Thanks to Rebecca for sending news from the USFWS on their final decision–a long time coming–to allow a limited take of first-year migrant (a.k.a. in falconry, “passage”) peregrines. From the Service memo: “…American peregrine falcon populations continue to grow in the U.S.,especially in the West. The northern, or Arctic, peregrine falcon was delisted in 1995, …
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Goose Weather
The weather here has broken much colder, it was -19 F here last night, and is finally sending waterfowl down into this region. This picture understates the population of this pond, as I was so late getting in to it that most of the over-nighters were already on their way out to feed. This area …
Livestock guardian play
Once the New Fork River freezes, we have to move our sheep herd from the south side of a highway to the north side, into a pasture with an artesian well. On Saturday morning, we walked the herd underneath a highway bridge on a narrow trail along the frozen river, and they ended up out …
Book Thanks
Lots of Wish List books coming in and WAY behind in reviews and reading– sorry!I have finished (and loved) LabRat’s contribution, Robert Sapolsky’s A Primate’s Memoir. On a completely different subject, I recommend Web Parton’s bird dog book, A Bond of Passion (I intend to review both). Chris, your Prehistory of the Silk Road is …
Uprooted
An article in the Telegraph tells how a leading children’s dictionary has dropped words relating to religion, history, and the countryside. “But academics and head teachers said that the changes to the 10,000 word Junior Dictionary could mean that children lose touch with Britain’s heritage. “”We have a certain Christian narrative which has given meaning …
Quote of the Week
From Alston Chase, in a note: “Politics is the endemic disease of our time, just as tuberculosis was in the 19th century.”
In Defense of Hunting
At his good blog Sometimes Far Afield, Mike writes a post on the benefits of hunting, especially those we must articulate to others (in the vast majority) who do not hunt. He opens by responding to another blogger, who takes a civil libertarian tack in his reasoning on the issue: (“…hunting has, for many people, …
More Gorbatov
Al Gates just gave me this link to a huge gallery of Gorbatov art at his Eaglehunter site, including dogs, large mammals, and falconry. There is even a version of my “Lobo”.
Colonel Cooper and the Kazakh Eaglers
Colonel Jeff Cooper was a crusty old marine, shooter, and writer, one of the most influential firearms thinkers of the twentieth century. He wrote an enormous series of entertaining and informative essays, observations and quips called his Commentaries, a sort of proto- gunblog. But he could be a bit set in his ways, at least …
“Pigeons” 2: New Gorbatov
At Al’s Eagle Hunter site is among other delights the biggest gallery of Vadim Gorbatov prints available on line. He has just added two new ones: Kublai Khan’s Hunting Trip and Frederic II’s Hunting Trip: I have a huge artist’s proof of the Kublai, but you can get a smaller version for pretty cheap, and …