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That's good news about Elsa!
The Dude sounds like quite a character.
The Dude sounds like quite a character.
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Songbird Remix's Product Preview Thread
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This morning at Quail Hollow (Ken's house/garden)....
"The Dude" nestles at daddy's feet this morning...
Homemade jammy dodgers make "Stay at Home" bearable
An Allen's Hummingbird hangs out waiting for us to refill his feeder
Our native Californian Stream Orchid opens...
...and it won't be a day at "Quail Hollow" without quail
"The Dude" nestles at daddy's feet this morning...
Homemade jammy dodgers make "Stay at Home" bearable
An Allen's Hummingbird hangs out waiting for us to refill his feeder
Our native Californian Stream Orchid opens...
...and it won't be a day at "Quail Hollow" without quail
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I guess I should have added Elsa too
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| How EGG-citing! The Puffin Burrow cam is live and we are pleased to announce we have a nesting family with an egg already in the burrow! Located 21 miles off the coast of Maine, the burrow cam offers us an intimate view into the makings of a new puffin family. |
Slowly working through the cockatoo list... here's the Western Corella.
The 4 species of Corella look pretty similiar... so how do you tell the difference? Well, we'll start off with the two easiest; The Long-billed Corella and Western Corella both are large corellas (about 16 inches/40 cm) with elongated upper bills. Look for the red stripe across the upper chest to call it a long-billed. The tougher call is between the Little Corella (aka Short-billed Corella) and the Tanimbar Corella (aka Goffin's cockatoo). They are both smaller Corellas (about 12 inches/30 cm) and have shorter bills. The Tanimbar will have a slight blush of pink in the throat and hint of yellow at the ear patches; also a yellowish tint to the under tail and under wings whereas the Little Corella is more reddish.
The 4 species of Corella look pretty similiar... so how do you tell the difference? Well, we'll start off with the two easiest; The Long-billed Corella and Western Corella both are large corellas (about 16 inches/40 cm) with elongated upper bills. Look for the red stripe across the upper chest to call it a long-billed. The tougher call is between the Little Corella (aka Short-billed Corella) and the Tanimbar Corella (aka Goffin's cockatoo). They are both smaller Corellas (about 12 inches/30 cm) and have shorter bills. The Tanimbar will have a slight blush of pink in the throat and hint of yellow at the ear patches; also a yellowish tint to the under tail and under wings whereas the Little Corella is more reddish.
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Both Stezza and Rae should find this amusing from my upcoming manual... "The Aboriginal people call Corellas “manatj” and “manyte”, which loosely translates to “of a noisy and inquisitive nature”. The Aboriginals also use these names when referring to the Western Australian Police."
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At one time I used to think that cockatoo is an aboriginal name for the bird, just like kangaroo and place names like Minderoo, Waneroo, etc. until I realized that there IS actually an Indonesian cockatoo called Burong Kakak Tua (Elder sister bird) and the name is actually derived from that, i.e. Kakaktua = Cockatoo.
Yes, that's in my manual too... The word, cockatoo, dates from the 17th century and is derived from Dutch kaketoe, which is from Indonesian burung kakaktua; burung means bird.
I have in it my head (from somewhere) that the Aboriginal word for cockatoo means "pliers or vise-grips", but couldn't find the word or reference anywhere. Anybody whose have bitten by a cockatoo knows they are the pitbulls of the parrot world.
Of course, budgerigar, is an Aboriginal word meaning "good to eat"
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...and the Palm Cockatoo... I'm working on the last one. the Gang-gang cockatoo today,...
but before anyone gets too excited there is still a long path to go 1) putting the set together in DAZ Studio and then 2) tweaking, finalizing the settings and textures, and then 3) Finishing the manual while its beta tested and finally 4) getting it through Hivewire's QAV process. I'm guessing you'll see it towards the end of June in the store.
but before anyone gets too excited there is still a long path to go 1) putting the set together in DAZ Studio and then 2) tweaking, finalizing the settings and textures, and then 3) Finishing the manual while its beta tested and finally 4) getting it through Hivewire's QAV process. I'm guessing you'll see it towards the end of June in the store.
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Congratulations Ken! The picture of the Major Mitchell Cockatoo that you did, shown on the previous page here, was chosen as a Poser Staff Pick of the Week at Renderosity! 
Somebody posted a link to an article about birds.
25 Things You Might Not Know About the Birds in Your Backyard
25 Things You Might Not Know About the Birds in Your Backyard
The first batch of quail chicks showed up today in our yard (10 chicks). Parents, on their first day show them where the stream is for water, then the easiest place to get food. Here they are working some spilled finch food. (Facebook video)
Hey @Ken Gilliland, just a quick question (hopefully lol), I know you've updated a lot of the bases now (I just can't remember which ones exactly), so was wondering what was left that would need to be completed before the "Songbird ReMix Australia Complete Stack" can be updated?