SNN (ScrollingNetworkNews) ✿ ✿ Our Mel and Sydney returned to their nesting box with plenty of bonding occurring..but after 2.5 months of Sydney in the box from Dec 2013 to mid Feb 2014, the lack of prey gifts from Mel ( perhaps due to the severe and historic drought underway in California)and they have forgone the nesting process this year as many other raptors ✿ Compared to other owls of similar size, the Barn Owl has a much higher metabolic rate, requiring relatively more food. Pound for pound, Barn Owls consume more rodents – often regarded as pests by humans – than possibly any other creature. ✿ We remind viewers that sometimes owlets may not survive - the parents will dispose of things in "The Owl Way" -viewer discretion is advised, this is nature and the "Owl way". ✿ ~ ✿ “Animals, like us, are living souls. They are not things. They are not objects. Neither are they human. Yet they mourn. They love. They dance. They suffer. They know the peaks and chasms of being.” ― Gary Kowalski, The Souls of Animals ✿ Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius." ~ E.O. Wilson

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Twitter Deets on your Smart Phone


A note from Mel and Syd
To those who have signed up for twitter to receive tweet alerts from melandsydney via text: Please make sure that you have unlimited text on your cell or smart phone or you may get a costly bill from your provider.
Twitter is a free service; they do not charge you to use it, even via SMS.
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Please take a moment to look over the Twitter Phone FAQ
 http://support.twitter.com/groups/34-apps-sms-and-mobile/topics/123-mobile-basics/articles/14014-twitter-phone-faq

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