Re: now turtles

You could make stew................

How's the 'Blessed Bee' going by the way?
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Bird nest, now swallows


> Yes...we have HUGE snapping turtles in this part of the country. My
> husband and son shoot them because they eat our fish, ducks, etc. I
> personally don't like that, so they don't tell me until it's too late
> and I here the guns going off. One of them was about 13 inches wide!
>
>
>
> <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:
> She's got some big ones down there - don't know what kind. Her computer is
FUBAR'd so I'll ask her when I talk to her next.
>
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrea H
> Sent: 6/11/2004 8:48:28 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bird nest, now swallows
>
> > Turtles will eat them too Jim. They are omnivores and will eat whatever
is
> > handy (from my days with the turtle and tortoise society in Charleston)
Big
> > snapping turtles will eat ducks, but don't know if they have big
snapping
> > turtles in Oklahoma. Jesse?
> > Andrea H
> > Beaufort, SC
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "james singer"
> > To:
> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 3:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bird nest, now swallows
> >
> >
> > > Probably catfish. Turtles, I think, are vegetarian. Tortoises may not
> > > be.
> > >
> > > On Friday, June 11, 2004, at 03:26 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> > >
> > > > wAY cool. To get that close to them..and just watch is so wonderful.
We
> > > > had to save our last batch of baby ducklings from whatever (not
benign)
> > > > creature in the water was eating them. Most likely those big ole
> > > > turtles
> > > > or the big catfish out there. Until they get bigger, they are in a
pen
> > > > with their mother....who hisses if you try to get near her and her
> > > > babies. Just trying to SAVE them.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > james singer wrote:
> > > > When I lived on the Severn River [Maryland, not England] we [first
> > > > wife, kids, and I] had a diving platform about 50 yards off shore.
> > > > Swallows used to build their nests under the diving platform and we
> > > > [first wife, kids, and me] would float under it to watch. I think
the
> > > > birds must have thought we were some sort of benign water animal
> > > > because we could get quite close to their industry and not spook
them.
> > > >
> > > > On Friday, June 11, 2004, at 02:18 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> How cool that you get to watch the whole thing with easy viewing. I
> > > >> have
> > > >> two nests that I'm watching right now...but NOT easy access. We
have
> > > >> some swallows who built up high on our back porch. All I can see
are
> > > >> the
> > > >> little beaks resting on the rim of the mud nest. The other nest is
way
> > > >> deep inside a honeysuckle vine that looks more like a shrub.
Sparrows.
> > > >> I
> > > >> like to watch the babies grow up and leave. But, it is sad when
your
> > > >> plant gets trashed. Ever take a birds nest and watch it grow? If
you
> > > >> take the nest and sit it on top of a pot of dirt and water it off
and
> > > >> on....it starts growing "things". Whatever seeds the birds
"deposited"
> > > >> in there start to grow. Kind of fun for kids to watch.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> james singer wrote:
> > > >> We have a pot of variegated shell ginger [Alpinia zerumbet v.] just
> > > >> outside out back door. A pair of sparrows have decided to call it
home
> > > >> and are building a nest in it. The good part is we'll be able to
watch
> > > >> their progress through a window as they create a family; the bad
part
> > > >> is they'll probably trash the ginger.
> > > >>
> > > >> Island Jim
> > > >> Southwest Florida
> > > >> Zone 10
> > > >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > > >>
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