the Deccan Traps would be a firecracker in comparison.

the Deccan Traps would be a firecracker in comparison   But that future tectonic divorce seems insignificant when you consider the catastrophe that may befall the continent’s southern tip. The team estimates that, in tens of millions of years, a blob of nightmarishly gargantuan proportions will pinch off from the central cusp and rise to …

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Grassland Griz

Grassland Griz The general trend of grizzly populations across Alberta is considered stable to increasing, so the expansion of bears eastward is not surprising. Andrea Morehouse, the Waterton Biosphere Reserve Carnivores and Communities Program Science Lead, has been monitoring these bears. When asked if the bears are establishing territories in the grasslands or just wandering …

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Prince Edward Island steelhead

  I am almost juiced enough to want to go over there for those. As far as I know, PEI and NS have the only true sea run rainbows in the east.

Terror Bird No 2

Source Titanis walleri, a genus of flightless bird from early Pliocene to early Pleistocene North America. They had an estimated length of about 2 m. by Jaime Chirinos  I am going to have to control my weakness for posting these guys.

Gotcha!

I was convinced that Dave Petzal was wrong when he declared  categorically that nothing favorable to hunting had ever come out of the New Yorker. I was cautious because, you know, DAVID IS NEVER WRONG. When I was writing Good Guns, I made a less than reverent remark about John Moses Browning. A note came …

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The Song of the Lark

The Song of the Lark Jules_Breton I saw this the other day and it didn’t come to mind but, apparently, a very famous image. We don’t have the skylarks here but I have heard the song is wonderful. I would like to see it. https://youtu.be/-QsorI-fZsY?si=kS2XRuw5-nMn-1qR https://youtu.be/8eOIcWB7jSA?si=J8pEMsrlUwMufPIR Knew it was popular but not sure as much …

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Parrot Training

Parrot Training I saw this and it was new to me. I thought of Steve with his falcons since there are similarities.   Source This guy Or this guy. Not sure which now. I was reminded of this guy that takes his parrot to waterfalls here and posts online. They are often in deep woods …

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On Target

  Source “This bird of prey had caught a meal 30 minutes ago but was back for more. Through high speed maneuver, it was successful in breaking the group down to just one shorebird. With its target locked in, it was just a matter of time. Sandpiper being chased by a falcon, Brier Island, September …

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Ebooks Are an Abomination

Ebooks Are an Abomination Some good comments but books and ebooks complement one another.  The big downside of paper is the lack of images, etc. Most books are cheaply printed. I didn’t know that ebook usage had leveled off.  

Johnny Barsness on Murder etc

He NAILS  it; : “My observation was the deaths of those magazines were predictable. When F&S and OL (and to lesser extent Sports Afield) were the “Big Three” of the “outdoor” market, they all covered not just hunting AND fishing, but firearms, boating, camping, etc. Some were also stories of a day or week afield. …

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