Author: Sea Run

Starlings The New York Times has a piece on starlings in North America and whether Shakespeare had anything to do with it.

Borzoi heads by Maud Earl (1900) Very stylish gazehounds. I don’t remember seeing it before.

I never saw this before. It struck me how a tangential thing like this makes the perception of the event less of a myth.

The transcript. I was made aware of this and ignored it. There is only so much you can look at it. I didn’t think there was much new but it is noteworthy for the dates given. It suggests humans were here 23,000 years ago. That is a significant change from the accepted.

  at least 150 eagles were killed at its wind farms in eight states, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy was also sentenced to five years probation after being charged with three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during a court appearance in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The charges arose from the …

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Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States WesternMigrations.net There looks to be a ton of info under this. It is good to see some progress being made. I am reminded of when I saw the herds of deer headed through the Oldman corridor in Alberta this time of year.

Culture wars in the National Parks.

Brown dog ticks carry carry R. rickettsii

This was sent around by Reid Farmer, who is on the blog roll. The CGI graphics look good. I remember when something like this was impossible. Still not enough feathers, right, Steve?