Comments on: DUCK http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/ A window into the life of a romance writer on the run Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Minna http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9797 Minna Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:55:43 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9797 It comes from East Asia, from there it was brought to Soviet Union and from there it spread here. It comes from East Asia, from there it was brought to Soviet Union and from there it spread here.

]]> By: Loreth http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9796 Loreth Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:19:35 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9796 Minna -- I had NO idea this animal existed. It totally looks like a raccoon. Wow -- we never stop learning. Thank you for the links!! Did the ones in your area migrate down from Siberia, perhaps? Minna — I had NO idea this animal existed. It totally looks like a raccoon. Wow — we never stop learning. Thank you for the links!! Did the ones in your area migrate down from Siberia, perhaps?

]]> By: Minna http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9793 Minna Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:07:11 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9793 But there are raccoons in other parts of Europe, brought by humans, of course. We do have Canadian beavers here though. The swans cries made me wanna cry, too. They sounded so sad. And I could hear them even when I was inside. The pond where they were is very close to my home. But there are raccoons in other parts of Europe, brought by humans, of course. We do have Canadian beavers here though.

The swans cries made me wanna cry, too. They sounded so sad. And I could hear them even when I was inside. The pond where they were is very close to my home.

]]> By: Minna http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9792 Minna Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:55:37 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9792 No raccoons around here. Well, looking at it's face, it's easy to understand why it's called raccoon dog in English: http://images.google.fi/images?source=ig&hl=fi&rlz=1G1GGLQ_FIFI261&q=supikoira%20raccoon%20dog&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi No raccoons around here. Well, looking at it’s face, it’s easy to understand why it’s called raccoon dog in English:
http://images.google.fi/images?source=ig&hl=fi&rlz=1G1GGLQ_FIFI261&q=supikoira%20raccoon%20dog&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

]]> By: spyscribbler http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9791 spyscribbler Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:39:30 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9791 Aww, that definitely makes it more palatable. I didn't know about applied falconry. That sounds like a fantastic alternative. A Blue Jay killed a mouse? You mean the little robin-sized Blue Jay? I had no idea they were predators! Aww, that definitely makes it more palatable. I didn’t know about applied falconry. That sounds like a fantastic alternative.

A Blue Jay killed a mouse? You mean the little robin-sized Blue Jay? I had no idea they were predators!

]]> By: Loreth http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9789 Loreth Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:28:19 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9789 Minna -- that's so sad :(. What is a raccoon dog, by the way. Is it what you call a raccoon over there? I didn't know there were in raccoons in Northern Europe. I'm now haunted by the idea of what a crying swan might sound like ..... Minna — that’s so sad :( .

What is a raccoon dog, by the way. Is it what you call a raccoon over there? I didn’t know there were in raccoons in Northern Europe.

I’m now haunted by the idea of what a crying swan might sound like …..

]]> By: Toni Anderson http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9788 Toni Anderson Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:46:55 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9788 I love birds of prey. I love getting close. And wouldn't it be great to control mice with these beauties. I watched a Blue Jay in my garden last year killing a mouse. It was ferocious and the mouse took a long time to die. Natural is cruel, but those beaks and talons make shorter work of killing I think--at least, once they get the hang of it :/ I love birds of prey. I love getting close. And wouldn’t it be great to control mice with these beauties. I watched a Blue Jay in my garden last year killing a mouse. It was ferocious and the mouse took a long time to die. Natural is cruel, but those beaks and talons make shorter work of killing I think–at least, once they get the hang of it :/

]]> By: Minna http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9785 Minna Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:40:52 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9785 Yep, wild sure can be a harsh place. Our poor swans have been crying for hours, now. A raccoon dog came and destroyed all their chicks and eggs. Yep, wild sure can be a harsh place. Our poor swans have been crying for hours, now. A raccoon dog came and destroyed all their chicks and eggs.

]]> By: Meretta http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9784 Meretta Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:20:01 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9784 Interesting applied falconry. That's a great concept as an alternative to poison! Interesting applied falconry. That’s a great concept as an alternative to poison!

]]> By: Loreth http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/comment-page-1/#comment-9782 Loreth Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:29:27 +0000 http://lorethannewhite.com/blog/2008/06/05/duck/#comment-9782 PS -- I didn't know about 'applied falconry' until that weekend, either -- where you train birds of prey to kill vermin (like mice) in vineyards etc, instead of poison. PS — I didn’t know about ‘applied falconry’ until that weekend, either — where you train birds of prey to kill vermin (like mice) in vineyards etc, instead of poison.

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