An unusual scope mount I don’t remember seeing. Anyone familiar with it. Getting the scope low to the bore has advantages. Note the front mount at the end of the scope. A more usual mount. Steve is a big fan of the Savage 99. He might like this tiger maple(?) stock. A friend gave …
Pigeon Prey and Yard Dramas
Out the back door today. The question is what did it? I reported on a Cooper’s hawk last winter that was working on them but a while ago I saw a crow chasing one. I was surprised a crow was in active pursuit. The pigeon was out flying it so I wondered why it was …
Whalefall
The world’s deepest known whale graveyard has been discovered in the southern Indian Ocean at a depth of 7 kilometres. The remains found there include a new species of extinct beaked whale and other fossils that are over 5 million years old. Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’ This made the news …
621 trillion miles = 105.6 light years
Researchers published an analysis today pinpointing exactly how many pathways exist within Earth’s topsoils—and also found that they contain around 300 megatons of carbon. For the first time, these pathways are visualized in a new global mapping project called A Hidden Infrastructure. “It is hard to overstate the importance and enormity of these fungi. There …
We are the flood.
A large-scale study of human mobility and wildlife movement across the United States suggests that the day-to-day presence of humans—not just how they alter the landscape—is a major ecological force that shapes how animals move through and use their environments, researchers report in Science. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4wQANvM SILENT EXTINCTION The forest still looks …
A revealing map
A mile isn’t much and the definition of a road matters here. Liberties were taken but it is a starting point for the gist of it.
Salter Book
To fans of sea-run brook trout everywhere – I am delighted to announce this beautiful book today. “Salter” will be arriving in bookstores this June! Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition I saw blurb for this and it being my favorite fish it caught my eye however I can find nothing else on it. While in …
Pratchett
Pratchett is the funniest English writer since P. G. Wodehouse, with a sharp, satirical edge disguised by the trappings of the fantasy genre—vampires, dwarfs, witches, and wizards. I Am Begging You to Read Terry Pratchett A piece on Pratchett by the esteemable Helen Lewis. I knew the name and used to see the books on …
Rattlesnakes among most vulnerable to fungal disease and parasitic lung infection
Vulnerable rattlers The work also showed that snake species was a predictor of likely pathogens with which they were infected. For example, pygmy rattlesnakes were most likely to be sick with snake fungal disease. Twelve out of 34 rattlers tested positive for Oo, with many having concurrent signs of disease, but just one in 55 …
Hunting Ethics – A Personal Journey
For those that have asked what Dr Nick Fox’s new book Hunting Ethics – A Personal Journey is about, or have disregarded it solely from Packham’s review, please read this oversight from Dr Tom Bailey BSc, BVSc, MRCVS, CertZooMed, MSc, PhD, Dip ECZM, RCVS Specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. It’s a long but important …