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[vetmedhead]

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I'm excited to be back in TX at the end of this week - there's a great spot behind my house and I'm hoping to see some roseate spoonbills before the weekend is over - they're my favorites! I've also heard tale that some common pauraques were spotted relatively recently in the area and I want to find some.

 

[PrincessButterCup]

GO BIRBS!!!!

Please never change 😛

 

[MOOSEygoosey]

Please never change 😛

 

[cdo96]

The Starbucks by my work has a drive thru that has a 2 way video camera & monitor and the cashier at the monitor knows sign language. It just makes me happy that my fellow Deafies are starting to get the same luxuries as everyone else. 😍

 

[variegata]

I'm excited to be back in TX at the end of this week - there's a great spot behind my house and I'm hoping to see some roseate spoonbills before the weekend is over - they're my favorites! I've also heard tale that some common pauraques were spotted relatively recently in the area and I want to find some.

They were on my list when I escaped to the Everglades during my internship, but I didn't get to see any. Someday...

 

[killerleaf]

ok, just a quick comment about Justify....every picture I have seen of him during the race--all four feet are off the ground. He truly does fly!!

 

[Doctor-S]

Love watching Petri-the-lazy-foal-grazing-on-the-grass video (he is very much alive, and too cool for words)!

 

[Coopah]

Love watching Petri-the-lazy-foal-grazing-on-the-grass video (she is very much alive, and too cool for words)!

Petri is a celebrity! We all got to visit when he was on campus, he loved all the attention.

 

[vetmedhead]

They were on my list when I escaped to the Everglades during my internship, but I didn't get to see any. Someday...

Luckily I'm in the very northern part of the year-round range for the pauraques, so I should have plenty of opportunities to find the buggers over the next few months.

 

[Vombatidae]

My rave for the week, maybe year.

I put my money where my mouth is and just picked up the cables to my new 65" Clevertouch interactive touchscreen whiteboard. I may be old and friendless in College Station, but my board brings all the boys (and girls) to the yard. Mine, specifically. Yep, I'm luring study buddies with high tech devices.

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[JustPaws]

My rave for the week, maybe year.

I put my money where my mouth is and just picked up the cables to my new 65" Clevertouch interactive touchscreen whiteboard. I may be old and friendless in College Station, but my board brings all the boys (and girls) to the yard. Mine, specifically. Yep, I'm luring study buddies with high tech devices.View attachment 234399

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Please post a follow up pic when up and running!!

 

[Vombatidae]

Will do. I move June 10th and want it up and running before the Anatomy bootcamp starts.

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[killerleaf]

vom, if you ever get too lonely, I am just up the road a bit...you can come up and visit!

 

[cdo96]

vom, if you ever get too lonely, I am just up the road a bit...you can come up and visit!

Seconding this! During the summers I’m not too far away!

 

[cdo96]

My rave for the week, maybe year.

I put my money where my mouth is and just picked up the cables to my new 65" Clevertouch interactive touchscreen whiteboard. I may be old and friendless in College Station, but my board brings all the boys (and girls) to the yard. Mine, specifically. Yep, I'm luring study buddies with high tech devices.View attachment 234399

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Also I’m drooling a lot at this. Can I transfer to A&M for your whiteboard?

 

[SkiOtter]

Also I’m drooling a lot at this. Can I transfer to A&M for your whiteboard?

No. You didn’t take psychology.

 

[cdo96]

No. You didn’t take psychology.

So very true.

 

[Vombatidae]

Goal is to modernize. Y'all make too many things harder than they need to be. I have a lot of things up my sleeve from teaching at a techy school [emoji6]

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[SkiOtter]

Goal is to modernize. Y'all make too many things harder than they need to be. I have a lot of things up my sleeve from teaching at a techy school [emoji6]

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Share pls

 

[cdo96]

Goal is to modernize. Y'all make too many things harder than they need to be. I have a lot of things up my sleeve from teaching at a techy school [emoji6]

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I’d love to modernize but I am poor

 

[vetmedhead]

Any of y'all in Texas over the summer should let me know. I would say I won't be too far away but let's be honest, it's Texas, so I'll optimistically be 4 hours away at best

 

[Coopah]

Any of y'all in Texas over the summer should let me know. I would say I won't be too far away but let's be honest, it's Texas, so I'll optimistically be 4 hours away at best

I'll be at the A&M conference in August

 

[cdo96]

Any of y'all in Texas over the summer should let me know. I would say I won't be too far away but let's be honest, it's Texas, so I'll optimistically be 4 hours away at best

It looks like you’re only 6 hours away from me right now!

 

[vetmedhead]

I'll be at the A&M conference in August

Which conference?

 

[vetmedhead]

It looks like you’re only 6 hours away from me right now!

Or at least I will be by the end of the weekend 😛

 

[cdo96]

Or at least I will be by the end of the weekend 😛

There will be a brief moment where you’re less than 6 hours away too!

 

[Coopah]

Which conference?

Uh NIH one? I'm not really sure lol

 

[JaynaAli]

I will be in Dallas in two weeks, but only for a Monday afternoon through Thursday evening.

 

[Vombatidae]

@cdoconn That's why I bought it before I quit my career and start slumming it [emoji28]

I'll share ways to make things easier with tech as I find hurdles in school. I'm just stocking up to take the living room and make it a big study area and leave the small dining room as our living room. I'll post pictures after I move. I'm so ready to close this chapter and move on.

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[PrincessButterCup]

My last shift as a receptionist is tonight!! I'm really glad I took this job because it has crushed any lingering sadness about not getting into vet school. No, really. I'll go find a lab to hang out in and you guys can keep the clients and angry cats. I'm good.

I was talking to a resident at work and I mentioned that I'm leaving the clinic. She couldn't fathom why I would cut my hours in half without a back-up plan. Yeah, I won't be making much, but that's why I'm going to live at home forever and ever. Right . . . ? 😢

 

[vetmedhead]

I earned several adulthood points today, because I managed to get my car serviced, washed/vacuumed, and changed out all of the wiper blades in a span of 24 hours. Normally all of those things would take me a span of 5-12 months to get around to.

 

[MOOSEygoosey]

Okay, here are today's pictures from mist netting 😀 @Karabiner13 @that redhead @TheGirlWithTheFernTattoo @Skimble @vetmedhead @Coquette22
In order (starting on left side of each side-by-side): Male American Redstart, Male Magnolia Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Male Morning Warbler, Female Baltimore Oriole, Sassy Traills Flycatcher, the same Traills Flycatcher just a less flappy photo of him/her, and a Female Black-and-White Warbler 😀

 

[Cephal0pod]

All of the birbs happening around here as of late make me so happy. 😍

 

[MOOSEygoosey]

All of the birbs happening around here as of late make me so happy. 😍

you shall be added to the birb crew!!

 

[SkiOtter]

How does one catch birbs

 

[MOOSEygoosey]

How does one catch birbs

One sets up a net with pockets between areas of dense trees/scrub and one checks the nets every 10 minutes, untangles the birbs, places them into a cloth bag, and then one extracts them, takes measurements, and lets them fly away 🙂

 

[Cephal0pod]

How does one catch birbs

With the Force

 

[SkiOtter]

One sets up a net with pockets between areas of dense trees/scrub and one checks the nets every 10 minutes, untangles the birbs, places them into a cloth bag, and then one extracts them, takes measurements, and lets them fly away 🙂

Ooooo that sounds cool af (mostly bc I would get to touch a birb)

 

[MOOSEygoosey]

Ooooo that sounds cool af (mostly bc I would get to touch a birb)

They can be soooo sassy!!! They bite you CONSTANTLY 😛

 

[SkiOtter]

They can be soooo sassy!!! They bite you CONSTANTLY 😛

So do horses but they have a worse bite I’d think

 

[kaydubs]

I like bird photos, @Miranda Senft

 

[MOOSEygoosey]

I like bird photos, @Miranda Senft

You are added to the birb crew as well 😀 do you think we should make a thread for birb pics?

 

[variegata]

You are added to the birb crew as well 😀 do you think we should make a thread for birb pics?

Add me to the birb crew too! I think a birb nerd (nerb?) thread would be awesome!

 

[TheGirlWithTheFernTattoo]

They can be soooo sassy!!! They bite you CONSTANTLY 😛

And if you are owl banding you go home every night with your hands absolutely destroyed and bleeding

 

[cheathac]

Uh NIH one? I'm not really sure lol

I'll be at that one as well!!

 

[killerleaf]

are bands easy to see on owls? we have a mated pair hanging around our house (and have had a few babies over the years), was just wondering if banded.

 

[Coopah]

I'll be at that one as well!!

Will you be presenting a poster?

 

[MOOSEygoosey]

are bands easy to see on owls? we have a mated pair hanging around our house (and have had a few babies over the years), was just wondering if banded.

Do you know what type of owl it is?

 

[killerleaf]

big. 🙂 huge wingspan, sits on top of our light pole. steals guineas from across the street, then uses our roof line to snap their necks, then sits and eats them. or rabbits. middle of the night "WAP" "what was THAT??" "owl hunting again" so much fun, o hey, what did the owl eat last night? go look at the pile of stuff beside the house! and I say huge wingspan, because one of them flew over my head one night...was scared he was after my little dog. or was checking him out...it was cold and so max had on jammies. Owl may have been thinking..."walks like dog. smells like dog. but looks human...???"

 

[MOOSEygoosey]

big. 🙂 huge wingspan, sits on top of our light pole. steals guineas from across the street, then uses our roof line to snap their necks, then sits and eats them. or rabbits. middle of the night "WAP" "what was THAT??" "owl hunting again" so much fun, o hey, what did the owl eat last night? go look at the pile of stuff beside the house! and I say huge wingspan, because one of them flew over my head one night...was scared he was after my little dog. or was checking him out...it was cold and so max had on jammies. Owl may have been thinking..."walks like dog. smells like dog. but looks human...???"

Probably either a Great Horned Owl (top) or a Barred Owl (bottom)