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 …
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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” 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.
Doggage
More relatives; Daniela’s boys in part, Shunkar, showing the permanent damage the rattler did; thank God he did not lose an eye. Then, Monnie’s new pups, from John B and Vladimir; sweet Kyra, Tigger’s daughter, with her GSD protector Eden, and (the little red) feisty Aeris, Taika’s neice and already a tiny tyrant who knows …
I’m Baaaack!
Returning to what passes as normal, granting that I am still working on a book thing, moving pigeons around, preparing for trustees meeting for the Sevilleta, taking up the falcon, writiing a new Neuroblog post, and more of the usual clutter. But at least a little blogging will resume. First, a few images from last …
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“I hate vacations.”– travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux in a recent interview. We are off for a week to see Deep Springs– more a mini- adventure than a “vacation”– besides, I will be working on my proposals. Internet access is at best intermittent there– it is far more remote than Magdalena — so do …
Southwest Sunsets, Monsoon Version
In response to Reid’s below. These (taken from my front door) are out of Blood Meridian.
More images; Tazis east of Turkey
If (as I think) “Tazi” and “Saluki” are linguistic rather than biological distinctions, reflected where Arabic turns to the Turkic and Persian tongues, the title is redundant. The pics are not, and even clinal change admits some differences. Iranian tazi, stolen weeks ago, returned to its horse archer partner this week, a friend of a …