The Boston Globe tells us that the wild turkey population is up in Massachusetts and that residents of Brookline don’t much like it. Assertive turkeys are harrassing people on sidewalks. “The problem, according to some Brookline residents, is that the turkeys can be aggressive at times. Dr. Ruth Smith, an internist from New York City, …
Fall Maple
I was in Seattle on business part of last week. It was the first time in a while I had been anywhere that has an approximation of the tree colors of an Eastern Fall. Just wanted to share this picture I took of a beautiful maple.
Neanderthals Had Red Hair
Or at least some of them did. Another product of on-going research on the Neanderthal genome.
Another Quote
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” Jorge Luis Borges
Quote
“Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” Paul Theroux (HT About Last night).
How To Tell If You Are Mom’s Favorite
More Dogs n’ Birds
Paul’s Zoltar, son of Kyran and Ataika, pensive… … and in the field: A fresh- trapped NM Gos, sadly not mine: The late tazi “Gos” from Kurdistan– those eyes are appropriate! And Vladimir’s new “Sanct Petersburg” tazi pup Timur– new genes,and beautiful!
An Osprey Walks into a Bar…
My brother Mark, who lives in the Virgin Islands, was in his favorite bar when someone brought him this rescue osprey (Bodios are well known bird people). According to Mark, all will be well.
Links
Animal Rights proponents demand that those who want a dog go only to the “overpopulated” shelters. So why are shelters going out of the country to get thousands more dogs? “When animal shelters started going overseas to fill their emptying kennels, some worried the imported strays would bring foreign diseases and even rabies into the …
Nature Writing: Robert Macfarlane
My recent reading of Robert Macfarlane’s fascinating The Wild Places made me think a lot about the differences between (current) American and English “nature writing”, and why I usually like the second better. There are many reasons and not all are related. English nature and natural history writing, like the (I would argue related) genre …