Plecostomus

The Plec, Pleco or Plecostomus is a fish in the loricariidae (catfish) family. It comes in many diffrent specimens including, Golden Nugget, Zebra and Rhino. It is from South America and some specimens can get 3 feet long! They are very hardy fish which can stand temperatures from 0-30 Celsius but they prefer tropical temperatures from 23-27 Celsius. Also they will eat almost anything including algae. Which is why they are commonly kept in aquariums today. Despite their hardiness, if you want them at best they are not easy to care for. ph=6.5 Temperature=25 Celsius Food=They are omnivores so provide a varied diet, including, zuchini, meat and catfish pellets, etc. How many=Many aquarists say you can get more than one, but with my experience I prefer only getting one. Its best to have 20-50 gallons per pleco (depending on the specimen) Tank size=20 to 100 gallons (depending on the specimen). Tank region=Bottom and sides. Habitat=Provide a large aquarium with lots of caves, driftwood, plants, etc. For more information read my blog tomorrow.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Recent Activities

Two days ago Anette and Eric came over for lunch then Richard came over. When they left my mom went to the hair cutters and my grandparents went out for dinner. While my dad, Jesse and I stayed home to build the trampoline. When my mom and grandparents came back, I didn't know who my mom was with different hair and my grandparents said they saw fish for 99 cents. So, my grandpa took me to the store and we got 1 Pleco and 3 Zebra Danios for $7.19. I introduced them to my aquarium and my Purple Passion Danios were fighting with the Zebra Danios and the Lobster was fighting with the Pleco. Also, Jesse gave me his Crowntail Betta. By the next morning, the quarreling stoped. That evening Zack and Josh came over to race us on the ATV's. After a few laps around the field Noah and Lydia came over and we had lunch. Zack and I had a ketchup contest of who could have the most ketchup. Then we played the Wii and continued racing. We had lots of fun and soon my mom prepared a dessert. We all enjoyed it and we all did different things. Including playing our DS's, staring at my aquarium and holding my Hermit Crab. Then we went on YouTube. After that we gathered around the campfire and told stories. Soon everyone left and we went to bed. But the lobster wounded our Zebra Danio and it died.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Catching Up On Activities, etc.

My Aquarium
Hermy The Crab
Max
Max

Chipping Sparrow

Our Garden

Leah & Jesse

Fred & Leah

My Aquarium

Goodbye,

Birdman

Newborn Eggs

Today at 11:39am a pair of my Purple Passion Danios laid eggs. I put them into another tank with an air pump and some gravel and fairly warm water. They are so small I can barely see if the're reallly there! What do I do with nearly 400 Purple Passion Danio eggs?

More Fish

Today my mom, Jesse and I went to Wal-Mart to go grocery shopping but my mom also bought me 3 Purple Passion Danios and 1 Otocinclus. My tetras seem to be very territorial to the Otocinclus, causing him to sulk in the corners. If this continues over the next few days, I will consider returning the Otocinclus to Wal-Mart. Although they have not given to much of a warm welcome to the algae eater, all the fish seem to want to school with my Purple Passions. These danios are very fast and eat any leftover foods. While the alage eater, obviously...eats algae and does it very well. For any more news about how the fish react to eachother and more stuff, continue reading Nature with Birdman.
Goodbye

Orange Lobster?

As you know I bought a Blue Lobster about a month ago and mysterously he is turning or should I say completely orange. Anyone know what caused this?

Problems/Birding Trip/Hermit Crab

Problems
Thank you to the people who have offered me help about the aquarium. But I can't change all my tank water because where would I put my fish while I'm doing it? Also I can't reduce the number of fish I have because the guarantee is over and because I don't and can't get more aquariums. Oh well!

Birding Trip
Today I went birding with my dad at Columbia Lake. We saw my first female Belted Kingfisher for 2008 and my very first female Bullock's Oriole!

Hermit Crab
Yesterday I got a pet Hermit Crab. The cage includes a 4 liter terrarium, Sea Sponge, Water Dish, Food Dish, Coconut Hiding Place, Artificial Palm Tree and Sand. He is still getting familiar with his or her cage. I will post more information about him or her tomorrow. Any ideas on what to name him or her.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Upcoming Events

Jul.10th-Getting a pet Hermit Crab
11th-Vacation Bible Camp Ends
13th-Vacation Bilble Camp Barbeque
14th-Going Birding With Ruth
18th-Friends over for barbeque and bonfire
25th-Camping
26st-Church Barbeque
Aug.1st to 6th-New Brunswick Trip
16th-Family Barbeque Party
17th-Church Picnic
22nd-Camping
29th-Trip to Ottawa
Goodbye,
Birdman

Aquarium in Low Conditions

Unfortunately my aquarium is encountering some even more serious problems. It has levels of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate which is very bad. Ammonia is fish waste but I think nitrite and nitrate is a harmful chemical. Anyway, any level of ammonia and/or nitrite can be lethal to the fish. I have tried many solutions for curing this but none of them worked, in fact its getting even higher levels. Maybe I used the wrong solution, maybe I overcrowded the tank, I don't know. All I do know is I think this caused some of my fish to have fin rot and I can't find a proper solution for it. Only to add on to the problems, my pH level is 8.2 and every week it gets higher by 1.2. So in just one week my fish developed fin rot, it has moderate levels of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and my pH is 8.2! It should be 7. Again, any help is needed and would be greatly appreciated. So, whether your a novice or pro at the hobby I ask you for help with this.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Pregnant Fish

My plan for breeding is working out perfectly, the fish I plan to breed is showing signs that in "breeding mode" and as soon as she develops a dark gravid spot near her vent. I can put her in the breeding trap. I would suspect her to be more territorial and quiet, although shes even territorial to her own mate. But with good news comes bad news, several of my fish are showings symptoms of "fin rot" which can erode the fins into the fish's body causing death. It is a very serious disease and not even PetSmart, Big Al's or Wal-Mart has a cure for it. So I could lose four of my fish! Very unfortunately the pregnant fish's mate is showing symptoms of this disease. So if that fish dies, it will cause both the female and their young to die. So altogether I could lose 5 adult swordtails and hundreds of fry swordtails!!! Unless I can find the cure for this, I could lose all of my fish because its contagious! So if anyone who's reading this blog can give me another way to cure this deadly disease, please do. I don't want to lose all my fish.

Goodbye,

Birdman

The Charles J. Whitney Nature Interpretation Trail

I have many other pictures of this trip from Cedar Waxwings to unidentified birds but there is some problems with the computer so I am unable to download them. Although it was a fairly short trip, I still had fun with my dad...Excuse me a moment

Max get of the rocking chair!

"It's his favourite chair to sleep on although he sheds like CRAZY so I don't let him on it"

"He won't get off, oh well back to our morning trip story"

Well, where was I. Oh ya, it was kinda short so expect the story to be short. My dad and I woke up at 6:30 and got in the Volkswagen. First we went to Tim Horton's, my dad had a X-Large cup of coffee and I had 10 Sour Cream Glazed Timbits. By the time we were finished eating our breakfast it was 7 o'clock so that limited our time for birding. First we drove in at the trail and started walking, we saw a large pond full of mosquito's and lily pads. We talked about how mosquito larvae would make a good supplement fish food. Then we moved on to the meadow and saw goldfinches, etc. Then the boardwalk which lead into a semi-dead woods. This had cedar waxwings, herons etc. On the way back we saw Mallards and an unrecognizable bird which was soon scared away by bicycle riders. So we could not gather any valuable information from the bird. But I got one poor picture of it but I'm unable to download it due to computer problems.

Goodbye,

Birdman

My Pets

My Aquarium
My Terrarium
My Little Crab Shack
My Dog
My Aquarium has been setup for two weeks and currently has 6 Columbian Tetras, 6 Red Swordtails, 2 Mystery Snails and 1 Blue Lobster. I look after this by:

Daily: Turn lights on for 12 hrs.

Check temperature

Feed fish flakes and lobster pellets

Check that all fish and invertebrates are present and healthy

Weekly: Wipe algae off front glass

Test aquarium water

Change 10% of the water

Feed plants plant food and fish bloodworms

Monthly: Maintain and replace carbon in filter

Clean hood and light tubes

Vacuum gravel

Prune plants

My terrarium has been setup for three weeks and currently has 3 Garden Snails. I look after this by:

Daily: Mist cage

Feed

Monthly: Change substrate

My little crab shack has been setup for one week and will be getting a hermit crab.

When I get the crab I will look after it by:

Daily: Mist crab

Feed and change water

Interact

Weekly: Bath crab

Monthly: Change substrate

My dog has been with me for a year and 5 months. I look after him by:

Daily: Feed and give water

Walk

Brush

Weekly: Clean face and ears

Monthly: Go to PetSmart and get them to groom him

Buy Max a new toy

Goodbye,

Birdman

Catching Up

Lately we have been doing some exciting things:
We moved
I have a new aquarium set up
We went to Niagra Falls and bingemans park on canada day
Soon to come:
I will be breeding the fish I have
We might be getting another pug
Making new friends

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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Unfortunate Accident

The scene of the crime!
The scene of the crime!

Of course when I said the scene of the crime I was joking, here is the real story. A few days ago I was playing baseball with my friend Corina. She was batter and I was pitcher and I threw a screwball and she didn't swing and it smashed the window. From outside we heard a loud shattering, from inside my parents heard a loud pop. I didn't get in trouble because it was an accident, although I'm just not allowed to play baseball in our front yard. Unfortunately it will cost about $2000 to repair the window and Corina isn't allowed to play baseball with me because her parents think she'll smash a window too. Goodbye, Birdman

Point Pelee National Park (Part 4)

Common Carp

Koi

Blue Racer Snake

Fox Snakes

Painted Turtles

Mayflies

Wild Daisies

Dense Vegetation

Prickly Pear Cactus

Point Pelee National Park (Part 3)

Yellow Warbler Adult Male Eastern

At Point Pelee this year we saw and/or heard 3 species I've never seen before, Orchhard Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and American Redstart. I've seen 9 new species this year, Ruffed Grouse, Common Loon, Great Blue Heron, Forster's Tern, Black Tern, Cerulean Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Prothonatary Warbler and the Scarlet Tanager. Of course this is just a brief guessing as to I might of seen much more. Like over 50 species in total, although I was hoping to beat my record of bird sightings at Point Pelee (64)...I think. Do you think I should continue to write about Point Pelee or move on to other events. Please submit your entries in the comments. Goodbye,

Birdman

Point Pelee National Park (Part 2)

After waking at 8 we got dressed, comb hair, etc. It took us 'till 9 and we had breakfast and arrived at Point Pelee at 10. Then we parked at White Pine and we saw Orchard Orioles and Baltimore Orioles. We started walking at Chinquapin Oak Trail and there was birds everywhere. Including orioles, robins, warblers etc. Then we finished that trail and moved on to the Tilden Woods Trail. Here there was a group of birders watching Cerulean, Yellow and Prothonatary Warblers. Also American Redstarts, Red-breasted Nuthatches and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. I saw all of them accept the redstart. Then my dad saw the Scarlet Tanager. So we went to the Visitor Center and took the tour bus to the Tip Trail. Although we didn't get to see the tip because it was hailing heavily. We took the tour bus back and it was past noon so I finally convinced my parents to take me to the Woodland Nature Trail. We did and as soon as we did Jesse was tired, so Jesse and my dad went to find our van while my mom and I walked. We started walking and another group of birders were looking at something. They showed me and it was a pair of Yellow Warblers building their nest. They told my mom where another nest was and we kept walking. There wasn't much but Baltimore Orioles until we came to the Redbud Footpath. We only walked on it for a few minutes and my mom couldn't take it anymore so we turned back on the Woodland Nature Trail. There we heard a sound like a robin singing very fast and it was... a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. We kept walking for a few minutes after that and we heard a warbler singing all these tones, notes and calls. We had no idea what it was! About twenty minutes after that we saw a male American Redstart singing its lovely song in the dense bush. But it was soon the afternoon and we had to start heading back. We did, picked up Max and went home. That is our Point Pelee Trip in two blog posts. Thank you mom and dad for taking me to Point Pelee National Park. Goodbye, Birdman

Point Pelee National Park

This long weekend we went to Point Pelee. This is how it began. Last Friday we drove to Kitchener to renovate. We slept overnight there and on Saturday morning we showed our grandparents how to care for Max and left to go to Point Pelee. It took a long time to get there so we watched "The Sandlot". By the time it was over we were near Point Pelee so we got a bite to eat and arrived at Point Pelee. First we drove to the gates paid the required money to visit and drove off to the Marsh Boardwalk trail. We parked got prepared to bird and started walking. First there was a family of Canada Geese and there was seven goslings. Next we saw some carp and Red-winged Blackbirds were everywhere. Then all of a sudden my dad spotted little green birds in the reeds. None of us could identify them so we kept walking. Ahead of us was a group of birders taking photos of something. We asked them and they were watching Black Terns. We got a couple photos of them and kept walking. Then a lady with a transmitter came to tell us she spotted twelve Fox Snakes. So from then we were on the lookout for Fox Snakes. (Red-winged Blackbirds are still everywhere.) Then the Black Terns came again ecept this time they came very closely perched to us. We could not miss this rare moment and got lots of photos of them. Then all of a sudden Forster's Terns came flying everywhere. And the little green birds came back but this time I noticed yellow on one of their bellies. Still we could not identify it. Next we saw twelve fox snakes and a blue racer and painted turtles. By now we were finished the boardwalk and I went on one of the lookouts to see what I could see. As a mater of fact there was lots of nesting Barn Swallows. We left, took a bathroom break and took the tour bus to the tip trail. The tip is the most southern tip of mainland Canada but there is dangerous currents so no swimming or wading is allowed. It started to rain so we didn't get to see the tip and drove to Point Pelee Inn. We had lots of fun on the water slides and played arcade games. It was soon our bedtime so we went to sleep. To be continued tommorow.

Upcoming Avents

May 17 Point Pelee National Park Trip Begins
Armed Forces Day
May 18 Point Pelee National Park Trip Ends
May 19 Victoria Day (Canada)
May 20 Quarter Moon
May 26 Memorial Day Observed
Spring Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)
May 27 Rachel Carson's Birthday
May 28 Half Moon
May 30 Traditional Memorial Day
June 2 Queen's Birthday (New Zealand)
June 3 Full Moon
June 8 Oceans Day
June 9 Queen's Birthday (Australia exc. WA)
June 14 Flag Day
June 15 Father's Day
June 18 Quarter Moon
June 20 Moving Trip To Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
June 21 Solstice
June 24 St. Jean Bapsite Day (Canada)

Unfortunate Inflamed Acident!

Unfortunately the bird had a upnormaly large belly and upnormaly small lungs causing it to have breathing issues. So the weaker it got late this morning it stop breathing while I was at school and died. Although it is both good and bad, good because we gave it love and attention and bad becuase if it didn't die, it would have a very painful life with its imflamed belly and very small lungs. This is probably one of the worst days of my life! Birdman

High Maintenance Bird

We've been caring for the bird until now but were not able to feed it at night. Here is what we do and tell me if we should change our schedule: We keep the young flightless bird under a lamp during the day and a hot water bottle under the basket during the night. From 7:00am to 9:00pm we feed it every hour. Anytime it has droppings in the basket we change the tissues. The basket has a towel and tissues above it then the chick rests on it. We feed it crushed up worms and apple sauce. For water we give it our freshed water. At feeding time we drop the food in and let it swalow then give it fresh water. Goodbye, Birdman

Found Homeless Young Bird

0-3 Day Old Young Bird

After school today my friends found a baby bird so I rushed over to see it. When I found it I looked everywhere for its nest, but I couldn't find it anywhere. So I called my mom over to come help me take it home. We carefully toke it home and placed it in a basket (large enough for it to move) with cotton balls. We called the an animal place but none of them could come because they were closed. So we quickly gave it worms and water and now its sleeping. Mon@rch or anyone please tell me what to do with it, I don't know what to do?

Spectacular Adventure at McLaughlin Bay

Pair of Tree Swallows by the sunset
Pine cones

Baltimore Oriole

Flock of Canada Geese

Croaking Frog

Red-winged Blackbird sticking his tongue out

Marching Deer Bottoms Up!

"I'm out of here, these so called "humans" are scaring me!"

Beautiful Flowers

Peeping Frogs by the Marsh in the Evening

Yesterday my dad and I went birding at McLaughlin Bay. As we arrived there we saw a Song Sparrow on a post we got a few photos of it and kept walking. I decided to use my bird whistle and a Fox Sparrow was attracted to it. Check for 2008, we followed it to the marsh and there we heard the sound it made which was simliar to my bird whistle. We kept walking along the marsh to find Tree Swallows at a nesting sight. We wanted to leave them alone because they were courting, mating and building nests. Then along the trail came some White-crowned Sparrows foraging but something perfectly yellow caught my attention and was very curious about it so we followed it and it wasn't a goldfinch. It was something else but we couldn't figure out what it was in the dense hedge until it flew out. Showing its beautiful colors then it perched where we could identify it. It was a Yellow Warbler check for 2008. Then I spotted the coughed up remains of a owl, so after that we were on the lookout for owls at the lookouts. There was no owl but we had evidence there was an owl here the coughed up remains of a small mammal. Then hundreds of frogs were peeping and croaking so I got a video of it. Then in the cedar hedge came a very bright colored bird and after looking closely at it we figured it was a Baltimore Oriole check for 2008. When we were walking to another trail a rabbit came, and we followed it to another trail. Which lead us to a huge White-throated Sparrow almost as big as a Fox Sparrow. We followed the trail to a pond were Canada Geese flocks were flying overhead and a Canada Goose pertecting her nest in the middle of the pond. Then we saw a Red-winged Blackbird stickig his tounge our when he called then it flew to his mate and they both went to drink from the pond. Then both a White-crowned Sparrow came and a frog swam to the surface of the pond. Which at first I thought it was a stick. It was already dark and it was almost my bedtime, so we quickly followed the loop and there was a deer. As soon as it saw us it walked very slowly lifting their legs and tail and left. Then another deer came and did the same thing. By then it was very late and I was very tired but I thought we might see an owl. My dad spotted something even neater a racoon just climbing down his tree to get ready to hunt. My dad started hissing, swaying his arm and other disturbances but I still didn't move. I wanted my dad to stop disturbing it so I prented to take a video of him disturbing it and post it on my blog. Opps, did I say that outloud, uh oh I hope my dad doesn't see this but I for the racoon own good. No offense dad, ha ha ha! Anyway, thanks dad for taking me if you do see this post. Thank you mom too for hoping that I would see a new bird. Goodbye,

Birdman

Book Report

On Tuesday, April 29, 2008 I started a book report on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis. It is due Thursday, May 22, 2008 so I might no be able to do a blog until then.

Goodbye,

Birdman

P. S. I might scan and copy my book report and publish it on my blog when I'm finished.

Grand River Trail: Peter Halman Family Trailway

This morning I woke up, had a shower and got dressed. As I was combing my hair I noticed a Ladybug in the bathroom. I let it crawl on my hand and I let it free outside. It was very cold out so I got my vest on and went birding with my dad. We were searching for the Great Blue Heron at Peter Halman Family Trailway. On the way there we saw our first Tree Swallows for 2008. We also saw Purple Martins, Red-winged Blackbirds and Canada Geese. Soon 15 minutes past and we arrived at Halman's Trailway. There we noticed even more Tree Swallows, Brown-headed Cowbirds, European Starlings, Purple Martins, Killdeers and Red-winged Blackbirds. We started walking and we saw flowers buding through the cement path! Then we heard Northern Cardinals so we followed them and a duck quickly dived underwater not giving us a chance to identify it. Ducks can stay underwater for a whole hour but we had to go home soon a and go to church. So we were about to leave and a Purple Martin swooped a foot over my head. Then I saw the most beautiful background behind two displaying Red-winged blackbirds. I didn't post the photo of it because my blog is having some technical difficulties.

Goodbye,
Birdman

Birding With My Dad

This morning I woke to a beautiful sunrise, I got dressed feed Max and went outside. My dad was outside too and we watched Purple Martins, Brown-headed Cowbirds and more. Only my dad saw a Great-Blue Heron. Then we went to a birding trail that a had a platform for Birds of Prey. We saw a pair of hawks or eagles mate. Then we saw a pair of European Starlings mate. We started to get hungry so we went to Tim Horton's. There we got ten Sour Cream Glazed Timbits. We finished them and went to another trail. This one had birds singing a rapid tit-tit-tit-tit-tit! And a cardinal was singing loudly. Then we watched a pair of Black-capped Chickadees leave their nest. Then a group of American Goldfinches came singing their lovely song varying so much that a can't word it. After that a Scarlet Tanager flew by calling twit! It sounded so much like a person saying "twit" that was joking a said that Scarlet Tanager was rude. But I was just joking it was just calling to his mate. Then we saw the most beautiful lily ever! I got a clear picture of it but I can't post it sadly. Anyway, we left to go to another park that had three baseball diamonds. As soon as we opened the door we heard tons of birds singing. Even ones I couldn't identify like a peep! I don't have much time to do a blog write now but it ends with us seeing Whip-or-Wills, Kildeers and lots more! We managed to see over ten new species for 2008. That was my exciting Saturday. I will write about this tomorrow also and I think the Mallards nesting by our church courted from 3 weeks ago 'till now. Goodbye, Birdman. This blog may have mistakes because we have guests and I don't have time until tomorrow to do a blog. Bye!

Mallard Nest

Today as I arrived in Kitchener I first went to the Mallard nest I was told about. At first I thought they were mistaken, but my dad soon shook the bush and it jumped out at him. Then it went back in the bush at a position that I could see it. I took some pictures of it then left it alone because it was probably very stressed after this. I soon went to help my dad unpack the trailer and unfortunately many Brown-headed Cowbirds were feeding at our unfinished bird feeder station. My brother wanted to scare the nest parasites (cowbirds) away but I said there was also many other types of birds there too and the cowbirds usually come back after being flushed. Oh well, despite the nest parasites I am happy to hear Mallards are reproducing. I will soon get some more info ie; when they courted, mated, started and finished the nest and when the female laid the eggs. I will also try to post some close photos of the nest if the female doesn't think I'm a harm to her nest. Maybe while the female is incubating the nest I could get a picture of the male bringing food to the family. Also, I just found out that Mourning Doves have a difference between each gender.

Birdman

Mallard Nesting

Today I have just been informed by my mom that Mallards are nesting in the church we go to in Kitchener. My grandpa is the bishop of the church so this weekend I will be posting some photos of it.

Birdman

Earth Day

Common Yellowthroat Eastern Adult Male (I got this photo from http://www.pointpelee.ca)

Today's adventure or should I say trip begins before school. This morning before school Black-capped Chickadees caught my attention from the beautiful sunrise. Then at 8:45am I got prepared for school. We started driving at 8:55am and arrived at school 9:05am. Just in time to play a quick game of football in the school yard. Then at 9:10am the bell rang and we went inside prepared for class. Of course we had recess break and nutrition break. At 1:15pm we went outside walking to a senior motel. When we arrived there our teacher and the owner of the senior motel instructed us how to plant chives and other herbs into pots. We did and brought over to the table. The owner gave us popsicles, a wristband that said "Make Every Day Earth Day" "earthday.ca" and a non-permanent tattoo that had a green leaf with blue streaks around it. It also showed "EARTHDAY CANADA earthday.ca". Then we walked back to school at 3:00pm and wrote our homework in our S. T. Worden. P. S. agendas. Then our teacher let us outside early to play football for the fourth time today. My team lost 9 to 14. Then at 3:30pm we went home and I heard American Goldfinches in our backyard.

Birdman

Squirrel-proof Yard

I have not done a blog in since the 15th because I was playing football. Anyway, I think I finally have the solution on how to stop squirrels, combine all the great ideas together like "if you can't bet 'em, join 'em". Well, here it is.
1. Place baffles on all your feeders.
2. Place feeders far trees or anywhere else squirrels can jump from.
3. Use cage feeders that have the special grove for a perch.
4. Use safflower seed.
5. Provide a squirrel feeding station far from the feeders.

That is my idea, but you don't have to limit it to these five ideas. You can use even more if necessary.

Birdman