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WELCOME TO KID'S CORNER! |
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I am the one who knows what is really happening around this place. I live in
the front row overlooking our main yard so I get to see who is coming and
going. Nothing gets past me. Come up to the Sanctuary and say "Hello". If
you like reading (and I hope you do) why not make a Bleakholt bookmark to use. On one of them you will
see my old departed friends, Sheba, and also Tom watching that computer "mouse"! We miss them but will
never forget them. |
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Hello there all you Ailurophiles (cat lovers!). My name is Friday. As you can see I only have one ear. That's because Robert said I had to keep an ear to the ground for interesting facts! One day I'll remember where I left it! Well I managed to find some fab facts instead. So here goes. Somehow this time they have a certain feathered theme - can't imagine why I'd be attracted to find out about dicky birds! DID YOU KNOW ? :- # A parrot named Prudle won the Best Talking Bird title for 12 consecutive years and knew over 800 English words. Gosh, what a chatterbox. I'm glad I only have one ear. # The largest wingspan of any bird belongs to the wandering Albatross whose wings stretch to a massive 11 feet 11 inches. # An Emperor Penguin has been known to dive to a depth of 483 metres. # The Ostrich which stands at over 8 feet tall is the fastest land bird achieving speeds up to 45 miles per hour. A bit too quick for me. # The largest discovered bird nest was built by bald eagles over in Florida, America. It weighed a mighty 2 tons (that's a lot of feathers and twigs!) and measured 9 feet 6 inches across to a depth of 20 feet. # On the 29th November 1973, a Ruppell's Vulture collided with an aircraft at 37,000 feet which is the highest recorded flying bird. # Andean Condors are scavengers. They are the heaviest birds of prey at between 20 and 27 pounds. They never know when their next meal is coming so make up for it when they do find food. They can gorge themselves so much that they then cannot move. Sounds like someone I know! # A Common Tern set off from Finland in June 1996 and was found in Australia in January 1997 having covered a distance of 16,150 miles holding the record for the longest known flight for a bird. Now that is what you call flying south for the winter. Well, I'm off to find yet more facts. See you again soon! |
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