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My birthday present for myself arrived this week, just in time! I certified our property as a National Wildlife Federation "Certified Wildlife Habitat."

Date: 2012-08-01 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] audacian.livejournal.com
Happy Birthday!

Date: 2012-08-01 11:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shimmerngspirit.livejournal.com
Happy Birthday!

Date: 2012-08-02 01:44 am (UTC)

Date: 2012-08-02 03:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roaming.livejournal.com
Didn't realize it was your birthday! Happy Happy!

I'd do the certified wildlife thang, because my yard is a sanctuary for wildlife too. But my neighbors are already pissed at me now that a fox has moved into my yard/their street. Next they'll tell me I can't feed the birds in my yard because foxes and raccoons are attracted to THAT. (And to the bunnies and mice and voles, etc., that come for that too.)

I'm interested to know what critters/wildlife you're habitating. :-)

Date: 2012-08-02 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elainetyger.livejournal.com
Indeed. Not that I could raise a fruit fly, but how do you get certified?

Date: 2012-08-02 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] br. jay (from livejournal.com)
Congratulations and Happy Birthday!

Date: 2012-08-02 11:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] barbmg.livejournal.com
That's really, really cool.

Date: 2012-08-02 01:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cdozo.livejournal.com
Happy birthday and thanks for all the cool critter info. I really enjoy it and you have taught me a lot.

Date: 2012-08-02 05:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com
Congratulations! :) Happy Belated Birthday!

Date: 2012-08-02 07:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com
Cool! Happy birthday!

I was wondering what that certification accomplishes and whether it would make it harder later to sell our house. My yard fits all the criteria (only if you count the standing water, which I have mixed feelings about because of mosquitoes) but I'm unclear on what's in it for me, other than helping NWF meet their goal of one million certified habitats.

Right now I guess I'm figuring that the critters get the benefit without me getting the clout.

Date: 2012-08-03 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com
Can't imagine it would affect property values--no one would even know if you didn't tell them.

Date: 2012-08-02 11:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] by-steph.livejournal.com
Neato! What did you name your property? I considered going with "The Meadows" from "So I Married an Axe Murderer", but decided nobody would get the joke and we would just look pretentious.

Date: 2012-08-03 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com
Contentment Cottage.

Date: 2012-08-03 12:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bunrab.livejournal.com
How cool is that!! Happy birthday!

Date: 2012-08-03 01:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deathling.livejournal.com
Yay happy birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Date: 2012-08-03 04:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] danielle brigida (from livejournal.com)
I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I think it's incredibly sweet you chose to help wildlife :)

-Danielle Brigida
National Wildlife Federation

Re: Happy Birthday!

Date: 2012-08-03 05:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com
Thanks for stopping by my journal to say so! :)

Date: 2012-08-13 02:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grace-batmonkey.livejournal.com
wondrous! y'all are truly part of the solution.

Date: 2012-08-14 06:15 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] weofodthignen
Many happy returns :-) And that's way cool.

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