Captain John Brandt, RIP

Captain John Brandt, military man, ethnologist,  zoologist, hunter, and rancher, died a couple of weeks ago, just short of his 86th birthday. He was my “other” sponsor for the Explorers Club, (the first, Father Anderson Bakewell, has been profiled here more than once). Both lived lives of adventure and scholarship of a kind that may …

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Pay the Writer!!

Truest words ever spoken on the subject, by the legendary Harlan Ellison. HT Jules at Writer’s Lifeguard. PAY THE DAMN WRITERS!

Goshawkery

Fall is coming and my thoughts turn to hawks and bird guns first. I don’t know if I will have a chance to train a Gos again or not, but they will forever remain a favorite, flown in a circumpolar band by virtually every falconry culture because of their utility and I suspect beauty, though …

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Linkage

Is the Honeyguide the most gruesome nest parasite alive? The video is not for the faint- hearted, but check out the little blind monster hanging fby its bill from the naturalist’s finger in the still pics. That it will grow into a pretty if nondescript bird that eats wax and guides humans  and honey badgers …

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Quote

” You should be polite as long as possible and, when you can’t be polite any more, don’t run.”–Daniel Woodrell, Ozark “noir” novelist. This one is so good it may make it to the header. I have not been feeling polite lately.