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I would love a cute little pygmy pony in our yard! These adorably sweet and fuzzy ponies will do just about anything to get food in their mouths. Naughty ponies. Running through barbed wire or risking a zap from an electric fence? Doesn’t faze them.
The Loch of Strathbeg reserve in Aberdeenshire Scotland has begun to use eight rare ‘Konick’ horses to manage and improve it’s wetland habitats for birds.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that this time of year I am pretty much a one-trick pony, a single-track record, a birder stuck in a gaudy rut full of wood-warblers. Wood-warbler mania has taken over my brain leaving me unable to do much but look for wood-warblers, dream of wood-warblers, and devise plans as to how I can see more wood-warblers.
Coincidentally, last night was a board meeting for our homeowner's association, and though I wasn't on the agenda there's always time for homeowner comments about, say, the petting zoo and pony rides that are scheduled for the spring "BBQ" ( here 's part one of this story). And there's not much from the health angle for pony rides.
With so much less at stake than them, I should probably just pony up for the SPF 150, or whatever is the strongest sunscreen they make now. Photo by Ben Carlisle, used under a Creative Commons share-alike license. Conversation with a non-birder: “Hey Chuk, what bird is that?
Like a "BBQ, pony rides and a petting zoo!" When I started thinking about trying to get the association to cancel the pony rides and petting zoo (which are often part of one business as a quick Google search of " traveling petting zoo " will demonstrate), my several-year vegan husband said, "What's the use?
The birding mecca on my mind is Chincoteague NWR, renowned far and wide for avian profusion (and wild ponies!) Enjoying these locations over time allows us to experience our beloved birding sites in all their multifaceted glory, even when those facets aren’t exactly glorious.
We also often encounter them just out of town near the Pony Club and that is where these photos were taken. We have occasionally observed one near Gantheaume Point , but this may well be one of these Australian Magpies , because nowhere is far in Broome. The Australian Magpies in Victoria have a different plumage and that can be seen here.
No matter how many times I see this bird, I still find myself saying, “Smoking Ponies…that’s a stonker of a bird!”. And now imagine adding to your purple skittle intake by seeing such charismatic species as King Vultures and Sunbitterns , to name but a few. Sunbitterns are common along many of the backwaters of the rivers of Guyana.
Macaroni the pony. Bush’s adorable brown and white spaniel is credited as the only White House dog to write a book: Millie’s Book: As Dedicated to Barbara Bush. In 1989 Millie had six puppies, two of which also became White House dogs! First Pet, 1963): John F. Caroline often rode the horse around the White House lawn.
Of course reading about the “puppy express&# (based on the Pony Express), was a great testimonial to just how many kind hearted people there are in the world. It was so fun to read about the adventures of a rescued fawn who was “adopted&# by a group of very special people.
A Farrier is a professional with a very unique set of skills, they are able to care for and treat ailments found in hoofed animals including horses, ponies and some other animals.
If you pretend that can be done with a set of responses that mostly require the sales organization to say yes to this thing we want and that thing we want, followed up by a one-hour dog and pony show, you don’t understand how things get done in business.
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“Schmoking Ponies!” Out of breath he finally arrived at the pool and told me that they had located a pair of owls right at the entrance to the lodge itself in a mesquite thicket. ” I ran and got my scope and video stuff, tripped in a pothole, twisted my ankle and somehow limped to where the group were huddled.
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