Bruno Liljefors

  “Hawk and Black-Game” (1883-84), by Bruno Liljefors (Swedish, 1860–1939). This shows a Northern goshawk hunting Black grouse. It is based on dead specimens and set in a meadow near a cottage the artist once lived in at Ehrentuna, near Uppsala. He wrote: “The hawk model—a young one—I killed myself. Everything was painted out of …

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“Theirs a few things on my mind.”

I looked through some old posts, last night, and noticed typos, bad grammar, and other abuses. As mentioned before, Steve’s standards cannot not be upheld by me as I do not have his skill set. Time is the other issue.

Snowshoe Hares, Grouse, Porkys

Snowshoe Hares, Grouse, Porkys Paper Link There’s a lot I didn’t expect in this. Owls target grouse over hares? Hare pops affect grouse?  I had no idea young porkys were so vulnerable. It makes you wonder what else we are missing?