To view podcast 50, visit the pacificpelican.us podcast (after Sept. 3, 2010, when it comes out).
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[update: Watch podcast 50]
To view podcast 50, visit the pacificpelican.us podcast (after Sept. 3, 2010, when it comes out).
(download the preview video in HD)
[update: Watch podcast 50]
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Jessica and I decided to add a member to our flock, so Belle and Sparty now have a very little companion named Dodger (aka Little Blue). Dodger has similar markings to Belle but is a different blue color. We think he might be a male based on his cere (nose) color but we’re not sure.
I’ve already posted a little bit of video on the pacificpelican.us oggcast, but there he was just adjusting to the house from inside a cage. Now in this video we’ve let him out to explore, and as you can see he can be very wild but Belle is a good influence on him.
Jessica captured this video of the parade this year. Enjoy the patriotic spectacle as marching bands, sports teams, politicians, civic groups and even people dressed like birds walk by as people cheer.
To see last year’s parade, check out this video.
This video depicts some people dropping mini weather balloons or something off of the Hub parking garage on the campus of Penn State, where their colleagues below would pick up the balloons. Maybe it was a science experiment. Taken in June 2010 in State College, Pennsylvania.
The parakeets like to fly from one side of the house to another, as you can see them doing in pacificpelican.us podcast 46. Often one of them decides to fly and the other will follow along as they yell and flap around. But there are certain actions that make Belle and Sparty both stop what they’re doing and take flight instantly. They will take off the second that they see me wave my Michigan State flag. You can see this in action in the video, as I say “Go State” just as I pick up the flag–they tend to fly away as soon as I touch the flag, I don’t even have to wave it anymore usually.
Jessica waves the State flag
We had a very fun surprise birthday party for Jessica at Sweet Melissa’s in Rocky River–I took her out and her friends were waiting at a table but she had no idea they’d be there.
Here’s video from the surprise party:
On her actual birthday, Jessica opened presents from family, and Belle and Sparty (our parakeets) and I wished her happy birthday on video:
Cliff Lee finishes what he started at Progressive Field in Cleveland as the Indians beat the Mariners on July 16, 2009.
gulls flying around a parking lot in Parma, Ohio, 4/17/2009
Ava might be the shiest of our parakeets, but she gets a close-up in this video.
You can see more on parakeets at the sf3am.com parakeets blog.
download the video: winter-on-lake-erie.m4v
from Edgewater Park in Cleveland, Ohio, January 2009
Jessica and I went out and looked over the frozen park on the edges of cold Lake Erie and made this video.