We’ve posted many times here about Kennewick Man, whose 9,500 year-old remains were found on the banks of the Columbia River, and the subject of a famous court case which allowed scientists to keep them for study rather than repatriate them to tribes under NAGPRA. Most of this Seattle Times article is devoted to a …
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I didn’t want anyone to miss this rather awesome image of a spider and its prey trapped in amber. This spider and wasp encounter occurred in what is now Myanmar about 100 million years ago. Another exciting find is this mammoth carcass found preserved in permafrost in Siberia. An 11 year-old boy found it after seeing …
In Effigy
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I don’t know why, but I’ve never seen as many coyotes as I have this year. Is it due to the drought, good pup production, or the fact that I seem to be a coyote magnet? When I was driving out to see the sheep two days ago and was thinking about posting a …
Migration
Starting yesterday afternoon and continuing on this morning, we’ve been passed over by a number of large flights of Sandhill Cranes, wending their way south to visit Steve at the Bosque del Apache. I have always loved their creaking croaky cries that you can usually hear long before you can spot them high in the …
A Find
I was out walking with the dogs around the south side of the house yesterday afternoon and came across this nice chalcedony interior flake a few yards southeast of the garden. In the five years we’ve lived here I have found a number of pieces of stone that looked almost like artifacts, but in every …
Blogger problems?
Some readers have been reporting seeing only one page. If you are STILL having problems let me (and Blogger) know? If they have fixed themselves, don’t bother. (About five notices will suffice!)
The Beauty of Guns; another Quote
Anne Davidson, who introduced me to Betsy forty- some years ago, has never hunted in her life. (She is “that zoo woman” in Querencia- the- book). A long time biophile, an orchid grower, and one who knows beauty– human, animal, art– when she sees it, she mused on the AyA this week: “Long long ago, …
Hunting Quotes
Teddy Moritz sends two lovely ones from a German hunting site— her translations I think: “Who denies that love and hunting are related passions, has never hunted.” She likes this one even better: “Who never hunted, and never loved, never sought the scent of flowers, never trembled at the sound of music, is not a …
Gun Post
Sometimes it is good, if not a necessity, to have a gun that fits you perfectly, one made specifically for you. As you age you might find you do not shoot like you did in your youth, especially if your reflexes are not what they used to be. Instinctive shooting, ie wingshooting, requires an exact …