“Hawk and Black-Game” (1883-84), by Bruno Liljefors (Swedish, 1860–1939). This shows a Northern goshawk hunting Black grouse. It is based on dead specimens and set in a meadow near a cottage the artist once lived in at Ehrentuna, near Uppsala. He wrote: “The hawk model—a young one—I killed myself. Everything was painted out of …

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Bird flu takes unheard-of toll on bald eagles, other birds Birds are already under big threats so this could be a bad start.

I looked through some old posts, last night, and noticed typos, bad grammar, and other abuses. As mentioned before, Steve’s standards cannot not be upheld by me as I do not have his skill set. Time is the other issue.

Snowshoe Hares, Grouse, Porkys Paper Link There’s a lot I didn’t expect in this. Owls target grouse over hares? Hare pops affect grouse?  I had no idea young porkys were so vulnerable. It makes you wonder what else we are missing?

  After years of work, our paper documenting that ALL North American bison are the result of cattle hybridization was published this week. – Brian W Davis