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YARD CREW AT WORK
SWAMPSNIPER PRESS ^ | October 27, 2009 | swampsniper

Posted on 10/27/2009 7:28:32 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER

I commented earlier on the value of White Ibis on lawns and in gardens. These guys are working this section of lawn for grubs and mole crickets. They leave a little hole that looks like it was made by a thick pencil, aereating the soil. They aren't messy like geese and ducks, and don't bother vegetation.

Click on the link.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Gardening; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: florida; grubs; ibis

1 posted on 10/27/2009 7:28:33 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
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2 posted on 10/27/2009 7:30:27 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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Neat!

Could I rent a dozen of these for a couple of days?

3 posted on 10/27/2009 7:35:45 PM PDT by SFConservative
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
They aren't messy like geese and ducks

..and they taste just like chicken. (:^o)

4 posted on 10/27/2009 7:37:15 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Cool!

We need about a zillion of them. Mole crickets are taking over.

Saw a big white...heron, I think...the last couple of days. Don’t think we have the ibis’ here.


5 posted on 10/27/2009 7:39:49 PM PDT by gardengirl
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..and they taste just like chicken. (:^o)

They are called Chokoloskee Chicken for a reason. Totch Brown invited me to such a dinner. He said the juveniles were for frying, the mature ones (all white) were better simmered for a long time.


6 posted on 10/27/2009 8:19:04 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Interesting clip! They’re getting a good meal.


7 posted on 10/27/2009 8:40:22 PM PDT by okimhere
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How would these birds do in Missouri? Just need a few for a week or so.


8 posted on 10/27/2009 8:54:36 PM PDT by barker (Sarah Palin 2012? You betcha!)
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9 posted on 10/27/2009 9:12:21 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: GladesGuru
They are called Chokoloskee Chicken for a reason.

Never heard that one before.! LOL

10 posted on 10/28/2009 12:11:49 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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