I am an adult player.
I am a casual player, so may "disappear" from time to time when I get busy.
1 Mar 2017: I will be extra busy the next 2 months--
I'm trying to finish a PhD dissertation (yikes!),
and it needs all my focus.
Therefore, I may not be able to participate in contests until May.
Please don't take it personally!
28 July 2017:
Won my 4th Wild -- Namibian -- in a HOP promotion using only 1 HOP
bought with diamonds earned from other Wilds!
30 Sept 2016:
Won my first Wild horse --Konik-- in a HOP promotion, using 4 HOPs
26 Feb 2016:
I won Cascade in a HOP promotion by opening only 1 HOP!
15 Nov 2014:
I just got an unbelievable 4 (!) HOPs from stroking 5 Xanthos yesterday!
Links to "special" horses:
My first Divine-- Frost! (Won in 2015 Holiday Tree Decorating Contest)
Topaz 1 Topaz 2 Topaz 3 Topaz 4 Topaz 5
I loved the bird-themed Wandering Horses and now the Bird Pinatas!
I am an avid birder (serious bird-watcher), and loved figuring out which birds inspired them.
In the wild here in the US, I have seen Golden Eagle, many species of hummingbirds, Northern Cardinal, Magnificent Frigatebird, Crested Caracara, and even some feral Indian Peafowl.
On a trip to Costa Rica, I saw Keel-billed Toucan, and Blue-crowned Motmot, among ~140 species total.
My world bird life list, currently is around 500-600 species.
It sounds like a lot, but with ~800 in North America north of Mexico,
and 10,000+ birds in the world, there's still so many to see!
So here they are, thanks to my nerdiness (pics for bird pinatas to come):
Aquila = Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Meropam = European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Upupas = Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Phasia = Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
Ramphila = Keel-billed Toucan (Rhamphastos sulfuratus)
Balearica = Gray (African) Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
Goura = Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
Lophos = Himalayan (Impeyan) Monal Pheasant (Lophophorus impejanus)
Melopsis = Budgerigar ("Budgie" Parakeet) (Melopscittacus undulatus)
Pavos = Indian (Blue) Peafowl ("Peacock") (Pavo cristatus) Pheonico = American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Cinnyris = Southern Double-collared (?) Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) Epimon = Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastuosus)
Momotus = Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotusmomota coeruliceps) Alcedo = Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo (Corythonis) cristata)
I am an avid birder (serious bird-watcher), and loved figuring out which birds inspired them.
In the wild here in the US, I have seen Golden Eagle, many species of hummingbirds, Northern Cardinal, Magnificent Frigatebird, Crested Caracara, and even some feral Indian Peafowl.
On a trip to Costa Rica, I saw Keel-billed Toucan, and Blue-crowned Motmot, among ~140 species total.
My world bird life list, currently is around 500-600 species.
It sounds like a lot, but with ~800 in North America north of Mexico,
and 10,000+ birds in the world, there's still so many to see!
So here they are, thanks to my nerdiness (pics for bird pinatas to come):
Aquila = Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Meropam = European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Upupas = Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Phasia = Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
Ramphila = Keel-billed Toucan (Rhamphastos sulfuratus)
Balearica = Gray (African) Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
Goura = Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
Lophos = Himalayan (Impeyan) Monal Pheasant (Lophophorus impejanus)
Melopsis = Budgerigar ("Budgie" Parakeet) (Melopscittacus undulatus)
Pavos = Indian (Blue) Peafowl ("Peacock") (Pavo cristatus) Pheonico = American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Cinnyris = Southern Double-collared (?) Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) Epimon = Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastuosus)
Momotus = Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus
