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SA doesn't have a Winter Olympics team:-(
Recently learnt you can earn Springbok Colours for cooking...

Lol! My mom would have hers then!

Some great aerial manoeuvres and barrels in that clip - I didn't know that Cape Town produced such good waves. I did my surfing in Durban when I was young. Are you a surfer, Don?

John, you obviously don't listen to KFM's surf report...

Lisa wrote: "John, you obviously don't listen to KFM's surf report..."

Deon Bing. I did when I first moved to CT 17 years ago, but I found the water too cold for surfing. I am now a Cape Talk 567 listener.

John write.............but I found the water too cold for surfing. I am now a Cape Talk 567..."

I can't believe that you wimped out over a bit of cold water! It was the highlight of all my visits to Cape Town. I loved the cold water. Totally exhilarating! Now it is the norm for me!
Re surfing..... This is how we do it in Ireland.....

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Surfing in Ireland's in Donegal, right?
I love the sea, takes a lot to keep me out. But there's something about the warm KZN waters.
FYI, East Coast Radio also has a surf report. I heard it last September.

I live near the Gulf of Mexico. The waves here just aren't big enough for surfing. There is wind surfing, kite boarding, skim boarding, but no surfing.

The Lions beat the Stormers!!!
yay!

Buck wrote: "I live near the Gulf of Mexico. The waves here just aren't big enough for surfing. There is wind surfing, kite boarding, skim boarding, but no surfing."

Kite boarding looks incredible...

Lisa wrote: "Surfing in Ireland's in Donegal, right?
I love the sea, takes a lot to keep me out. But there's something about the warm KZN waters.
FYI, East Coast Radio also has a surf report. I heard it last ..."

No that video is in Mullaghmore, Co Sligo and there are other 'secret' places on the west coast, near the Cliffs Of Moher, where they get towed out by jet ski. Some of the videos are amazing. Surfers come from all over the world to surf Ireland now.

Irene wrote: "John write.............but I found the water too cold for surfing. I am now a Cape Talk 567..."

I can't believe that you wimped out over a bit of cold water! It was the highlight of all my visits ..."

Yeah, it took me by surprise as well, Irene. I think it was the shock factor: I grew up in Durban, and for 8 months a year hardly a week went by without a swim at the beach. My son was a junior life-guard and we had breakfast on the beach every Sunday Summer morning.
The beaches in Cape Town are very different - beautiful to look at, but not family-fun friendly. And then having to wear a wet-suit ... too much pain for too little return. Our family just stopped going to the beach.
Those Irish guys have to be mad to ride waves like that - nasty stuff!

Lisa wrote: "The Lions beat the Stormers!!!
yay!"

I must say that I was shouting for the Lions as well, Lisa. They are lovely to watch. Our teams are leading the conference - Sharks and Lions.

John, don't forget that Durban was my 'home' town also. Favourite beach was Umhlanga especially at Easter Weekend.
I once dragged my twenty plus daughter into the sea at Clifton and she was crying the whole time and I was just laughing at her. Somehow I don't think she has forgiven me!

Let's us not forget the wonderful Sharks today! My SA team won but Ireland got beaten by three points. damn!

Irene wrote: "John, don't forget that Durban was my 'home' town also. Favourite beach was Umhlanga especially at Easter Weekend.
I once dragged my twenty plus daughter into the sea at Clifton and she was cryin..."

Yes, you were a Durban girl, weren't you. A wonderful life-style that we will never forget, I'm sure. I feel a little stab in the heart when I think of those times, Irene.

I. Am. A. Stormer. And. I. Swim. In. Any. Ocean.

Thats hard core

Adele wrote: "I. Am. A. Stormer. And. I. Swim. In. Any. Ocean.

Thats hard core"

That is hard core:-)

Irene wrote: "John, don't forget that Durban was my 'home' town also. Favourite beach was Umhlanga especially at Easter Weekend.
I once dragged my twenty plus daughter into the sea at Clifton and she was cryin..."

Sharks were awesome.

I. Am. A. Stormer. And. I. Swim. In. Any. Ocean.

Thats hard core

Yes dear, it is

Adele wrote: "I. Am. A. Stormer. And. I. Swim. In. Any. Ocean.

Thats hard core"

Yes, Adele,swim where you like, but you must be careful of the Sharks at all times. They don't just blow - they bite.

Yeah. Whatever

Vicki wrote: "Go bulls!!!"
You've got this spunky Lions team right in your back yard and you support the Bulls? It can only be Pierre Spies's muscles.

Vicki wrote: "No, I'm a ex -farm girl from a game and tomato farm in Tzaneen , its always been the bulls."

Hell, you're almost Zimbabwean.

Vicki wrote: "John wrote: "Vicki wrote: "No, I'm a ex -farm girl from a game and tomato farm in Tzaneen , its always been the bulls."

Hell, you're almost Zimbabwean."

Careful now. I know how to aim and shoot ..."

Respect.

Sounds like an incredible childhood.
Tsaneen is beautiful.
You actually had monsters under your bed though...very scary!
When I lived in KZN, my housemate was a banggat about all creepy crawlies. When I found a dead snake, I put it in a jar to use as a threat for lazy behavior.
Dead snake in a jar does not equal live sleeping mamba!

Ah yes, but housemate was using dead snake on our door step as a reason not to go to work...
Drastic action needed.
Chasing with a dead snake wouldn't have crossed my mind.

Wow, I'd say you're all hardcore! Now I know who I want on my survival team in the event of a widespread apocalyptic disaster!

Anyone know how to hand rear a baby mousebird?

Lisa wrote: "Anyone know how to hand rear a baby mousebird?"

With your hand.

I have a book, The Complete Care of Orphaned or Abandoned Baby Animals. What sort of a bird is a mousebird? I'll see if I can find something similar.

Wikipedia says: "The mousebirds are a small group of (possibly near passerine) birds, which have no known close affinities to other groups" It says they eat berries, fruit, and buds and that the young are quite precocious. Precocious - that's good.

Related to Trogons and Broadbills

En wat nogal van Crookshanks? Wots he thinking of your new friend?
Shouldnt you be studying?

My book says this about songbirds: "Baby birds are very difficult to raise if they are not yet feathered out. The biggest reason is that they must be fed at least every half hour throughout the daytime. If one feeding is skipped, the baby becomes severely weakened....

Baby birds are quite easy to feed in most instances, gaping their mouths open wide when hungry. Generally all you have to do is make a small sound to make them aware you are there, and the mouths fly open with cheeps of anticipation. If a newly found baby will not open its mouth, try tapping the beak with a small stick which holds a morsel of food. A broom straw works well. If this still doesn't cause the baby to open its mouth, gently grasp the bird and pry open the beak from the back corner and insert the food particle. Feed the baby bird all it will eat, within reason, at each feeding..."

We occasionally have found nestlings that have fallen out of the nest. We try to return them to the nest, if we can find it. If not we put them in a open container fastened on a tree branch, or once we used a step-ladder. The parent birds know best how to take care of their baby. The old myth that the parents will abandon the baby if it has been handled by people isn't true.

Adele wrote: "En wat nogal van Crookshanks? Wots he thinking of your new friend?
Shouldnt you be studying?"

He brought me the baby bird. Yes, I studied most of the day but then I got a gift...

I tried to put him back Buck, he was too weak. Then I fed him and it was dark...

Lisa wrote: "Related to Trogons and Broadbills"

I don't have know trogons or broadbills either. We don't have them here.

Just bought my Firebolt.

Vicki, that's exactly what I fed him. It worked when I fed baby mice. He ate it. And peeps at my voice.
Crookie is very cross with me

He had pronutro and water. And more water. Found a cool website which gave great advice. Baby birds are hard work!This morning he was all bouncy and when I put him in the tree he called his family. I have a tree full of mousebirds...

How is Mouseling now?

His name is Mickey Mousebird! (I couldn't resist) he was in the tree peeping this evening, could hear but not see him.
I think his mom will handle it from here.
Crookie was stalking turtle doves when the sprinklers came on...

Crookshanks- from Harry Potter?
Shrinks don't certify for compassion- there's no harm in burying baby birds...
Poor weavers. I suppose that that is the inherent risk of being a baby bird

Lisa wrote: "He had pronutro and water. And more water. Found a cool website which gave great advice. Baby birds are hard work!This morning he was all bouncy and when I put him in the tree he called his family...."
Way to go! Good job being a baby bird foster mom.

Did you get any pictures, Lisa? What an adventure!

Buck wrote: "Lisa wrote: "He had pronutro and water. And more water. Found a cool website which gave great advice. Baby birds are hard work!This morning he was all bouncy and when I put him in the tree he call..."

As long as I don't get more

Sarah wrote: "Did you get any pictures, Lisa? What an adventure!"

I posted a picture of him in my house. None in the garden though. Didn't think of it

Bloody cat! Put the baby mousebird on my textbook. Square 1.

Dead?

Lisa wrote: "Bloody cat! Put the baby mousebird on my textbook. Square 1."

'Tis the circle of life...but it still sucks. So sorry, Lisa.

No alive.
Back to dropper feeds and boxes

Sounds like Crookshanks wants a pet...