ARCHIVED WILDLIFE

gigi · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:27 pm

skygirlblue wrote:

(but I secretly wanted a girl...)

Me too, SGB. I was going to submit the name Atlanta's Belle or Meinu Lan. will have to think of a masculine Atlanta name now.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63608

gigi wrote:

skygirlblue wrote:

(but I secretly wanted a girl...)

Me too, SGB. I was going to submit the name Atlanta's Belle or Meinu Lan. will have to think of a masculine Atlanta name now.

Rhett...or maybe Bubba!!! :laugh

Catbird · **Posted:** Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:52 pm

skygirlblue wrote:

gigi wrote:

skygirlblue wrote:

(but I secretly wanted a girl...)

Me too, SGB. I was going to submit the name Atlanta's Belle or Meinu Lan. will have to think of a masculine Atlanta name now.

Rhett...or maybe Bubba!!! :laugh

gigi · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:34 am

Catbird wrote:

skygirlblue wrote:

gigi wrote:

skygirlblue wrote:

(but I secretly wanted a girl...)

Me too, SGB. I was going to submit the name Atlanta's Belle or Meinu Lan. will have to think of a masculine Atlanta name now.

Rhett...or maybe Bubba!!! :laugh

Rhett and Scarlett are both on my list. And of course Wee Lan is quickly becoming Bubba Lan!!!
I have another name picked out, but I am keeping it a secret. :loveheart:

Beth · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:40 am

Beth wrote:

Friday, November 19 ...

During yesterday’s exam of the cub, the vets weighed him and took body measurements. From the tip of his nose, to the tip of his tail, the cub is 30.7 cm long (his tail constitutes 5.7 cm of the total length!). His nose is 2 cm wide. Neck girth is 13.8 cm, chest girth is 19.5 cm and abdominal girth is 21 cm. He weighs 486 grams. Scroll down to the Saturday, November 13, update to see how much he has grown in just 6 days.
Heather Baker Roberts
Carnivore Keeper II

PB :roll:

is not working for me -ZA has a very cute photo with the update!

>This was Saturday, November 13 stats:
Its weight is 297 grams. Its chest girth is 17 cm. Its total length was not measured, but its head is 4.5 cm long and its tail is an amazing 5 cm in length.

catwoman · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:05 am

3 male cardinals on giant feeder

Beth · **Posted:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:05 pm

Cub Update
From Zoo Atlanta:

Saturday, November 20
This morning Lun Lun kept me very busy. She left the cub several times to eat and drink, and also to urinate and defecate in the adjacent den. Heather provided Lun with yellow groove bamboo last night and it wasn't a huge hit. This morning I had the same experience, so after I cleaned up the den, I removed all of the yellow groove and gave her black bamboo instead. Getting her to eat biscuits and fruit is no problem, but she's less interested in bamboo right now. I had several species to try throughout the day, so today's mission was to find one that she likes.
Megan Wilson, Ph.D.
Assistant Curator of Mammals

eiguoc · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:33 am

From yesterday, Bob had put out meat out to attract the eagles & other raptors. This poor red shouldered hawk was getting his tail pulled constantly by crows. Geesh! photo bucket keeps changing things in here

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:00 pm

Turkey Hollow

I thought seeing 3 male cardinals at once was impressive a couple of days ago. Now there are 5 eating at the same time!

Beth · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:02 pm

Sunday, November 21 Update ...

I hope tonight will be a quiet one for me, though it never seems that way when I am here. When arriving on shift, we always try to communicate what has been going on the shift before. I always seem to hear that Lun and the cub were good and sleeping most of the time. That is normally the opposite of what I seem to experience. I might get some resting from the two of them, but that only last about 20 minutes on average. Either Lun does something to disturb the cub, or the cub is upset over something. Then it takes them a while to settle back down. It also never fails that if I start to work on a project, one starts the cycle all over again. I couldn't even get through writing this update without being interrupted by them. I'm looking forward to the days when the cub can self-regulate its body temperature and Lun is eating normally again. Then hopefully things will be a little quieter.
Joseph T. Svoke
Carnivore Keeper III

Mick · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 8:04 pm

Appreciate the updates Beth

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:40 am

MOOSE CAM UP AND RUNNING 2010-11

WE Up And Running! Update
November 22nd, 2010

Looks like there is finally enough snow on the ground to open for the season. There have been a cow, cow and calf and a bull with a broken antler hanging out here lately. But I haven’t wanted to feed them and attract them here as it’s been so muddy from ealy snows melting off. They can really tear up a flower bed!

I did have the webcam on about 10 days ago but that was mostly to make sure everything was running properly and as it was it took me 3 hours to get it going. Somehow my password for uploading the webcam shots to the hosting service had been corrupted over the summer.

This morning there are two bulls here and a single cow, all of whom have been here before since they clearly knew the drill. They are sitting on the driveway but as soon as I upload this I’ll disturb them ‘cuz I’ve got to clear the driveway.

Website photo...

Beth photos...

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:59 pm

Monday, November 22 Update...

Lun and cub are sleeping now. Mom is lying on her side with the cub tucked under her arm like a little teddy bear.
It’s amazing that one day this tiny cub could be as big as Yang Yang. This cub is definitely working on growing with how much he
is nursing. It seems like every time I come back from my weekend he has grown!
Kris Gelhardt
Seasonal Keeper

Website photo today ...

Cub gallery photo ...