Bear Lidar The idea came to Cusick, who works for the National Park Service in Alaska, in 2018, while he was working on mapping and surveying at Katmai. A terrestrial lidar scanner, which uses lasers to determine distance and other measurements, was on hand to measure buildings. That’s the device traditional civil engineers use, but …
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Another Sign of Fall
“Having breakfast onboard, 28 miles off Canso. Oct 2 ,2021” Source I used to see them, this time of year, when I worked on the Scotian Shelf. The ships attract tired migrant birds and the falcons prey on them. One ate a piper, or something, on the bow. I wonder how many land birds die …
October Again
Well, that didn’t take long to get here it seems. In 2 weeks, it will be peak color here and maybe snow by the end of the month. “Winter is coming,” as J.R.R. Martin says. I can’t say I am as keen on that as I used to be. I see Steve has some …
A Note from Tiger Country plus squatch and big peckers
https://youtu.be/pFD7IgW8PpE Steve and gang have been amused by this video*. I haven’t looked at it but, sadly, I can relate. Thirty years ago, I had a phase where I was hopeful for its existence. Something to be excited over in a world where the biosphere is shrinking in a mass extinction. Like the British, with …
The Power of the Dog movie
Trailer The Power of the Dog review source “The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion (in select theaters November 17 and on Netflix December 1) After 12 years, Campion has returned to cinema, making what is maybe the most exciting TIFF film, and one that’s sure to get a lot of awards attention. An …
Links
Coursing Video If you have facebook this is a pretty good coursing video. The weird thing is that the video shows on facebook but the link to it goes to an unrelated music video. Three greyhounds and a hare. No context info that I could see, like where, etc. It looks like the US but …
… and how many is that!
Source “Cold front moving through right now Sept 20—but that’s not rain on the radar. Those are Monarch butterflies, riding the front south on their annual migration.”
Baby Crows
A super cute nest of baby crows. I have been feeding multiple generations for years now. I think it is the same family line that nests in the yard. I always get a laugh out of them. The great thing about corvids is that the lights are on and somebody is home. There has been …
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT I love these kind of bio quest stories. The blog is a good one on west coast BC nature, hikes, etc.
First Day of Fall
A park site pic The Aspy valley in Northern Cape Breton in a few weeks. I was at this spot in the spring, a few years ago. It would be good to be there now. Source There are some good moose up there. This is one from this month. Forty years ago budworm set back …