African Crested Crane 
Stork
Lesser Pelicans
Lemur
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Reptiles and Birds
Scratch what I said before about dragons; there's a Komodo Dragon, too.
Golden Pheasants (in the back) and Blue Crested Pigeon--the largest pigeon species.
Yellow-faced... bird...? Sorry, I don't remember this one's name.
Mandarin Duck couple. The female is on the left and the male is on the right. They were protecting their nest from the yellow-faced thing (above) when I first saw them.
more animalz.
Dino Sue and the Asian primates
Apparently I can only post four photos at a time.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Animal Kingdom species!
I went on a self-guided tour of the zoo portion of Animal Kingdom last Wednesday after my class. Here are some of the animals I saw! (The name of the animal is below the photograph.)
African Spoonbill!
Patagonian Cavy. I think it's the fourth largest rodent in the world?
Muntjac (a type of small deer with a funny name). We have a male and a female.
Babirusa (a type of pig; their diets are fun to make). We have a male and a female of these, too!
Rhinoceros Iguana.
African Spoonbill!
Patagonian Cavy. I think it's the fourth largest rodent in the world?
Muntjac (a type of small deer with a funny name). We have a male and a female.
Babirusa (a type of pig; their diets are fun to make). We have a male and a female of these, too!
Friday, February 20, 2009
I'm still here!
I haven't updated in a while, but I have an exciting, picture-filled update coming soon! (I'd put it up now, but my internet connection is awful and I don't have time to wait for the photos to upload.)
I'm really happy because I got to talk about chickens with the guests last weekend while I was working at the nutrition center window. It's fun when they're surprised to hear that it takes 26 hours for a hen to lay an egg. :) I'm supposed to be advancing conservation, but why not mix in a little agriculture, too?
I miss you, my friends, and I look forward to seeing you when you come to visit me. ;)
I'm really happy because I got to talk about chickens with the guests last weekend while I was working at the nutrition center window. It's fun when they're surprised to hear that it takes 26 hours for a hen to lay an egg. :) I'm supposed to be advancing conservation, but why not mix in a little agriculture, too?
I miss you, my friends, and I look forward to seeing you when you come to visit me. ;)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
yet another post that has little to do with Disney
I went to Athens this weekend because I had four consecutive days off. It was great to be out of Florida; to see trees without leaves; to see my parents, my neighbors Ray and Elaine, and my other cat Charlotte (who elected to stay in Athens). It was especially great to see Ashley and Alyssa. I really miss them.
And I realized that I really like Athens and the surrounding agricultural towns. Madison. Bishop. Watkinsville. On the way back to Orlando, I passed just-harvested cotton fields, chillin' dairy cows, quiet chicken houses, massive timber forests, grazing horses, and all other manner of heartbreakingly beautiful farmland colored by the rising sun.
(So I cheated... I took those back in October when I went on a short personal road trip toward Madison; I didn't take them today.)
The kid who gave me a tour of the vet school did a really great job. Even though his... "concentration" was exotics, he was very knowledgeable about the large animal and small animal concentrations, as well. I think I'll send him a thank-you note along with the one I was planning to send to the admissions advisor.
On top of all that, I got to pretend to be a vet student for a day, thanks to Alyssa (consider this your thank-you note)! I sat in on virology (? I'm pretty sure I heard Alyssa ask, 'What class is this?' when it started. It seemed like physiology, though...) before the tour, then rassled some normal Earth goats and some monster alien sheeps in anatomy lab. I wish I'd gotten pictures of those sheeps. Their heads come up to your chest. A normal sheep might be able to nose your hip with some dificulty. But these sheeps were just... enormous freaks.
Traffic was GREAT today. No kidding. That's all I have to say about that.
Still no news from ISU in the mailbox... but I did get an application for a $7500 low-interest student loan that is not associated with the government! I need to fill that out before May 1st. And do my taxes, my FAFSA, look up/apply to other possible loans and scholarships, etc. I'm going to start those things now.
<3
And I realized that I really like Athens and the surrounding agricultural towns. Madison. Bishop. Watkinsville. On the way back to Orlando, I passed just-harvested cotton fields, chillin' dairy cows, quiet chicken houses, massive timber forests, grazing horses, and all other manner of heartbreakingly beautiful farmland colored by the rising sun.
(So I cheated... I took those back in October when I went on a short personal road trip toward Madison; I didn't take them today.)
The kid who gave me a tour of the vet school did a really great job. Even though his... "concentration" was exotics, he was very knowledgeable about the large animal and small animal concentrations, as well. I think I'll send him a thank-you note along with the one I was planning to send to the admissions advisor.
On top of all that, I got to pretend to be a vet student for a day, thanks to Alyssa (consider this your thank-you note)! I sat in on virology (? I'm pretty sure I heard Alyssa ask, 'What class is this?' when it started. It seemed like physiology, though...) before the tour, then rassled some normal Earth goats and some monster alien sheeps in anatomy lab. I wish I'd gotten pictures of those sheeps. Their heads come up to your chest. A normal sheep might be able to nose your hip with some dificulty. But these sheeps were just... enormous freaks.
Traffic was GREAT today. No kidding. That's all I have to say about that.
Still no news from ISU in the mailbox... but I did get an application for a $7500 low-interest student loan that is not associated with the government! I need to fill that out before May 1st. And do my taxes, my FAFSA, look up/apply to other possible loans and scholarships, etc. I'm going to start those things now.
<3
Sunday, February 1, 2009
I found something to do!
Friday night I went to Christa and Winnie's place and we had dinner and watched Terms of Endearment. It was actually kind of a bad movie, but it was fun to hang out with them. Christa is a dancer, so we went to Hollywood Studios on Saturday to watch the national high school dance competition in the Indiana Jones Theater. It was really awesome. One of the groups danced to a hip-hop version of the Phantom of the Opera and they all dressed up like the Phantom with the masks and everything. Another group took an 80s approach and did a Michael-Jackson-meets-hip-hop number (they were all hip-hop dance groups, by the way). We also watched the Muppets 3-D show, then hopped on a bus to Magic Kingdom to ride Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion. Both were superfun, of course. I love Space Mountain. It was fun hanging out with them, but I had to leave kind of early so that I could meet Patrick for dinner.
Patrick is a close friend of Travis McReynolds, whose family has been friends with my family for as long as I can remember. I met him during the weekend of Travis and Stacy's wedding, and saw him again at the McReynolds family Christmas (or was it New Year's?) party a few years ago. He was visiting his parents this weekend. They live in Eustis now, which is apparently not far from Orlando, so we met at a Thai restaurant in Orlando. We talked and ate... the food was good, but the service was kind of slow even though everyone was rather accomodating. He seems like a nice kid. I guess I might see him again in a few months if he decides to stay with his parents.
I slept in super late today (again, because I had nothing to do). I'll do laundry and go grocery shopping tomorrow while everyone is at work.
I'm really looking forward to next weekend because I'm going back to Athens for a few days. Hopefully I'll get to see some of my friends again and I'll finally go on an official tour of the UGA vet school. Maybe I'll bring Charlotte back with me.
Next week, I have one day of research, two days of training, and one day on my own. These food prep stations take a long time to complete.
Still waiting to hear from ISU.
Patrick is a close friend of Travis McReynolds, whose family has been friends with my family for as long as I can remember. I met him during the weekend of Travis and Stacy's wedding, and saw him again at the McReynolds family Christmas (or was it New Year's?) party a few years ago. He was visiting his parents this weekend. They live in Eustis now, which is apparently not far from Orlando, so we met at a Thai restaurant in Orlando. We talked and ate... the food was good, but the service was kind of slow even though everyone was rather accomodating. He seems like a nice kid. I guess I might see him again in a few months if he decides to stay with his parents.
I slept in super late today (again, because I had nothing to do). I'll do laundry and go grocery shopping tomorrow while everyone is at work.
I'm really looking forward to next weekend because I'm going back to Athens for a few days. Hopefully I'll get to see some of my friends again and I'll finally go on an official tour of the UGA vet school. Maybe I'll bring Charlotte back with me.
Next week, I have one day of research, two days of training, and one day on my own. These food prep stations take a long time to complete.
Still waiting to hear from ISU.
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