Pope John Lions Shut Out Vernon Vikings in Varsity Baseball
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Pope John XXIII Defeated Vernon Township in high school boys varsity baseball on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The final score was 4-0. This was a regular season make up game played at Vernon Township High School in Vernon Township, New Jersey.
5/24/2013
Album ID: 1659407
Photos by George Leroy Hunter
Turkey Vulture Spreads Its Wings/Warwick
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A Turkey Vulture spreads its wings on a Warwick rooftop trying to dry out between rain storms
5/24/2013
Album ID: 1659372
Photos by Robert G Breese
Scheuermann Farm and Greenhouses/Warwick
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Sally Scheuermann working hard as usual to maintain the thousands of flowers and plants that seem to be busting at the seams with huge palates of color. Just in time for Memorial Day weekend.
5/24/2013
Album ID: 1659266
Photos by Robert G Breese
An interview with Zoo Mama/Lori Space Day/Tiger Lily/Beemerville,N.J-5-23-2013
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An interview with Lori Space Day, zoologist at Space Farms and tenderly known as Zoo Mama on her mission with the animals. In Day's words, Sharing her knowledge and animals with the public can help get people interested in protecting and preserving our natural wildlife.
For now, Day will be joined at the hip with new addition Tiger Lily, which started a week ago. There is a nursery at Days home as well as at work at Space Farms Zoo and Museum in Beemerville, N.J. It is complete with a crib, a germ free enclosure, stuffed animals to simulate siblings and a heated mattress pad for warmth. Lily gets fed 5 tablespoons of milk every two hours for now. Her eyes still closed and motor skills at a minimum she needs constant care. Day explained this is the start of her early training to get accustomed to human touch, smell and coming when she is called. This makes it easier for veterinarian visits. Although when small they are cute and friendly one should never mistake that they are always a wild animal and not to be considered tame.
Lily is a Bengal Tiger, one of the most common types. There are 7,500 in captivity which is said to be more than there are left in the wild.
The proud parents are 14 year old Tara (the mom) and 2 year old Blaze (the dad). It has been 10 years since the last set of cubs at the zoo.
Lily was born weighing 2 3/4 pounds. With paws the size of a quarter, by adulthood they will be the size of a dinner plate. The dew claws are extended and hook shaped to aid in catching prey. The cubs weight will double each week and at six months will be the size of a German shepherd. The umbilical chord fell off in 5 days and the eyes will be open soon along with teeth starting to poke through by three weeks old. The cubs are much like human babies when getting in their teeth as far as being irritable and running a low fever.
Day invented the cut and mark nipple special for feeding the cubs which caused an interest around the world whe it went viral. This special slit process allows one to regulate the flow of the milk from the bottle depending on the direction of the slit in the nipple. Day stated that in the wild 80 percent of the cubs are dead before their second birthday due to predators, diseases and people. This being known, she is very excited about already raising 13 tigers over the years. At adulthood the Bengal Tiger will weigh approximately six hundred pounds but for now Lily weighs in at 4 pounds 4 ounces at one week old, already close to doubling her weight. She will continue to receive hands on attention for about a year when she can be placed back in with her parents again.
You can visit Lily thru the nursery window at Space Farms and while you are there stop in at Extreme Pizza for lunch. It is the new eatery on the premises.
5/23/2013
Album ID: 1659015
Photos by Gale Miko
Rainy Day Brings Out The Umbrellas/Warwick
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Two shoppers pass each other in front of CVS in the Village of Warwick during a heavy downpour on Thursday afternoon. A man shields himself from heavy rain while walking on Main St Thursday afternoon
5/23/2013
Album ID: 1658946
Photos by Robert G Breese
TrailCam Pics/Warwick
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A coyote, deer, and red fox are a few of the many wild animals caught recently on a trail camera that was attached to a tree in a wooded area along the black dirt region of Warwick and Pine Island. The deer and coyote were day time images and the red fox seen here was shot at night by the cameras infrared system. Other animals such as turkey, cats, squirrels, racoon, ground hogs, and rabbits were also caught on camera.
5/23/2013
Album ID: 1658618
Photos by Robert G Breese
Barn Sale/Warwick/May 2013
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5/22/2013
Album ID: 1658437
Photos by Leigh Fagerstrom
Sparta GOTR 5K
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5/22/2013
Album ID: 1657884
Photos by Amy Cilli
More Bumble Bee Images/Warwick
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A bumble bee covered in pollen moves from flower to flower on a Rhododendron bush in Warwick on Tuesday morning.
