I was sitting in a Museum Operations meeting on Tuesday and Debbie said “I’m so excited about the new phone system and changing our fiscal year”. It made me chuckle to think that someone could be excited about the dates of a fiscal year. I know different people find different things exciting so I asked the rest of the group what they found exciting. Here are some of the answers I received. (some answers more silly and some more deepRead more
Ferrets
If you have read our blog for any extended amount of time, you will notice we have a lot of posts pertaining to our ferrets.Have you ever entertained the idea of having one of your own? Before you go out and obtain one, there are a few things you should know. One of the most common things I hear about people talking about ferrets is their odor. Ferrets are have scent glands and although domestic ferrets are de-scented, they stillRead more
Brr…it’s cold outside!
Word has it (thanks for the tip Mike Williams) that a lot of people are wondering how we keep our animals safe and warm in the winter. The answer is different for each animal. If you have been in the farmyard this winter you may have seen the goats in coats or even Lightning, the donkey, in a coat. You may have also seen red ominous glowing coming from the stalls. These are heat lamps set up to add extraRead more
Quiz: Who am I? –Answer
It’s Misha! Our Red-tailed Hawk. We had a couple warm days recently and I brought Misha down to the Butterfly House patio to spend some time warming his feathers in the sun. He promptly fluffed up and took a nap on the back of a bench. You might notice the grey or white cast his feathers seem to have. While this isn’t the greatest cell phone photo, his feathers have indeed turned grey and white as he’s aged. Misha isRead more
Quiz: Who am I?
To whom do these feathers belong? Put your guesses in the comment section, and check back for the answer in a couple days!Read more
Filou Opossum predicts the winner of Super Bowl XLIX
In past years we have had Henry the Woodchuck and Galileo Opossum pick some winners of the Super Bowl. Sometimes they get them right and of course some of the time they get them wrong. This year, we have Filou Opossum.This year its the New England Patriots against the Seattle Seahawks. I am positive there are a lot of people who are pleased with his decision. Here is the action footageRead more