The Little Pied Cormorant is one of the most common of Australia's waterbirds, occurring on water bodies of almost any size. It is entirely black above and white below. The face is dusky and, in adult birds, the white of the underside extends to above the eye.
I had an absolutely wonderful day at the zoo today - it will surprise you to know I chatted to a number of people during my wanderings and took way too many photos - Have a great weekend everyone!
@newbank@annied Yes I sure am! However you must make an exception on Grand Final Day when your team is playing! So my husband will have a meat and pepper pie and I will have 1 bite. I have also made both chicken sausage rolls and vegetarian sausage rolls. I will have the veggie ones..........but drool over the chicken ones because they are a Thai flavour! In my veggie ones I have carrot, potato, pumpkin, zucchini, mushroom and some squashed beans. They just don't taste the same as meat ones though! GO THE SWANS!
@annied I've asked that before and I think the answer made sense but I cant remember it now....sounds like my veggie friend who eats bacon sandwiches...
@annied 30 years ago I just decided to stop eating meat. My parents were both English and Mum gave us chops and vegetables every single night. One night I came home and said "Mum, I don't feel like chops tonight"..........to which she didn't know what to do so I ate some carrot and celery that was in the fridge. Mum said if I didn't want to eat her meals then I had to learn to cook my own meals............which I did!!! However, 3 years ago I had a blood test and it showed that I was bordering on anaemic and very unwell. So after some trial and error around iron tablets and liquid iron, that didn't work my Specialist convinced me that I needed to try and eat some sort of meat (red/white/fish) because I was so sick. So I'm trying. But I only eat it if my husband cooks it because he knows the way I can stomach it! And it has to be on the bbq because I can't taste the meat flavour. And then it takes me about 10 years to eat it.........!!!!! My preference is to eat vegetarian only but my husband is nagging me to eat some type of meat because I am still very very low on iron (not anaemic anymore but still close). I will have a bite of his meat pie tomorrow and that will do me HAHAHAH
@annied I know, I know - now you are starting to sound like the Specialist that was treating me!!! Yeh I don't like the taste.....but am getting better slowly. I can now eat a bit of chicken that is covered in a curry!!! And I had some white fish the other night that we did in butter, lemon, garlic - that was quite nice! Oh yeh, I have every type of chilli sauce/paste in my cupboard :) I have a slow cooker and find that I can eat some meat because it is very soft and doesn't have a meat flavour! I have told my husband that 2015 is the year that I eat meat (red/white/fish) at least 3 times per week. *gulp*
@gigiflower Know that feeling very well. Off for my iron check up on Tuesday. Expect that is a reason cf flared up....been on and off iron tablets for years.... I tried really hard to up my meat intake too.
@newbank Those iron tablets and liquid iron did NOT work for me, thus the forced suggestion about trying to eat some sort of meat on a weekly basis. I'm truly trying! Maybe tomorrow, I will have 2 bites of my husband's pie!!!!
@annied Oh god yes. I could recite which foods are the best and how they should be eaten - all with Orange juice due to the Vit C which is best for absorption! And guess what.........I truly hate orange juice!!!!!!
@gigiflower@annied I pulled a very funny face. Weetabix is just concrete and cardboard by another name. That and lemons just would not be appealing to get out of bed for....
@annied@newbank My favourite food is Kraft Peanut Butter SMOOTH. When I'm on death row and have my last meal that is what I'm going to ask for. On white bread. And I will then have some beetroot as my dessert. Oh I do love beetroot. What will you have on death row as your last meal?
@gigiflower beetroot for desert? How? I like beetroot roasted....yum. peanut on white bread needs jam and needs to be crunchy.... Death row meal? My mum's beef stew and dumplings. Followed by chocolate brownie. Followed by cheese and crackers and grapes and chutney. And to start pate and toast and green salad. Then after dinner mints. How about you @banned
@annied HAHAHAHA I do like their chips but not sure about the burger!!! Red or white wine?
@newbank Oh yes, I can beetroot for breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert. I just adore it - out of a can, or freshly roasted, or grated. I don't care.....I just love it. You sure would eat a lot for your last meal!
@newbank I think I will kill one or more of my work colleagues. Violently. But we don't have death row in Australia so I guess I have to move to America.
@newbank@gigiflower I like white and red wines but probably one of my favourite whites
their burgers with chilli are yum
and chilli choc icecream for dessert
@graemestevens we do - someone needs to discuss the need for and uses of a bazooka - the disposal of duckwits and hitsheds and when nakedness becomes nudity
@graemestevens I have read many serial killer type books and watch much forensic type TV so I am quite knowledgeable about disposal and what constitutes forensic evidence LOL
I thought I had commented on this one, but maybe not. I am still brain dead after having Deb and the boys here and in need of catching up on sleep. Love this shot, he is so sweet. So glad you had a lovely day and chatting to strangers, I don't believe it ha ha.
@newbank I don't!!!!
I was thinking lemon juice and lemons with legumes haha not weetbix
@newbank Oh yes, I can beetroot for breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert. I just adore it - out of a can, or freshly roasted, or grated. I don't care.....I just love it. You sure would eat a lot for your last meal!
their burgers with chilli are yum
and chilli choc icecream for dessert
@annied I don't like sweets so I will stick with my beetroot for dessert!
although I have never tried - will have to give it a go one day
hahaha