This weekend, CSNW supporters will be enjoying a sampling of some of Washington’s best wines at our Sippin’ for the Seven fundraiser. We didn’t want the chimps to feel left out, so we gave them their own wine tasting, of sorts.
Yesterday, Diana and I took a drive down to Boushey Vineyards in Grandview, WA. Owners Dick and Luanne Boushey were kind enough to allow us to collect vine trimmings for the chimps (thank you!). Today’s trimmings were from French clone Syrah vines – soon we’ll get to see if they prefer Merlot :)
In addition to eating the vines, the chimps enjoyed nesting with them…especially Jody, as you might have guessed. This morning, she seemed intent on outdoing her paper nest from last week.
Who knew old wine vines could be recycled this way? This is a new “building” material for them and I enjoyed watching Jodie muscle those tangled vines up to her “tree top” view of the valley. Seems they all love that spot up there!
Nobody seemed inclined to offer to help poor Jody.
Go Jody! I love watching them build nests. Thanks Diana and J.B. for getting them a taste of the grape. Wish I could be there for the wine tasting. Good Luck!
Ouch. Those dried vines didn’t seem very comfortable…but Jody seems to always have an eye for new building materials.
Keepin’ life interesting! :-)
I noticed Jody doesn’t spend much time doing what *doesn’t* work — when her feet started to slip she quickly changed her stance. Smart girl! And she’s also stubborn – LOL. She was going to move those branches to where SHE wanted them! Knowing how strong chimps are, that tangle must have been pretty resistant.
My sentiments, exactly, Anna! Looking forward to Sippin’ on Saturday!!
Annie looks like the Pied Piper.