Vadim Gorbatov has been in Cambodia. Here is a mere taste. Butterflies & temple Gibbon clouded leopard (For more on Neofelis, see Darren).
Month: March 2007
Good Stuff #2 : Fast Pigeons
One of Tom Donald’s new “field pouters” outflies a good trained Peregrine– really!
Good Stuff # 1: Birds
Just got some good news and will blog on it when it becomes “official”. Meanwhile it inspires me to put up more visuals and other fun and (in this case) not yet official stuff for a bit. First, two birds with possible future potential for me, small falcons I can fly nearby. Red- Headed Falcon: …
Bio-bloggo-literary diversity
Steve’s post below ticking off the recent wonders from the bloggoshere got me clicking again on Nemo Ramjet. Those who live in this orbit will recognize the name. Ramjet’s new project (unpublished, but–shockingly–available free!) is a wonder. No point in describing it. See for yourself. Between the few of us who write and read at …
Another Pretty Dog
Granddog: John Burchard’s Tigger, now starting to show in coursing.
Around the Web
Of course I have still been at least crawling around the web and have found much entertainment and as always a little offense. I’ll direct you to some goodies, but I hope that in my absence you have visited not only friends linked to here but also O &P, Heidi, Mary, Chas, Roseann, Pluvi (returned …
“Sicker than a Doorknob”
… was an expression that the late Ernie Pino, Mr. Malaprop of the Golden Spur, used to use. We won’t even touch on its etymology. But that is why I have been absent– I have been sick for a while and just got worn out. I hasten to say that I am feeling a good …
Hawk and Dog Photo
Click for larger image… A number of readers commented on this image of Rina (whippet) and Smash (Harris’ hawk). It was taken earlier this year during a hunt in SE Louisiana. The photographer is Sid Seruntine, a friend of the landowner who graciously invited us to hunt his property. In this picture, the hawk and …
Fertility “Rights”
I woke late this morning, failing to “spring forward” per our ludicrous, federally mandated altering of Earth’s rotation. All was dark beyond the window, a month’s progress into the present season erased literally overnight. “Ay, Lord,” might one of Wendell Berry’s creatures say, “It just ain’t natural!” My whippet’s scheduled hysterectomy (today) was no coincidence. …
Book Review
The last Wolf HawkerThe Eagle Falconry of Friedrich Remmler By Martin HollinsheadThe Fernhill Press, 2006109 pages, hardcover, b&w photos Order here Falconers’ debts are hard to repay. We owe our mentors for their good example, and their mentors too, back as far as you can go. We begin to return these gifts by practicing competent …