We store our good cut glass rim- down; perhaps we shouldn’t. Libby lifted this one up and it separated from its rim, perfectly, as though it had been cut. There was NO pattern where it separated. Anyone with a physics, engineering, glassmaking background have any ideas? I have an idea a similar phenomenon was noted …
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Shrunken heads are not pc! I would think not. One of the joys of the Pitt-Rivers Museum, and the reason that it is a treasure trove, is that its collections come from a more self- confident age. See link to it in favorites. HT David Zincavage, who is self- confident. Here is a wonderful map …
Busy not Dead…
As I said below in comments. The eagle book, sure, but other deals are in the air, including but not limited to new editions, new gun articles, new (old) gun deals, new Gorbatov projects, new birds… Probably only afew will work out but there has been more in the air in the last two weeks …
Giant Bats Snatch Birds from Night Sky
I heard this interesting story on NPR while driving into work this morning. Bat researchers in Spain have discovered that the giant noctule bat or Nyctalus lasiopterus preys on migrating songbirds who fly at night, something not previously known. It was previously thought that some songbirds migrated at night to avoid predation by diurnal raptors. …
Gorbatov Prints
The fabulous Russian artist Vadim Gorbatov visited the US last fall under the auspices of the Raptor Education Foundation. He paid a visit to Steve and Libby in Magdalena and Steve posted on the visit and Vadim’s art here and here and here. People intrigued by the samples Steve provided may want to know that …
Spring Willows
Having been away from this area for years, I had completely forgotten what an interesting yellow color the willows have on their new spring shoots.
Bird Cam
This picture of two bald eagle chicks was taken this afternoon in a nest near the Fort St. Vrain Power Plant in Platteville, Colorado. Xcel Energy, for impact mitigation and public outreach purposes, has positioned cameras on raptor nests located near several of their power plants. Their Bird Cam can be accessed here. Raptor enthusiasts …
The Falcon’s Call
Alright, I had to take this one: A friend of mine is mentioned in Vanity Fair.He’s Steve Hein, Director of the Lamar Q. Ball, Jr., Raptor Center at Georgia Southern University. Steve is a falconer and a wildlife artist, a transplanted West-coaster who flourished in a far away world of barbecue and Brunswick stew and …
Big News
The Big News that I have been promising has finally arrived. I have just signed a contract with Reaktion Books in England to write a book on Eagles for their Animal Series. For a good example of their books go here for Falcon by Helen Macdonald, our beloved Pluvialis, to whom I owe this opportunity. …
Out and About
Just a few pictures and thoughts from the beginning of the week when the dogs and I were stretching our legs at the Hidden Mesa Open Space just to the west of us. We had two days of cold and snow over the weekend that gave us a White Easter, but Monday was clear and …