I am super centipede girl

(I wish I had a bird icon).

So yeah, all night mist netting last night at Taylor's Lagoon. There I was chatting to Liz, minding my own buisness when I feel what I think is an ant taking a chomp out of my toe. I swipe it away and Liz and I see a small centipede scuttling off. Great. Having never been stung by one before I wasn't sure what to do. I put it on ice. It would sting for a few seconds every minute then stop hurting. Eventually I just put my mud boots on and it didn't bother me too much. It now only hurts when I walk on it. Either I am super immune to centipede venomn or it just didn't sting very enthusiastically. It shouldn't have, I wasn't bothering it.

Lots of neat birds last night. Got to band and process a few - Red-kneed Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel, Long-toed Stint... Got to bed around 2am. *yawns*

I didn't like the part where I woke up around 5:30am with an excruciating pain in my side. Took some ibuprofen to deal with that. Catching up with Yasmin this afternoon.

And continuing the tradition of quick morning bird lists. The bird baths were going off while I was having breakfast.

crested pigeon, bar-shouldered dove, peaceful dove, sacred kingfisher, rainbow bee-eater, little friarbird, singing honeyeater, yellow-tinted honeyeater, brown honeyeater, rufous-throated honeyeater, zebra finch, double-barred finch, long-tailed finch

I haven't seen a Sacred Kingfisher in ages! Especially not at the bird baths. Never seen a Yellow-tinted Honeyeater there before, but Stu saw one just after he arrived here so it does happen.

I am super centipede girl

(I wish I had a bird icon).

So yeah, all night mist netting last night at Taylor's Lagoon. There I was chatting to Liz, minding my own buisness when I feel what I think is an ant taking a chomp out of my toe. I swipe it away and Liz and I see a small centipede scuttling off. Great. Having never been stung by one before I wasn't sure what to do. I put it on ice. It would sting for a few seconds every minute then stop hurting. Eventually I just put my mud boots on and it didn't bother me too much. It now only hurts when I walk on it. Either I am super immune to centipede venomn or it just didn't sting very enthusiastically. It shouldn't have, I wasn't bothering it.

Lots of neat birds last night. Got to band and process a few - Red-kneed Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel, Long-toed Stint... Got to bed around 2am. *yawns*

I didn't like the part where I woke up around 5:30am with an excruciating pain in my side. Took some ibuprofen to deal with that. Catching up with Yasmin this afternoon.

And continuing the tradition of quick morning bird lists. The bird baths were going off while I was having breakfast.

crested pigeon, bar-shouldered dove, peaceful dove, sacred kingfisher, rainbow bee-eater, little friarbird, singing honeyeater, yellow-tinted honeyeater, brown honeyeater, rufous-throated honeyeater, zebra finch, double-barred finch, long-tailed finch

I haven't seen a Sacred Kingfisher in ages! Especially not at the bird baths. Never seen a Yellow-tinted Honeyeater there before, but Stu saw one just after he arrived here so it does happen.

Yeah that's pretty much it

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And a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all the October babies I know. :)

Yeah that's pretty much it

Easy Your life has been 23% difficult.

Based on your family, money, political context, and personal situation -- during the important years of your development -- it appears your life was EASY. What does this mean? Well, the "difficulty" of your life is a measure of how rough you had it. Relative to the world, you had a pretty good childhood. I'm not saying it was really easy, just that you weren't gnawing on a belt for calories. Still though, it wasn't perfect. I'm not sure what "success" means to you, but whatever it is, you can achieve it. When you do, it'll be that much more impressive. I have a new test! Straight males and gay/bi females, check out my brand new How Low Are Your Sex Standards Test

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Link: The How Difficult Is Your Life Test written by chicken_pot_pie on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

( more of this crap )

And a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all the October babies I know. :)

Horsies

Anyone know where I can find a list/details online of the horses running in this year's Melbourne Cup?

I hear there is a horse called Leica Falcon - my God that's such an omen. A few dollars will go on that nag methinks.

Horsies

Anyone know where I can find a list/details online of the horses running in this year's Melbourne Cup?

I hear there is a horse called Leica Falcon - my God that's such an omen. A few dollars will go on that nag methinks.