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Biscuit the Packrat disses Phil, Elmo in her spring prediction

February 9, 2018 by secure dating international legit

MEDICINE PARK  Well, it was Groundhog Day, again – at least in some parts of the country.

In the cobblestone community, Punxsutawney Phil and his groundhog brethren were cast aside as false prophets  bearers of untrue weather forecasts and fake news. Friday was not “Groundhog Day;” it was “Packrat Day.” Even Elmer Thomas Elmo and his prairie dog compatriots were not immune from scorn, as the Medicine Park Aquarium and Natural Sciences Center consulted its own prophesying prodigy rodent, Biscuit the Packrat, to determine whether Southwest Oklahoma would see six more weeks of winter or enjoy an early spring.

Doug Kemper, executive director, said Biscuit would not hold back against anyone who questioned her abilities  or her standing as the portending packrat.

“Perhaps if they wanted to be taken more seriously, they could come out more often, instead of staying inside for the whole winter and only appearing after spring has arrived,” he said.

It was a cold, blustery and fairly wintry Friday morning when residents and delegates gathered at the aquarium to hear the prognostications of the packrat. When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing among the people and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, few could imagine a better fate.

Among the crowd was Mayor Jennifer Ellis, decked in a bright red coat and sparkling black top hat  the true uniform of the master of ceremonies. She gave a short speech that emphasized the history of the holiday formerly known as Groundhog Day while espousing the foretelling nature of Biscuit’s talents. Phil may be the only true “groundhog forecaster,” but groundhog forecasters don’t have an impeccable track record. A packrat’s record is still pristine.

“At first, when Biscuit the Packrat first came to the Medicine Park Aquarium, the staff thought she was an ordinary southern plains packrat,” Ellis said. “However, after careful observation, we think Biscuit may have strange meteorological powers. Perhaps, Biscuit is able to predict future weather events. Or perhaps not.”

Biscuit, happily sheltered from the biting cold and blustery winds in a plastic ball, was plucked from a cardboard box and held up in the air for all gathered to see. The sun shone brightly overhead in the morning hours, but Biscuit claimed not to have seen a shadow. Perhaps it was the plastic diffusing the solar rays. Perhaps it was the poor eyesight of the packrat. Or perhaps Biscuit knew something no one else in attendance did  that groundhogs cannot predict the weather and their methods are flawed. But the presumptuous packrat predicted an early spring  no matter whether a shadow was spotted or not.

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2017 Garage Sale:::::Part UNO!!!!!

September 23, 2017 by secure dating international legit

Well today, 23 September, the end of the world (for some) was PDP’s annual garage sale (part UNO). It was a very dicey day in terms of weather with pleasant fall weather winning out of the sprinkles that plagued the set up and early morning. Many thanks to Ray, Tania, Ella, Cassidy, Debra, Yvonne, Phil, Margaret, Graziella, and C Rex who helped set up, or woman/man the tables, promote sales, close deals, etc., or woman the refreshment table. The margaritas were excellent and the pulled tofu divine. I don’t know how we did as yet but we did very well in the pre-sales thanks to donations from Jane and Mikki! Many Many thanks to those of you who donated to make this possible. But wait, you said part UNO…well yes, we had a lot of treasures left over at the end of the day and Debbie has volunteered to do a 3 day garage sale for the remaining items. Soooooooo if you have anything else, or want to help let C Rex know at prairiedogpals@comcast.net. You have a second, third and fourth chance!!!!

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Can prairie dogs talk?

May 13, 2017 by secure dating international legit

Con Slobodchikoff and I approached the mountain meadow slowly, obliquely, softening our footfalls and conversing in whispers. It didn’t make much difference. Once we were within 50 feet of the clearing’s edge, the alarm sounded: short, shrill notes in rapid sequence, like rounds of sonic bullets.

We had just trespassed on a prairie-dog colony. A North American analogue to Africa’s meerkat, the prairie dog is trepidation incarnate. It lives in subterranean societies of neighboring burrows, surfacing to forage during the day and rarely venturing more than a few hundred feet from the center of town. The moment it detects a hawk, coyote, human or any other threat, it cries out to alert the cohort and takes appropriate evasive action. A prairie dog’s voice has about as much acoustic appeal as a chew toy. French explorers called the rodents petits chiens because they thought they sounded like incessantly yippy versions of their pets back home.

On this searing summer morning, Slobodchikoff had taken us to a tract of well-trodden wilderness on the grounds of the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff. Distressed squeaks flew from the grass, but the vegetation itself remained still; most of the prairie dogs had retreated underground. We continued along a dirt path bisecting the meadow, startling a prairie dog that was peering out of a burrow to our immediate right. It chirped at us a few times, then stared silently.

“Hello,” Slobodchikoff said, stooping a bit. A stout bald man with a scraggly white beard and wine-dark lips, Slobodchikoff speaks with a gentler and more lilting voice than you might expect. “Hi, guy. What do you think? Are we worth calling about? Hmm?”

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Celebrate Earth Day!

April 21, 2017 by secure dating international legit

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Happy Easter

April 16, 2017 by secure dating international legit

The prairie dog moms are down in the burrows soon to give birth to this year’s pups!  Peace!

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A prairie dog’s best friend! Alsatian forms an unlikely bond with his owners’ pet rodent as they spend hours playing together

April 11, 2017 by secure dating international legit

  • Prince the rodent has struck up an unbreakable bond with six-year-old Banksy 
  • The ‘very loving’ friends spend hours together every day in Fort Worth, Texas
  • Heartwarming shots show them playing during bath time and in the garden
  • The lively rodent loves snuggling up between Banksy’s paws to fall asleep
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4368054/Alsatian-forms-unlikely-bond-owners-pet-rodent.html#ixzz4dyMuVg7N

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Laissez les bon temps rouler!

February 27, 2017 by secure dating international legit

Laissez les bon temps rouler

This is English transposed into Cajun – an American derivative of French. Most purist French speakers wouldn’t say it. The equivalent phrase in French would be something like ‘que la fête commence’, or ‘allez, on va s’amuser, on fait la fête, qu’est-ce qu’on s’amuse!’ and afterwards we would say ‘qu’est-ce qu’on s’est bien amusés, c’était trop bien!’

(* also rendered as “Laissez les bon temps roulez”, not technically grammatical as “rouler” is the infinitive form)

Actually, “laissez les bon temps rouler” is also ungrammatical, since “les” is plural and “bon” is singular. The phrase could be put in either singular or plural, but not in both at once! “Laissez les bons temps rouler” (“Let the good times roll!” [with “les” pronounced “lay”]), or “Laissez le bon temps rouler” (literally, “Let the good time roll!”–that is, “Let’s have a good time!” [with “le” pronounced “luh”]).
The English translation is: let the good times roll.

As a phrase, “Laissez les bon temps rouler!” is the slogan for the Mardi Gras celebrations held annually in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is the final day of the festivities and always falls before Ash Wednesday (as determined by the Christian calendar, usually in either February or March).

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Love a prairie dog

February 11, 2017 by secure dating international legit

Black-tailed prairie dog

Nothing says love like a black-tailed prairie dog — at least the folks at the St. Louis Zoo think so. (And so do the prairie dogs, we presume, who seem like a fuzzy, loving bunch.) For $45, you can “adopt” a prairie dog, with proceeds going to the care and feeding of the animals. You’ll get a 12-inch plush likeness of one of the critters, your name on the zoo parents donor wall and zoo website for a year, and an invite to the Zoo Parents Picnic. Other adoption packages are also available.

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Happy Prairie Dog Day, from the gang at Indian School!

February 2, 2017 by secure dating international legit

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Dr. Seuss had it correct…

January 15, 2017 by secure dating international legit

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Kind Words from a Friend

January 13, 2017 by secure dating international legit

The article was sent to us by a prairie dog PAL.  It is “We Were Made For These Times” by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.  It is a good read in these troubling times.  Kind Words

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Let’s extend this to the Animal Kingdom as well!

January 8, 2017 by secure dating international legit

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A rescued prairie dog set The Wildlife Geek on a new path

January 8, 2017 by secure dating international legit

The kindergarteners filed into the media center at Welcome Elementary School, then at their teacher’s direction they scooted and shuffled and sat on a floor rug all the while peeking at the assortment of Rubbermaid boxes, containers and small cages covered in blankets and towels, hiding the main focus of the event just out of view.

Standing at the front, wearing a khaki wide-brimmed hat and sporting a goatee with flecks of gray and brown hair that would flop over his eyes, Chuck Alberding greeted the students and explained the rules – they’d watch a short film (he’d shot, narrated and edited himself) then get on to the main attraction, the various creatures hiding from sight.

“Cool?” Alberding said with two thumbs up.

The video, purposely corny and featuring a high-pitched talking panda doll, introduced the students to a three-horned chameleon.

Then Alberding brought out Karma, his own three-horned chameleon. Bright green and six-inches long, the chameleon sat on a branch as Alberding placed a food morsel within striking distance. The children gathered in close to watch and “thwap” out came his tongue, long and lean, and grabbed the snack 8 inches away.

The students howled with laughter and asked for a repeat performance.

Alberding took the opportunity to talk about the chameleon’s characteristics – what they eat, where they live, how big they get – then he repeated demonstrations with his stock of reptiles, lizards and critters.

He showed off a water dragon named Moss, a veiled chameleon named Bob, a fire bellied toad named Demetri, a Pacman frog named Jabba and for his penultimate demonstration he brought out his personal favorites, prairie dogs named Amelia and Frederick.

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2017 Annual Meeting

January 2, 2017 by secure dating international legit

The annual meeting for Prairie Dog Pals will be held on 5 February 2017 at 1:00 PM at the James Joseph Dwyer Memorial Police Substation at 12,700 Montgomery Blvd. NE.  If you have any items you’d like to bring up, email prairiedogpals@comcast.net and they will be added to the agenda.  See you there!

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Woo Hoo in Japan

December 31, 2016 by secure dating international legit

Need I say more:  Sneezer

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Happy New Year!

December 31, 2016 by secure dating international legit

We here at Prairie Dog Pals wish you all a happy, healthy, prosperous, and ENJOYABLE New Year!

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Prairie Dog Prayer

December 30, 2016 by secure dating international legit

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P-Dogg Raps

January 25, 2014 by secure dating international legit

A P-Dogg rap song by Mike Keefe:  P-Dogg

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Prairie Dog Pie

December 5, 2013 by secure dating international legit

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Prairie Dog Pie (Crunchy Caramel Apple Pie) 

By Jordan Axne

1 pastry crust for a deep-dish 9 inch pie
½ C sugar
3 T all-purpose flour
1 t cinnamon
⅛ t salt
6 C thinly sliced peeled apples
½ C chopped pecans
¼ C caramel topping
Ingredients for Crumb Topping
1 C packed brown sugar
½ C all Purpose flour
½ C quick cooking rolled oats
½ C butter
Stir together brown sugar, flour, and rolled oats. Cut in ½ cup butter until topping is like coarse crumbs. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Transfer apple mixture to the pie shell. Sprinkle crumb topping over apple mixture. Place pie on a cookie sheet. Cover edges of pie with aluminum foil. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 25 minutes. Then remove foil and put back in for another 25 to 30 minutes without foil. Remove from oven. Sprinkle pie with chopped pecans then drizzle with caramel on top. Cool on a wire rack and enjoy warm or at room temperature.

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Blessings

September 9, 2012 by secure dating international legit

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There is a move in Tibetan Tai Chi called “Even the Tiger prays before he eats.” I think the picture to the left might sum up the same for prairie dogs!

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Iconic New Mexico Images

September 9, 2012 by secure dating international legit

chuckThere are many images that evoke thoughts of New Mexico. The Cabezon, Otero Mesa, Governor’s Square in Santa Fe, the smell of roasting chile, but there is none that evoke it so much for me as the picture taken by Chuck Hayes at the Sevilleta. It just SCREAMS New Mexico. Prairie, Mountains, and Prairie Dogs.

This is a prairie dog we’d relocated during the summer. The Manzanos are in the background and you can see an artificial burrow tube immediately to the side of the prairie dog. It is still used for emergencies but this prairie dog had already dug in near by.

Here’s another beauty captured by Sharyn Davidson.sharyn

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Prairie Dog Cocktail

September 10, 2010 by secure dating international legit

A potent potable to appease even the thirstiest prairie dog…..

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Cuervo Gold Tequila

Tabasco Sauce (Or hot sauce)

 

Mixing Instruction

In shot glass, pour in a few dashes of tabasco sauce then carefully pour in the tequila so

as not to disturb the sauce. The tequila should float so when you take the shot you get the

tequila then a tabasco chaser.

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Recent News

2023 PDP General Meeting Minutes

March 12, 2023 By secure dating international legit

The annual meeting of Prairie Dog Pals was conducted on 4 February 2023 via zoom.  The link to  the meeting minutes follows:  Meeting Minutes

Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 13, 2023 By secure dating international legit

Estimating parasite infrapopulation size given imperfect detection: Proof-of-concept with ectoparasitic fleas on prairie dogs

February 11, 2023 By secure dating international legit

Estimating parasite infrapopulation size given imperfect detection: Proof-of-concept with ectoparasitic fleas on prairie dogs Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2023 Jan 7;20:117-121. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.01.002. eCollection 2023 Apr. Authors David A Eads  1 , Kathryn P Huyvaert  2 , Dean E Biggins  1 Affiliations 1 U. S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building C, […]

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