And now must learn how to use it. Pix by Daniela– in the first, he is taking a tidbit.
Month: August 2010
To Come…
Reviews, short notes,and recommendations on things as various as a strange English memoir with angling (Luke Jenning’s Blood Knot), a fairly technical and indispensable book on bird anatomy and evolution (Gary Kaiser’s The Inner Bird– see Darren; link later), and Sy Montgomery’s Birdology, which I will review at length in Living Bird– my favorite books …
Military Rifles and the LATE Great Game
To continue the series on guns I have & like, humble & noble… I don’t have a military Mauser because I already have a first rate example built as sporting one. I don’t have a Springfield because with a gun of similar action and caliber (Mauser) it seems a bit redundant. I don’t have a …
New Bird
After all the hints, he’s here– my “shotgun range” falcon! Yesterday we drove down to Bill Meeker’s breeding facility east of El Paso (and general animal friendly house– Ataika nearly went nuts trying to get to know –I hope only that!– their totally intact skunk through the bedroom door) to pick up a chamber raised …
One More Photo: Spider “Face”
Also by Daniela, of the orb web spider on her porch. That “face” on her abdomen is NOT photoshopped– I can only assume it is one of those “startle” features evolved to give a potential predator a moment’s pause.
Photo Blogging: Daniela’s Pack
Daniela went to California to pick up a pup, one of the grandsons of her old Lahav, from falconer – scientist Alberto Palleroni. Their dam is a distinguished young lady from the Gulf who I believe has actually caught coyotes all by herself! They were raised around his Gyrs who like many such fed them, …
Season’s Change: A little Photo Bogging
… to hold you. Apologies for light content; I have been very busy on everything from house repair to mushrooming to just exercising for my health (exhausting). I am also trying, no, plotting, to revive Q- the- Book, at least in NM… Meanwhile: Monday, my neurologist gave me a thumbs- up. Performance was up in …
Rescue update
I’ve been trying to keep an eye on the rescued juvenile osprey. It was great to see him sitting upright in the nest the day after his ordeal, but his sibling has been doing plenty of flying while our rescuee stays put. Yesterday afternoon I saw him on the pole near the nesting platform, but …
Day of rescue
Yesterday was a day of rescue. The day before, the vet’s office in Pinedale called me about a sheep dog that had been brought in that was in very bad condition. I was in town for a meeting, so I dropped by to look at her and confirm it wasn’t a dog I knew. I …
John Vaillant’s The Tiger
Here it is, Q- Philes– John Vaillant’s The Tiger: a True Story of Vengeance and Survival is finally out this week. It is better than good– my favorite book of the year so far, and a likely classic in my rare favorite genre, that which documents (to use a book title) “the edge of the …