First thing is first. I want to apologize to you all! With all the excitement of planning, setting up, and watching Dora’s birthday celebration yesterday, I forgot to provide all of you, our wonderful supporters and followers, an update on Jamie’s recovery. Dr. Erin said she was recovering so well that she could be reunited with her family, and just in time for the Tiny Forage Celebration yesterday. I will take the blame on that one.
Yes! The boss has returned and it was as if nothing had happened during her absence. She seamlessly reestablished herself in her group with no fuss from the others. We are still monitoring her recovery sites to make sure everything continues to heal properly and no one messes with it too much. *ahem*Dr. Missy*ahem*
With Jamie’s couple day absence, she has been eager to get back to her morning patrols around Young’s Hill.
While we were on our first patrol of the day, I watched as both Missy and Annie foraged for morning prickly lettuce.
With it being such a nice day, Missy and Annie’s morning foraging made it seem like it was a great day to hold a lunch forage. Since we had some leftovers from yesterday’s celebration, and they seemed excited for that menu, we included that into their lunch! (With the addition of bok choy.)
As they went onto Young’s Hill, Jamie was carrying a bag of primate chow that was given to her earlier. As she made her way up the hill, she decided she couldn’t be bothered carrying around her bag of chow. Once she left her bag behind, there was a very exciting food grunting of the one who snatched it up. It was none other than Negra!
Jamie seemed to think carrying around her chow occupied her hands, which she needed to grab as much food as she could:
Missy made her rounds collecting as many tomatoes as should could:
Jody made off with a nice haul:
After finishing the extra bag of chow she “found,” Negra’s eyes were set on bok choy:
And then there’s this guy:
He was enjoying his forage and got a good amount…
Until this…
After having his fill, he noticed this caregiver taking photos.
And the Bronx cheers began:
It was off to the races for us and that ended my photography duties on that side of the Chimp House for the day.
It was a pleasant day all around!
*Bonus Photos*
Willy B, Dora, and Mave in a grooming line:
Rayne eating her dinner corn:
Once again, I want to thank everyone involved in making yesterday possible. Without your support and donations, we wouldn’t be able to throw such a successful party! There are other way to help as were continue our day-to-day tasks and prepare for our next celebration (Honey B’s birthday June 11th!). Be sure to check out our wishlist to see what we need to continue providing the best care that we can for these 20 (bovine included) unique personalities.
Paulette says
today’s blog is a smorgasbord! So fun. Missy on the high wire is always Incredulous. everyone with their stash. The weather looked beautiful! What an awesome day for an awesome forage. Looks like everyone enjoyed themselves in the sunshine. I’m so so happy that Jamie got to participate.
So that’s what you call that weed! Morning prickly lettuce. That forage was awesome to see. They were so intense! I saw some in the foreground of the picture, and I wanted to say “Annie over here over here!”
Thank you Chad!
Paulette says
Does Bubba carry that yellow chair around? it’s in so many of his outdoor pictures lately. Or do you just leave it out on Young’s Hill now?
Ken says
thank you, Chad. it was a beautiful for many today. so happy that negra and jamie are back in tge group. in the tall green grass forging, thank you for sharing.
Kathleen says
I am thrilled to hear Jamie is back with her group and back on patrol! I hope she continues to heal well. Maybe Dr. Missy will remain preoccupied with the prickly lettuce giving Jamie a wee bit of room to heal. 😉
It’s wonderful that your pal Burrito enjoys Negra’s Cabin so much. He seems to be photographed, eating his forage in there quite often (with his little yellow chair). Perhaps being out of the wind recharges him for your next game of chase!
Lucky Negra scoring Jamie’s bag of chow! I’d hate to think those two would have a scuffle over food after all they’ve been through.
Yesterday was all about tiny foods for dear Dora’s birthday. Today was about oodles of photos and vignettes of the day for us to enjoy. Thank you Chad for both.
Vicky says
Do they have dandilions in their enclosure? I’ve heard they’re very healthy to eat.
Mark B. says
Young’s Hill is so lush this time of year! And I guess I take after Rayne. I eat my corn on the cob the same way.