To a hawk, an airport can look like the perfect place to settle down. The layout provides ample open space, perches, and nice habitat for a variety of prey species. However, congregations of birds, especially big birds, pose a safety issue for aircraft. A new study focusing on Cooper’s Hawks (Accipiter cooperii), published in the …
That hare has some moves.
When old meets new
I remember hearing somewhere that technologies are never forgotten but maintained over time. Not strictly true but it has a nice ring to it. This example would apply.
Moose Tick Fix?
Researchers at the University of Vermont have found a fungus that they believe could stop tick-bombs, large masses of ticks that attach and feed on moose. Ticks can be a major problem for the moose, they irritate their skin, which causes moose to scratch so much that it damages and remove some of their fur. …
MX Geography
There may be some truth to it but these things are often a gag before facts.
Dramatic Big Cat Pix
Note buddy in the background looking to hold it off with a stick. You have to wonder how that turned out. Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year pix
Roaring Emma update
Roaring Emma now wasting away at Marford Mill never to see the foreshore again against the wishes of John Humphreys. Steve was intrigued that this famous gun was being rented out for shooters to enjoy some years ago. Apparently that is over and it has been closeted as a Safe Queen. Prior Posts
Lesser Prairie Chicken Landowner Alliance, etc
Most of the grasslands in the Great Plains exist as rangelands – managed and stewarded by private landowners. Yet rising costs and the fact that ranching earns less than any other land use have cut rancher numbers in half since the 1980s. As we lose these ranchers, we lose the valuable grassland ecosystems that …
Cattle Poisoning
It won’t be 100% certain until the lab results are in but it appears at least 11 cattle have died from nitrate poisoning licking forestry fertilizer off the landings east of Quesnel. This is not glyphosate, for the record, but regular old fertilizer. It is paid for by taxpayers by the Ministry of Forests …
Romance Books
Romance’s first advantage is its flexibility. The category is not a monolith but a broad network of interlinked subgenres, which rise and fall in popularity as readers’ tastes shift. Right now “romantasy” is huge, and “sports romances” are in. “Historicals” are on the wane; “dark romance,” potentially on the rise. These changes are often cyclical, …