat" and I am faced with listening to
>> this until my dying day. Maybe I could trade it in on a wood duck.
>>
>> basilisk
>
> Hey Basilisk (That's a lizard, ain't it?),
> Woodducks squeak and whistle a lot. Sometimes they "sing " along when
> they hear high pitched singing. Tee Nee squeaks in time to opera
> singers but the funniest thing was when he was keeping time with a
> James Brown song.
marc
Look here for a full description of basilisk:
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/basilisk.html
Not sure what this says about me.
I once had a pet muscovy, they have a lot of character,
SWMBO objected to it attacking the kids, so it had to go.
We have thinned the zoo down some, got rid of all the poisonous
snakes (lost my nerve for handling them) and all the lizards.
We do animal rescue, but at the moment all the possums, coons and deer
are grown and gone.
basilisk
marc rosen wrote:
>
> I read this to my pet Woodduck and he whistled. I guess that means he
> thought it was funny too.
>
> Marc (who is typing while his pet Woodduck watches from a perch near
> the computer)
I couldn't read it to the Guinea Pig. She's in school.
The cats and fish didn't seem to care.
How did you end up with a pet Woodduck?
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:0b49fe03-a7b5-4d63-bdc3-0485ac8c9e1a@r41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> Duck walks into a bar.
> Duck is only wearing one shoe.
> Bartender says: "Hey, duck, you lost a shoe!"
> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
Groooannnn
jc
It's not gonna stop me from retelling it, but still.....
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> Robatoy wrote:
> > On Feb 10, 7:50 pm, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
> >> Boooo! Hissss! Bored are we?
> >>
> >
> > Hardly. You need to look deeper into the philosophical parameters of
> > the duck's orbit around his meager being.
> > He found a shoe, and here a stupid bartender thought he had lost one.
> > How sad is that? What does that tell us about the bartender?
> > Look deeper into the duck, my friend. Look deeper into the duck.
>
>
> When you stare into the duck, the duck stares back into you.
If you stare too long night will fall. It will be dark and you will be
eaten by a grue.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> Ok, my decision is made. It's going to be Roast Duck with peas and mirabelle
> plums. Strawberry shortcake for dessert and a rose wine to wash it all down.
>
OmG - mirabelle plums. Been about 35-40 years, I still miss 'em. Never
seen any Down Under.
Damn hawk took one of our ducks out t'other day as it happens - that's
one less roast for me, as well :(
-P.
In article <d233f305-ce81-485d-859c-d5c41a24fbb3
@h16g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
> No Muscovies, but we almost adopted one from a wildlife rescue lady.
> We decided against it after we heard that it was beating up on the
> rescued Mallards she had. We were worried about our own Mallards.
>
> Marc
Some Muscovies beat up on people too - they're much more aggressive /
territorial than other ducks.
-P.
Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 10, 7:42 pm, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:0b49fe03-a7b5-4d63-bdc3-0485ac8c9e1a@r41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> Duck walks into a bar.
>>> Duck is only wearing one shoe.
>>> Bartender says: "Hey, duck, you lost a shoe!"
>>> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
>> Groooannnn
>>
>> jc
>>
>> It's not gonna stop me from retelling it, but still.....
>
> IMHO, that joke is right up there with:
> What is brown and rings like a bell?
> A: Dungggg
Or...
Q: What's green and goes backwards?
A: Peggy Phlegm
Peter Huebner wrote:
> In article <d233f305-ce81-485d-859c-d5c41a24fbb3
> @h16g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
>> No Muscovies, but we almost adopted one from a wildlife rescue lady.
>> We decided against it after we heard that it was beating up on the
>> rescued Mallards she had. We were worried about our own Mallards.
>>
>> Marc
>
> Some Muscovies beat up on people too - they're much more aggressive /
> territorial than other ducks.
I can't say I have found that to be the case. We've had Muscovies around
for the last 4-5 years and - IMO - they play nice both with each other and
other birds. They are very social, greeting each other affectionately by
bobbing their heads and wagging their tails; they don't do that with other
bird species (moor hens, mottled ducks) but they don't bother them either.
Of the 12-13 Muscovies around, all but one are wild birds. The odd ball -
Elby - was the progeny of wild birds but raised by us (along with sister Bo)
because they hatched late and mom and siblings had already left the nest.
Bo left to make a life for herself when she was seven months old but Elby
stayed. (Bo came back to visit a few times 14 months after she left).
Both Bo and Elby were very affectionate as they were growing up. Yes, they
bit sometimes but it was more an affectionate or exploratory nibble than an
agressive bite...gotta remember, ducks have no hands so the only tactile
contact they have with things is via beak. Muscovies' upper beaks have sort
of a downward hook so even an affectionate bite can bruise, that from a full
grown male could take out a chunk if he was pissed at you; however, it isn't
hard to avoid those nibbles.
The only problem time was when Elby was about 4 months old and
testosterone - or duck equivalent - kicked in. Muscovies don't really have
sex, they have rape...the male grabs the object of his affection behind the
neck, forces her down and has his way with her. They often jump in the
water afterward to bathe. Well, I was Elby's "object of affection"
initially. He couldn't reach my neck so went for my feet. Easy solution -
wear boots, long trousers and let him try. He soon decided it was a lost
cause. With me. He then decided my wife was fair game. She was a bit
intimidated - a full grown Muscovy male is about the size of an eagle - but
coped.
About a year ago a lady duck - "Pretty Girl" by name - showed up and Elby
decided she was more worthy of his affections than my wife. In fact, *four*
lady ducks (including PG) showed up so Elby was a happy camper for several
months. PG nested in some ferns in our courtyard and raised her three
babies there; the other ladies nested further away but brought their (few)
surviving babies back when the babies were half-full grown. During that
time, the ladies aren't interested in the males so Elby spent much of the
day in my shop with me...he would play with wood offcuts and nap, wander
around and investigate stuff by nibbling on it. Loves to be petted, almost
coos. If he was a cat he would purr.
During this sexual off season, Elby comes to the back door at sunset, asks
to come in and spends the night on the screen porch in a little "duck house"
I made; at dawn he wants out and spends the day browsing and in my shop.
When the lady ducks are receptive he stays out 24/7. Pretty Girl is making
eyes at him now so I suspect there will be more babies this summer. Last
summer's are still here but I imagine they will be leaving in a couple of
months.
In short, I find Muscovy ducks affectionate and intelligent. So much so
that I gave up eating duck. I will admit that our dog, Lila is KOS (kill on
sight) with Elby...he is jealous of her.
--
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marc rosen wrote:
> Sorry about the long answer to your question, but I like talking
> (typing) about my ducks.
Ever had a Muscovy?
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Mark & Juanita wrote:
>> We do animal rescue, but at the moment all the possums, coons and deer
>> are grown and gone.
>
> Very neat pursuit. Good onya
>
I only wish animal rescue was as great as it appears, it is very hard to
raise a wild animal and keep it self sufficient enough to return to the
wild. Coons are easy, they are very adaptable and learn to get by own their
own, deer become pets and they resist leaving. It is interesting to see the
look on visitors faces when a deer walks out of the woods and sniffs them
over. Then there is the financial aspect, here when you accept the job it
doesn't come with any support, the game wardens will drop off an animal
and you are own your own. Sometimes we are successful and it makes it worth
doing.
basilisk
On Feb 11, 10:16=A0pm, marc rosen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 11, 9:36=A0pm, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> > Sorry about the long answer to your question, but I like talking
> > (typing) about my ducks.
>
> > Can all these birds be toilet trained to go in a certain place? How do =
you
> > handle that with uncaged birds in your house?
>
> Lots of paper towels! =A0The Woodduck is the only one who has "free
> range" in the house ( the other, older ducks who come inside stay in
> pens (meduim size pet taxis) on cold nights but go to their outside
> pens during the day) .His droppings are small and he rarely craps
> anywhere except on his perches. =A0The perches are large, about 12 x 18
> inches, covered with remnants of old bath towels, so most of the mess
> is contained.
>
> Marc
Are those birds friendly? Like... do you pet them? How are they with
strangers? Do they let you know when they are hungry?
A client of mine has guard geese. Nasty!
Just be thankful they didn't teach it to say "Here kitty kitty"
On Feb 11, 8:45=A0pm, basilisk <[email protected]> wrote:
> marc rosen wrote:
> > On Feb 10, 7:18=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Duck walks into a bar.
> >> Duck is only wearing one shoe.
> >> Bartender says: "Hey, duck, you lost a shoe!"
> >> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
>
> > I read this to my pet Woodduck and he whistled. =A0I guess that means h=
e
> > thought it was funny too.
>
> > Marc (who is typing while his pet Woodduck watches from a perch near
> > the computer)
>
> Do wood ducks talk? I have an orange wing Amazon parrot that never shuts =
up,
> someone taught it to say "I'm a cat" and I am faced with listening to thi=
s
> until my dying day. Maybe I could trade it in on a wood duck.
>
> basilisk
On Feb 11, 9:36=A0pm, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Sorry about the long answer to your question, but I like talking
> (typing) about my ducks.
>
> Can all these birds be toilet trained to go in a certain place? How do yo=
u
> handle that with uncaged birds in your house?
Lots of paper towels! The Woodduck is the only one who has "free
range" in the house ( the other, older ducks who come inside stay in
pens (meduim size pet taxis) on cold nights but go to their outside
pens during the day) .His droppings are small and he rarely craps
anywhere except on his perches. The perches are large, about 12 x 18
inches, covered with remnants of old bath towels, so most of the mess
is contained.
=20
Marc
On Feb 12, 6:01=A0am, "dadiOH" <[email protected]> wrote:
> marc rosen wrote:
> > Sorry about the long answer to your question, but I like talking
> > (typing) about my ducks.
>
> Ever had a Muscovy?
>
> --
>
> dadiOH
Hello DadiOH,
(Is that a hydroxyl group on the end of your name, basically
speaking?)
No Muscovies, but we almost adopted one from a wildlife rescue lady.
We decided against it after we heard that it was beating up on the
rescued Mallards she had. We were worried about our own Mallards.
=20
Marc
On Feb 10, 7:18=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Duck walks into a bar.
> Duck is only wearing one shoe.
> Bartender says: "Hey, duck, you lost a shoe!"
> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
I read this to my pet Woodduck and he whistled. I guess that means he
thought it was funny too.
=20
Marc (who is typing while his pet Woodduck watches from a perch near
the computer)
On Feb 10, 7:42=A0pm, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:0b49fe03-a7b5-4d63-bdc3-0485ac8c9e1a@r41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Duck walks into a bar.
> > Duck is only wearing one shoe.
> > Bartender says: "Hey, duck, you lost a shoe!"
> > Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
>
> Groooannnn
>
> jc
>
> It's not gonna stop me from retelling it, but still.....
IMHO, that joke is right up there with:
What is brown and rings like a bell?
A: Dungggg
"dadiOH" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> basilisk wrote:
>> Mark & Juanita wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> We do animal rescue, but at the moment all the possums, coons and
>>>> deer are grown and gone.
>>>
>>> Very neat pursuit. Good onya
>>>
>> I only wish animal rescue was as great as it appears, it is very hard
>> to raise a wild animal and keep it self sufficient enough to return
>> to the wild. Coons are easy, they are very adaptable and learn to get
>> by own their own, deer become pets and they resist leaving. It is
>> interesting to see the look on visitors faces when a deer walks out
>> of the woods and sniffs them over. Then there is the financial
>> aspect, here when you accept the job it doesn't come with any
>> support, the game wardens will drop off an animal and you are own
>> your own. Sometimes we are successful and it makes it worth doing.
>
> I am glad you are succesful at least part of the time. Critters need all
> the help they can get and I applaud your efforts to do so.
>
> At the moment I need to get rid of a coyote. I could call a trapper but
> they generally euthanize the animals and I'd prefer not to do that. Any
> ideas?
>
>
> --
>
> dadiOH
start dropping chunks of raw meat in the next development.
generally, in my area, they don't hang out where there's no food, or food
substitutes.
regards,
charlie
cave creek, az
A Lurker wrote:
>> At the moment I need to get rid of a coyote. I could call a trapper
>> but they generally euthanize the animals and I'd prefer not to do
>> that. Any ideas?
>
>
> You might find this interesting. http://www.dailycoyote.net/
>
>
> Jerry
I did. Thank you. And it explains why I don't want our resident coyote
killed.
Actually, if it weren't for our resident ducks I wouldn't mind the coyote at
all. There are tons of voles, mice, rats as well as other small animals.
Wild pigs too. Unfortunately, I suspect the coyote would welcome a meal of
duck and the ducks already have a hard enough life. Especially from
raptors.
--
dadiOH
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In article <[email protected]>, "dadiOH" <[email protected]> wrote:
>At the moment I need to get rid of a coyote. I could call a trapper but
>they generally euthanize the animals and I'd prefer not to do that. Any
>ideas?
I have bad news for you: that's the only way to get rid of coyotes.
"dadiOH" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> marc rosen wrote:
>
>> Sorry about the long answer to your question, but I like talking
>> (typing) about my ducks.
>
> Ever had a Muscovy?
I take it we're not talking in a culinary sense... I hear they are leaner
and tastier than the normal fare.
marc rosen wrote:
> On Feb 10, 7:18Â pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Duck walks into a bar.
>> Duck is only wearing one shoe.
>> Bartender says: "Hey, duck, you lost a shoe!"
>> Duck says: "Noooo, I found one."
>
> I read this to my pet Woodduck and he whistled. I guess that means he
> thought it was funny too.
>
> Marc (who is typing while his pet Woodduck watches from a perch near
> the computer)
Do wood ducks talk? I have an orange wing Amazon parrot that never shuts up,
someone taught it to say "I'm a cat" and I am faced with listening to this
until my dying day. Maybe I could trade it in on a wood duck.
basilisk