As I mentioned in “Sick as a Doorknob” below, we climbed up to this Peregrine nest Sunday. The actual pic was taken last year– there is no snow that low this warm spring. The line of droppings that mark the ledge is just above the foreground snow…
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Good Stuff #4: Crazy South African Snake Man
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 …
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: …
Bio-bloggo-literary diversity
Steve’s post below ticking off the recent wonders from the bloggoshere got me clicking again on Nemo Ramjet. Those who live in this orbit will recognize the name. Ramjet’s new project (unpublished, but–shockingly–available free!) is a wonder. No point in describing it. See for yourself. Between the few of us who write and read at …
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 …
Hawk and Dog Photo
Click for larger image… A number of readers commented on this image of Rina (whippet) and Smash (Harris’ hawk). It was taken earlier this year during a hunt in SE Louisiana. The photographer is Sid Seruntine, a friend of the landowner who graciously invited us to hunt his property. In this picture, the hawk and …