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Perfect choice for the video

theboyk — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:47:36 -0400

Perfect choice for the video Gary — couldn't have been better!
I'd love to recreate the video, shot for shot, but a 2008 version!
Anyway, congrats on the 5 years!
k.

Summer of Love

garym — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:29:10 -0400

Yeah, yeah, I know, the video, it isn't from 2002, it isn't even from 1992 or 1982 ... it's from the summer after the Summer of Love, a flashback peek at Sauble Beach, 1969!

I was going to post this one from 2007 because it does show the whole strip from Lakeshore right up the main drag, a 'skyline' that is, for better or worse, already nostalgic, and I almost posted this one if only for the line "I never knew I needed so many people" :)

But no, I chose instead to share some love and innocence, and extra brag points to anyone here who positively identifies themselves (or their parents) in any of the scenes in that film ;)

garym: ict evangelist - musician - whatever

PIPL info

sabrinus — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:54:14 -0400

I've scanned and "PDF'd" the Piping Plover at Sauble information brochure. You can download it
right here.

The fenced-in area is technically called an "exclosure". We want to prevent egg and future chick predation from area predators such as gulls, fox, raccoon, rats, etc.

There is a small rectangular-shaped ingress/egress opening for the male and female PIPLs to use.

The male and female "take turns" egg-sitting (roughly every three hours there is a change of egg-sitter). There were no eggs at the time the exclosure was built, hence both brids were not present when the exclosure fence was hastily installed by a crew of people. It was constructed very quickly. Then the perimeter tape barrier was put up.

This is a joint effort by OMNR, Canadian Wildlife Service, and many volunteer helpers from Sauble and surrounding areas. We need more volunteers, so if any Peninsular readers would like an opportunity to "nest sit" for a few hours, call the number(s) provided on the provided information pamphlet PDF.

We had an incident last Saturday night where some young drunken boys were shooting fireworks at the exclosure around 10:30 pm. When they entered the restricted area, a watchful resident yelled at them and they ran away. Idiotic behaviour! We'll have round-the-clock monitors onsite for the July 1 long weekend.

How DO you fence a plover?

garym — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:50:54 -0400

Thanks for the pics, I think they turned out just right, certainly as good as any shot we ever got of Princess Margaret topless.

But having seen it, now I'm curious: How do you go about erecting an enclosure like that without terrifying the poor mama-bird and frightening her away? Obviously whatever they did works, but how is it done? Just wait for mama to go for lunch and snap it up before she gets back?

garym: ict evangelist - musician - whatever

Plover pic

sabrinus — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:40:26 -0400

A pic of the exclosure used to protect the nesting pair of Piping Plovers and their nest of four eggs, and a horrid pic of one of the plovers sitting on the nest. sabrinus does not have fancy camera equipment and one cannot get closer than 30 metres so this is all ya get!

Pics

sabrinus — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:17:59 -0400

I'll be nest-sitting on Sunday, so I'll take some snaps (digiscoping) and post them here next week.

Here's the pic

Dan O. — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:56:00 -0400

The security is so tight with the reputation of the paparazzi now a days that I've attached a stock photo.

Dan O.

Plover Photos?

garym — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:58:53 -0400

Perchance the Piping Plover Paparazzi have pix to proffer?

garym: ict evangelist - musician - whatever

Looks like a job for ... FREECYCLE!

garym — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:49:24 -0500

I don't mind the post here and I think I might try my new-fangled node-mover to shift it over to your blog, but y'know, there already is a perfectly fine way to do stuff like this: GB-Freecycle has a box over there on the right side of the homepage, and if you follow their trail back to yahoogroups (or my posting about them here -- use the fancy new Google Searchbox!) you can probably find a FreeCycle in Hamilton!.

That said ... tell me more about this sound card ...

garym: ict evangelist - musician - whatever

oooh uh oh..

bub — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:33:41 -0500

Gary, I put this on the forums and it went front and centre, mind you I don't mind being front and centre, its just its kind of like the full Monty..and we both know only Sabrinus is good at that!(j/k sabrinus!)
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"Did A.J.Krapper organize a mass walk-out of latrines?"
-zenGary

It was a great open house

bub — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:16:43 -0400

I was VERY impressed by MIP's YTC.He gave me the royal tour, and let me emphasize this to everyone, you will be hard pressed to find anything like this in our so called big cities.(and I work at a university so I think I have a little insight)The technology available is awesome, the well thought out plans..of not only learning and doing and *building*, but also break time and excursions,will make this an opportunity that your kids need to experience.Give them a bit of a break from the MSN or ICQ routine, where they learn to gossip and argue, let them actually learn and get a big step up to the future.
Now...I wonder if Mipette(ok ok I know its Sofia!)will start baking classes...;)
I'd like to also add a little note to this,Sauble Beach is home to 2 of the most knowledable I.T. people I have ever met,Gary and MIP,it bodes well for the future of the area.

Thanks

a tourist — Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:51:15 -0400

Thanks for the detailed write-up Gary! Great photos! I'm glad that you and Nolan enjoyed your visit yesterday to the Youth Technology Camp. I enjoyed have you over and enjoyed (as always) our various discussions regarding technology!

Thanks as well to the many other visitors who came to see us through out the day. The ongoing support from the community has been wonderful.