The Alpha Environmentalist sent this pic of his crazy South African friend Neels and his tame seven-foot black mamba, teaching a ranger course. Somehow, the “No Smoking” sign is hilarious in this context. Jonathan adds: “You could mention that he was bitten by a mamba on an episode of Mark O’Shea’s Big Adventure, and nearly …
Author: Steve Bodio
Good Stuff #3: Vadim Gorbatov
Vadim Gorbatov has been in Cambodia. Here is a mere taste. Butterflies & temple Gibbon clouded leopard (For more on Neofelis, see Darren).
Good Stuff #2 : Fast Pigeons
One of Tom Donald’s new “field pouters” outflies a good trained Peregrine– really!
Good Stuff # 1: Birds
Just got some good news and will blog on it when it becomes “official”. Meanwhile it inspires me to put up more visuals and other fun and (in this case) not yet official stuff for a bit. First, two birds with possible future potential for me, small falcons I can fly nearby. Red- Headed Falcon: …
Another Pretty Dog
Granddog: John Burchard’s Tigger, now starting to show in coursing.
Around the Web
Of course I have still been at least crawling around the web and have found much entertainment and as always a little offense. I’ll direct you to some goodies, but I hope that in my absence you have visited not only friends linked to here but also O &P, Heidi, Mary, Chas, Roseann, Pluvi (returned …
“Sicker than a Doorknob”
… was an expression that the late Ernie Pino, Mr. Malaprop of the Golden Spur, used to use. We won’t even touch on its etymology. But that is why I have been absent– I have been sick for a while and just got worn out. I hasten to say that I am feeling a good …
Dog Pics
Just for fun. A new one of granddog Nemrah, from Lash and Ky, courtesy Monica Stoner east of the mountains…. And an amazing pic of coursing borzois in Cal from the always amazing camera of Herb Wells.
Bill Wise, 1938- 2007
Pictured: Bill Wise and Floyd Mansell My friend (and a personal hero) Bill Wise, of Harrington Delaware, died on the 24th of February. I wrote about him a bit here. After breaking his neck in a surfing accident in 1965 he went on to live a life more adventurous than that of most people who …
The Zumbo Flap
First, read Tam here for the background: “On Friday evening, a gunwriter who was apparently tired of his 42-year career put his word processor in his mouth and pulled the trigger.” Old hunting writer Jim Zumbo called semiauto rifles “terrorist guns”, and said they should be banned. Dumb, and ignorant. As anyone who knows me …