Do editors (as opposed to acquisitions people and Spellcheck) exist any more? First, visit Pluvi’s post, appropriately titled AAAARGH! For non- birders, the cover of The Peregrine does not show a Peregrine or even a falcon; the cover of The Goshawk shows a Gyrfalcon. Now, go here. See the long bio of Nobel Prize- winning …
Month: April 2007
Bird- Eating Bats
Dr. Hypercube was kind enough to unearth Darren’s old post on bird- eating bats and my additions re New World hoary bats: “The hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus, has some very strange “spatial” habits. In the summer, the males live in the southwest, while the females range as far north as the Arctic circle. In the …
More Vadim
You can get a print of this, in true color, from the REF– see Reid’s post below.
Mystery
We store our good cut glass rim- down; perhaps we shouldn’t. Libby lifted this one up and it separated from its rim, perfectly, as though it had been cut. There was NO pattern where it separated. Anyone with a physics, engineering, glassmaking background have any ideas? I have an idea a similar phenomenon was noted …
Bloggy links
Shrunken heads are not pc! I would think not. One of the joys of the Pitt-Rivers Museum, and the reason that it is a treasure trove, is that its collections come from a more self- confident age. See link to it in favorites. HT David Zincavage, who is self- confident. Here is a wonderful map …
Busy not Dead…
As I said below in comments. The eagle book, sure, but other deals are in the air, including but not limited to new editions, new gun articles, new (old) gun deals, new Gorbatov projects, new birds… Probably only afew will work out but there has been more in the air in the last two weeks …
Giant Bats Snatch Birds from Night Sky
I heard this interesting story on NPR while driving into work this morning. Bat researchers in Spain have discovered that the giant noctule bat or Nyctalus lasiopterus preys on migrating songbirds who fly at night, something not previously known. It was previously thought that some songbirds migrated at night to avoid predation by diurnal raptors. …
Gorbatov Prints
The fabulous Russian artist Vadim Gorbatov visited the US last fall under the auspices of the Raptor Education Foundation. He paid a visit to Steve and Libby in Magdalena and Steve posted on the visit and Vadim’s art here and here and here. People intrigued by the samples Steve provided may want to know that …
Spring Willows
Having been away from this area for years, I had completely forgotten what an interesting yellow color the willows have on their new spring shoots.
Bird Cam
This picture of two bald eagle chicks was taken this afternoon in a nest near the Fort St. Vrain Power Plant in Platteville, Colorado. Xcel Energy, for impact mitigation and public outreach purposes, has positioned cameras on raptor nests located near several of their power plants. Their Bird Cam can be accessed here. Raptor enthusiasts …