Phil Drabble

Richard, a commentor below, was kind enough to tell us of this obit for Phil Drabble Drabble was an old- fashioned naturalist, conservationist, and hunter of the kind we may not be breeding anymore. He kept lurchers and pigeons and hawks, and wrote books like A Weasel in my Meatsafe, Badgers at my Window, and …

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A loss and a win

As was feared, The Yangtze River dolphin is officially extinct. “After more than 20 million years on the planet, the Yangtze river dolphin is today officially declared extinct, the first species of cetacean (whale, dolphin or porpoise) to be driven from this planet by human activity. “An intensive six-week search by an international team of …

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Terrorist Cockfighters?

Patriot Act “Sneak & Peek” warrants used against redneck chickenfighters in Tennessee. Of course they would NEVER be used except against terrorists. HT Tam.

“Scouts banned from eating burgers and bangers – because of religious beliefs”

This is not the Onion, but a real headline from England. (Would be that or California). “The location is Brownsea Island in Dorset, the starting point of Scouting where Lord Baden-Powell led the first expedition. “Those young pioneers caught rabbits and then skinned and cooked them on an open fire. “Some 300 modern-day Scouts (the …

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Bird “Bleg”

Which as readers of blogs know is a Blogger’s Beg. I am going into this season birdless as well as almost utterly penniless. Next year should be better but is… next year. I am mainly interested in Goshawks, Sakers, and (probably crossed with Saker) Gyrs (better health down here). Gosses I probably have to get …

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New Gorbatov

John Carlson of Prairie Ice gives us a link to new work by Vadim Gorbatov and a review of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.

Bones

Some bones from the beach: my sister Karen and her husband George excavate some seal and whale bones on the east coast.

Nest

From the book files: Bratislav Grubac from Serbia, writer and photographer of the good book Suri Orao (Golden Eagle) and fellow Mongolia- phile, sends this entry for Eagle: a Steppe eagle nest on the ground in Mongolia.