“The mountains paralleled the valley and the snowy peaks were extending with fall to the valley floor.”– Thomas McGuane, Nobody’s Angel Which is at least visually appropriate for this view looking South on Main street to the Magdalena range, which rises from 6500 feet at the village to almost 11, 000 (10, 782 I THINK) …
Author: Steve Bodio
Pigeons
The rarest living pigeon, the tooth- billed, has been photographed in Samoa. It is better than the previous image, from Wiki, though still hard to interpret. These are the only photos, ever, as far as I know. I would be happy to know I was wrong. Here is a nice Gould, not from life. Its …
My Favorite Recent Hominin Reconstruction
I suspect “WE”– call us Modern or in Europe Cro- Magnon– thought that our recently extinct fellow “hominins’”, to use the latest correct term– looked odd, as we did to them, even though we did mix genes. Most reconstructions are so steeped in reflexive egalitarianism– wrong word, but I’m looking for a synonym for sappy …
Teaser
How does this relate to Seven Years in Tibet? Or Magdalena? One flew east, and one flew west…
Seen in Santa Fe
I photographed this out the window last week in Santa Fe. I am not a total 19th Century relic, nor does my nearly 64 years yet blind me to the new. But would someone explain to me how a giant inflatable Hamster (or rather “Hamsta”) in camo pants, giving gang signs, can be seen as …
Catch
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Curious?
Another species of raptor that seems to be joining the Peregrine, the Kestrel, and (at least in the Southwest) the Cooper’s as a city dweller is the redtail. This amazingly bold first year bird is apparently observing the habits of my sister Anita St John in her office on Beacon Hill in Boston (Mass General …
Dubious Characters…
Card game convened by Arthur, with the comment re the card sharp on the right, “But at least he ain’t no cheetah.” I ignored this and asked where the hell one finds a stuffed cheetah. Reid pitched in: “Says the man with a cave bear hand and mammoth hair.” I ignored this. Arthur explained, reminding …
Release!
This year’s raiding Cooper’s– actually a little male– flying straight at Libby and the camera as we relocate him to the Socorro bosque and even more pigeons. He still doesn’t look pleased.
Why Anne likes Gyrs
I still plan to get a Gos, first anyway, but Anne Price makes a case. She says: “… you need a gyr/saker complex critter, a gyrbrid, as you say: 1.) An imprint tiercel will be nearly impossible to lose. Feed it on the car, the ATV, and it will just learn to come back there …