A movie I must see: a so- called “Mongol Western” about Chengiz. See also here; director Sergei Bodrov has also made a Kazakh epic. Beelzebufo: “prehistoric frog from Hell”. (Do not confuse horned frogs with horned lizards!) The best way to handle invasive species. I want his forthcoming book– his last was very good. Peculiar …
Author: Steve Bodio
Wood Heat
Also from the New York Times: annoying poor people are firing up their dirty old woodstoves. I’ll give up my grimy old stove (80+ years– the woman who sold me the house, in her seventies, said it was their only heat and cook stove when she was young, and not new) when the Times buys …
The Box
Spring weather led us out in search of a legendary canyon this weekend. It is only twelve or so miles away, but all of this is off- pavement and a lot is through a river bed. Finally , you have to cross two ranches and I wasn’t sure what “jurisdiction” the box itself was in. …
Links
More and longer and prettier soon, but here is the usual presentation of friends, foes, follies, and gallimaufry, not to mention science.. Which first: a very old bat. (Zimmer has also devoted a new site to his collection of “Science tattoos”. Love that Archaeopteryx!) The long- distant migrant known as the red knot is in …
Running and Hunting
A Scientific American blogger wonders if we run in such things as marathons because once, we ran down other animals. Elizabeth Thomas got there years ago. HT Walter Hingley for the SciAm link.
Bird Origins
Birds are older than you (or Alan Feduccia) think.
Mortality
Via Maggie’s Farm comes this lovely quote from W. S. Merwin’s poem “The River of Bees”: On the door it says what to do to surviveBut we were not born to surviveOnly to live. Pluvi has a good one too– as melancholy but funnier. Check out the photo in her post above that one as …
New ( to me) blogs
Here are some good ones I have found by looking around in the comments sections of my and other’s blogs. First, Luisa’s GREAT dog blog Lassie Get Help. Luisa is a native Californian who trains Border collies and defends Pit Bulls. Vicki Hearne would have loved her. She also blogs on other subjects dear to …
Pigeon Forum Broodstock
Our little crew of scientists, artists, eccentrics, and breeders is always doing something interesting– crossing, putting in new colors, developing flying traits. As we begin the season here are few of our odd birds. Jake’s Bagdad (I may cross this bird on homers to improve its lost flying ability.) His “Chinese owls”, neither Chinese nor …
Just Pix
Happy old dog: Lily got stairs from the Post Office crew for Christmas. Happy Hawkers (and dog- in- laws): Nate and Cooper’s. Paul and Frieda.