Yesterday, Connie and I drove up to the Ft. Collins – Loveland Airport where the Collings Foundation had an exhibit of three flyable WWII combat aircraft: B-17, B-24 and a rare two-seater variant P-51. You can see the B-24 in the pic above. For a nominal fee you could walk around and clamber through the …
Month: July 2009
Passerina amoena
This little lazuli bunting has been tormenting me for the last six weeks or so. A dazzling bright blue bird, he is extremely shy and tends to come up to the deck right around dusk, when light conditions are very dicey for a decent shot. Yesterday’s effort is the best I’ve been able to get …
Why I have Been Busy
(In addition to paying (I hope) work:) Growing a bird from a fuzzball to an almost real bird: Growing a pup: Teaching the pup about birds: The bird (female3/4 Barb 1/4 Taita) is a natural chatterbox; not a food screamer– just vocal. Names have been selected by friends from all along the Barbary’s vast range; …
Cheers to the little guy
I am one of those people (as I suspect are many who read this blog) who roots for the underdog. I laughed out loud both times in the last year as I watched a small and fierce kestrel harassing and hitting a large red-tailed hawk, making the much bigger bird flee. I like cheering for …
Independence Day
Happy 4th, y’all! Grow some veggies. Eat some meat. Blow something up! Revolt in your own way….
An Interesting Exchange
Somehow the humble web log comment manages to provide a space for good exchange that 10 million listserves, chatrooms and newsgroups have failed to create. Just maybe, the feature offers the right mix of specific audience and topic. The rolling in of subsequent posts may also limit the natural life of a comment thread, deterring …
Peruvian Pasos, for Harry McElroy
One of my falconry heroes (one I share with hundreds of other falconers) is Harry McElroy of Arizona. I call Harry the Dean of American Gamehawking. His experience in the sport spans six decades and covers most of the ground between North and South America. He is known especially for his love of quail hawking …