The laughing Kookaburra

Hey everyone! Sorry for forgetting to do the 2nd part of my double decker blog, sorry.

This post is going to be about.....drum roll please....
THE LAUGHING KOOKABURRA!!!
I have no idea if you guys have even ever HEARD of a laughing kookaburra, but, I have been in a bird mood..

This is a kookaburra. I got this picture off of the San Diego zoo site.
The laughing kookaburra is a part of the kingfisher family, who dive into streams and rivers to catch fish, and are brightly colored. But as you can tell, the kookaburra is not brightly colored and it does not like fish.
They have a vary loud call that starts with a trilling sound then becomes a shrieking "laugh" before it ends with a soft chuckle! Most do their calling at dawn or dusk.
The kookaburra, when it is young, may stay around and help keep the chicks warm, feed their younger siblings, and defend their territory. When they are about four, they have to go find their own territory.
They get 15 to 16 1/2 inches long, and they eat snakes, frogs, and rodents.(gross!) Their chicks hatch without feathers and with their eyes closed. And the laughing kookaburra's call has been used as a sound effect in jungle movies to make the sound of monkeys! They live in Australia, Tasmania, and new Zealand.

I realized their is more then just 1 inch of snow, its probilly about 2 or 3. And its also REALLY cold! I am going to be FREEZING going up to dance tonight, because our van dosnt have heat...and our other one needs to be fixed. Also, hmm...nothing exciting happened last night or today so far. poo. And also, my friend Mallory, she makes this cool magazine called " Wildlife" And its pretty cool! If you like what I have been talking about with the animal part, then you would LOVE it! Just comment if you do...:)
Well, thats all I can think about saying...

BYE!
Erica

Part one of my double decker blog!

Oh my gosh! Guess what!? WE GOT SNOW!!! YAY! See? I told you they said their would be snow. And its not like we've never gotten snow, its just, you know, been awhile! I don't think we have gotten snow all January....maybe....I DON'T KNOW!!! So, I was thinking, today, well yesterday.(he he!)About what animal I should write about today....I couldn't think of anything. poo. But now I think that I should do the peacock! There just so COLORFUL! :) So, as I have just said, here are some facts (or weird things) about peacocks!

Did you know that the peacocks tail take up more then 60% of its body length? And the peafowl(blue peacock) used to be kept as pets!Their size is 35 to 50 in. not including its 5 ft. tail! Also, technically only males are called peacocks, females are peahens, together they are called peafowl.
Only male peacocks have a colorful train,and baby peacocks are called peachicks! The three different types of peacocks are: Indian, green, and Congo.



They also have colorfull "eye" markings of red, blue, gold, and other hues on their feathers.

 Here is a close up of the feathers. 

The Indian peacock has the brightest feathers, but peahen's are a drab, mottled brown in comparison. The male needs his bright feathers to attract a mate but the female needs to blend in to protect her eggs.
A group of peafowl are called a "party" or "pride"
The peacock eats: Grain, insects, small reptiles and mammals, berries, figs, leaves, seeds, and flower parts. Wow! Thats a lot of different foods!
They live in Forests and rain forests, and india, Pakastan, and Sri Lanka.
Southeast Asia, and central Africa!

OK, I know that was more then I usually do but what I read was really interesting! By the way, with the snow, its only like 1 inch. I know, it stinks.

ok, even though this is only my third blog im gonna do A double decker one! Im going to do TWO animals!
But they are going to be two separate blog posts. So.... Get ready for a double blog!

Another random blog post :)

Hey Everyone! Its me again! Ready to read another random blog post? Ok, here it goes.
There was a thunderstorm last night and its raining like crazy today! But the weird thing is, is that its supposed to snow tonight! How does THAT work!? So, what that has to do with anything is that I think today seems like a good day to read, bake,(I think cookies sound good..) and play animal crossing! For some reason whenever its kinda a gloomy day I have an urge to play animal crossing..I know, weird.
OK, that was the random part, yay! Actually I just felt like saying that...:)
What animal should I do something about? Hmm...Ok, I have thought of one! The sea otter! I LOVE sea otters!
So, did you know that with sea otters, while they get older, just like with people, their fur starts to turn white? And also NO! A sea otter is NOT a river otter they look compleaty different..

     


This is a sea otter.
I know, cute right?


And another cute thing about the sea otter is that it will always carry around its favorite rock to smash open shells and such!
And their fur looks different wet then dry! This sea otter is obviously dry because when their fur is wet its a lot darker.
And when they eat they put the shell on their bellies then smash it with their rock.
Well, I cant think of anything else to say, might do another entry later today. BYE!

First blog post. YAY!!!

Hi everyone! This is my first ever blog post! I am going to talk mostly about animals but I might get off subject or just have something random to talk about! :) 
You know how when you hear the word skunk, you think "Eeew! Gross! Skunks smell bad!" Well, acually, Skunks only spray when they need to, when the animal wont leave. They actually hate the smell of the spray! So when they do it, they aim away from themselves so they don't get the smell! I thought that was really funny!
So, another thing about this blog, I am probilly going to talk about being green to because I am OBBSEESED with being green! :) 
Here is something AWESOME about me....I am HOMESCHOOLED!
yay! Being homeschooled is awesome! If you are homeschooled,
Yay! If you are not, Yay! To you too! Because being public schooled is cool too! Sorry, that was really random!:) LOL!
Another thing about skunks, is that they are ADORABLE!


I mean how cute is this one?  
   ADORABLE! 








 OK, with this being normal size it dosnt fill up much, but when its large it fills up A BUNCH! AHH! Thats annoying.....  oops, sorry, being random again! LOL 
I need to ask you guys something, do you think animals etc. is a good name? Because im not sure....
I also might put two blog posts on the same day because I will have more to talk about for some weird reason or because im bored...so..yeah.  
Well, that's all I have to say, Bye!!! 
Erica