Carnival Glory Cruise Liner Trip (Part 2)

Atlantic Adult Nonbreeding Brown Pelican Gliding

On Saturday, November 29, 2008 my dad and I went birding again and saw lots Pelicaniformes (pelicans, tropicbirds, cormorants, etc.) In fact that's almost all we saw that day. Here is how it began; after having breakfast and getting ready we took a shuttle to Port Canaveral, Florida where the cruise liner would be setting sail. As soon as we arrived there, I saw albatrosses, frigatebirds, gulls, terns, grackles etc. and the line for the cruise was about a kilometer long! Fortunately my grandparents had a VIP from the suite they booked in the Marriot Hotel so we could cut the line. When we got in, our passports had a B2 stamp on them and they thought that we didn't live in North America. After a while they let us board the ship. We got on the 3rd Deck and we all got our picture taken for an ID for our Sail & Sign Cards. We went to our room, unpacked and explored the ship. On the 10th Deck we decided to stop to go birding. I saw a variety of gulls, gannets, albatrosses, terns, pelicans, anhingas, cormorants, vultures and lots more. Then we set sail out into the Atlantic Ocean. When we had dinner the waiters were excellent and funny. After dinner we had a great time but then we went to bed.

Goodbye,

Birdman

Carnival Glory Cruise Liner Trip (Part 1)

On Thursday November 27, 2008 we drove to the the Toronto Airport and flew to Orlando, Florida then we stayed at the Marriot Hotel. The next morning we had a big breakfast at the hotel while we were eating I spotted many birds out the window, including; bitterns, anis and warblers. After breakfast we went birding at a pond by the hotel and the were domestic and wild waterfowl foraging in the shallow water. Also I spotted a school of large cichlids in the water resting at the surface. Next I saw a Anhinga far in the water swimming in a way that made it look like a snake, this is why its nicknamed the "snakebird". Although everytime I tried to take a picture of it, it would dive underwater for a couple of minutes and come back up in another place so I gave up. Then we went to the mall for Black Friday but it was very busy and we all regreted going there all day but I did see a lizard in the flowers outside the mall. Then we had lunch and we back to the Marriot Hotel and I went birding again in another pond with my dad. We saw egrets, anis and lots of other birds. Unfortunately I accidentaly deleted most of my pictures so we had dinner and went to bed.

Goodbye,

Birdman

4 Days Until Cruise!

Cambridge Pound/Wild Turkey

Adult Nonbreeding Male Wild Turkey

Today we took the cat to the pound but they wouldn't accept it because we lived in Breslau (out of the Cambridge region.) So we made a deal, my mom gave them $5 to drop off the cat. They said he would find a home quickly because of how playful, cute and nice it was. Later, on the way home from Cambridge we noticed a large bird standing by a harvested corn field. We parked by it and my mom took some pictures of it with her iPhone. When we came home I identified it and it was a Adult Nonbreeding Male Wild Turkey.

Goodbye,

Birdman

Stray Cat

Lately, a stray cat has been coming to our deck begging for attention, so now were caring for it until we get a call back from the Camridge Humane Society.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Max

Today after school we visited the vet, for a check-up for Max. Unfortunately he has the same problems but worse

Lazer Quest

Yesterday Scouts was having a party at Lazer Quest from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. My dad and I started driving at 6:30pm and it wasn't until 7:10pm when we found it. When we came in Scout Leader Phil gave me a Lazer Quest Card so I handed it in for a Lazer Quest Gun Activator. Eventually I found my scout group and one of my friend's friend was there with her sister. Her mouth was as wide as a human mouth could open when she saw me! I wasn't that surprised! Anyway the Lazer Quest Mission was just beginning so we followed the Lazer Quest Marshal for instructions, he explained to us how to play Lazer Quest and all the rules. We entered the room and he gave us all vests and a gun. Then we had 30 seconds to hide until we could begin. Then everyone went crazy, every corner I passed about 10 people shot me about 50 times. That put me in 26th place. The next round I made a team to make it easier (although every individual is suppost to be on their own team. Anyway this time was a lot better, we took corner shots at everyone! Until I turned my back, they ditched me. I went looking for them and a lot creepy things happened then but I won't mention them. But as soon as I found them they shot me about 100 times each! It put my score wwwaaayyy dddooowwwnnn!!! In fact I came in 19th place that time. Although it was fun, I don't trust my friends as much. I was sweating like crazy when we were done because they had no AC in there! Neither did I on the way home...Dad!
Goodbye,
Birdman

Re-Fish Feeding Time

A few days ago I failed to publish a video called "Fish Feeding Time". It wouldn't download because it was over 20 seconds long. So here is a shorter, more edited version of "Fish Feeding Time". I hope it will publish this time.

Goodbye,

Birdman

Max

I bet some of you are thinking I haven't done a blog post on Max in a long time so here is an update about him. He has a few miner health issues; he is having a allergic reaction on his ear and belly but we are taking him for surgery on Thursday, he is 1 pound over the maximum weight for his age but we are feeding him special food and walking him everyday. Also we have to risk him running away when we walk him because his collar doesn't fit over his coat but we only walk him around the back of the house and we are keeping close watch on him. Of course once Spring begins he can go for larger walks with a collar and leash.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Snowy Day

SNOWY DAY

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My Day

Rainy Day
Rainy Day

Rainy Day

Fish Feeding Time

Unfortunately the weather today was bad so we canceled the scout trip and I couldn't visit Ruth because she is feeling sick. So I had to find some other ways to keep myself entertained. Here is how my day went so far. I slept in until 10:00am then I looked after the fish and watched Family for 30 minutes then I watched WFN (World Fishing Network.) At 11:00am I went downstairs and had something to eat then I went over to the church to help Grandpa. I went over there and moped the floor, changed the dirty garbage bags with clean ones, took the garbage out of the sanctuary. By 2:00pm I was done so I went on Club Penguin for a bit and there are having a party at the dojo. I came back at 3:00pm and tried to get a video of me cleaning the aquarium but as I finished I realised I forgot to press the record button. Oops, that was a waste of time. Anyway I tried again and this time I did one called Fish Feeding Time (I posted it above.) Anyway now I'm working on a project, read about it tomorrow.

Goodbye,

Birdman

Scout Hike

Tomorrow at noon I am meeting at Scout Leader Phil's house to go on a hike. We will be walking in a trail for a while then we will come back at 6:00pm to his house again, then of course I'll come home and do a blog post about it.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Family Cruise Trip to the Caribbean

On Thursday November 27, 2008 somebody will be driving us to an airport in Toronto and the plane will take us to Florida. For a day, we plan to get a tour guide and go fishing. The next day we are going on a cruise and it will take us to the Caribbean for a week, stopping every day for a couple of hours at an island. Then it will take us back to Florida and we will be driven to the airport, flown to Toronto and will be driven to our house. Wow, that day will be tiring but it will be worth it. And we will be back late on Saturday December 6, 2008 and rested by the next day. Anyway here is everyone who is coming with us; Aunt Lori, Uncle Bruce, Aunt Ruth, Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, Dad, Jesse and me, all nine of us!
Goodbye,
Birdman

Special Guest

Today at Breslau Public School a scientist and engineer came in our portable after recess. She explained to us about space and nearly everyone asked questions 10 times! She really made my classmates like space when she teached (no offense Ms. Walder.) Anyway after an hour she left and we continued with our next school period. I'll have more time to write about it tomorrow.
Goodbye,
Birdman

Remembrance Day

As you all know today is Remembrance Day. We had a assembly at our gymnasium about it, here is my story of it. At Period 4 our class was called down to the gymnasium for the assembly. We sat down there and waited for the other classes to show up. Once they did we began the assembly. Two people from each class and Mr. Grobe (our principal) carried a reef filled with Poppies. Then the Grade 7's read the poem "In Flanders Fields". Then Ms. Pealcha gave us ideas on what to think about in the two minute moment of silence. Then they played the advertisement about Remembrance Day shown on Television 2006 and 2007. Then we did our moment of silence and Mr. Grobe did a speech and we left. It was Period 5 by the time it was over.
Goodbye,
Birdman

My Weekend (posted on monday)

Major Aquarium Clean-Up

Today I cleaned my aquarium, I did the following changed 20% of the wwater, cleaned the cover and filter. and more.

Stunning Sighting

Today as I was walking Max I saw a snake eating a frog. Read more about it tomorrow.

Centre Island Trip

Yesterday after church we went to Centre Island, Toronto. At the parking lot there, we meet the Panterllesco family (we had planed to meet them there.) I asked them if they brought there DS's because I was hoping to go on via Bark Mode with them on our nintendogs game. Unfortunately, Lucus had broke his and Jacob wasn't interested in it anymore so they didn't bring them. Lucus brought his skateboard and Jacob brought his scooter. We walked while Lucus and Jacob rode their skateboards and scooters. On the way to the fairy our parents talked with Lucus' and Jacob's parents Joe and Heather. There was a long line up to the fairy but we didn't have to wait that long after we got our tickets.

Spectacular Fishing Day

This morning we went to the St. Jacob's Market. Like always it was very hot but the first few minutes we arrived there we spotted Michael, Lacy and Lacy's parents. We went shopping for a while and then grabbed something to eat. After that we went fishing at ______ _____ ___________ ____. It was amazing we got fish from bass to catfish and from sunnies to chubs. It was an amazing day on how many fish we caught. First Jesse caught a small catfish, then a small sunnie but after that we all started catching tons of fish! In fact the biggest fish weighed almost 5 pounds. That's a record for us! At about 7pm we left to go to a Grand River Trail. There the sign said there was pike and crappie and a guy told us there was bass. So we dropped our fishing rods in and my mom caught a bass and I almost caught a very strong fish and I think it was a trout. Anyway it was getting late so we left. All the species we caught were, Mudpud Catfish, Channel Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass, Bluegill Sunfish, Pumkinseed Sunfish and... you'll have to read tomorrow to find out. For the full inside story read my blog tomorrow. But for now, yawn! I got to get some sleep. Its almost 9:30pm! Anyway, Goodbye until tomorrow.