Some bones from the beach: my sister Karen and her husband George excavate some seal and whale bones on the east coast.
Nest
From the book files: Bratislav Grubac from Serbia, writer and photographer of the good book Suri Orao (Golden Eagle) and fellow Mongolia- phile, sends this entry for Eagle: a Steppe eagle nest on the ground in Mongolia.
A Real Afghan
I have been trying to get over 100 illos for the Eagle so have been very busy but visual images are pouring in. So it’s time for Photoblogging! First: a real hunting Afghan from Afghanistan. According to our friend Jutta Ruebesam: “She was found in the streets of Kabul by a member of a German …
Presidential Note
Just saw a story on the presidential candidates’ (both parties) penchant for evoking Teddy Roosevelt’s policies in their rhetoric. Question: Which do you think will be first to support hunting rats with terriers in the White House basement, or coursing coyotes with greyhounds in Yellowstone?
Overland Journal
Steve has an article “Riding with the Eagle Hunters of Mongolia” in the Summer 2007 number of Overland Journal. This link does not bring up the article, available only in dead tree version, but I received my copy last week and it’s well worth subscribing.
New Arrival
Congratulations (I believe) to Pluvialis who has just gotten her new goshawk. I assume she’s accepting donations to her Red Bull fund.
Ida Hurt 1931-2007
Ida Marie Hurt, 75, of Baton Rouge died Sunday, August 12, at the Ollie Steele Burden Manor on Essen Lane. Hurt was born October 1, 1931, in Albany, Georgia, to forester Henry David Story and Marie Agnus Story. Hurt moved with her family to Amite, Louisiana, as a young girl and later to Baton Rouge …
More Discoveries at the Whydah
Last summer I had a post about underwater archaeology at the wreck of the Whydah, a pirate ship that sunk in a storm off of Wellfleet, Massachusetts in 1717. The NY Times today has the story of the recovery of 12,000 pound mass of corroded metal from the sea floor under the wreck. Researchers think …
This Story Has Legs
I just saw this bizarre story in today’s Denver Post. In Valencia County, New Mexico, just south of Albuquerque, two human legs were recovered from an irrigation ditch last month. No other body parts were found, and though the legs were found several days apart, they were both wearing the same type boot and both …
More Cold Warriors
Here are a couple more shots of some Cold War aircraft from the Mojave flight line. Above is a MiG-15 with my son Travis, age 11, in for scale. This is a Korean War era plane in a two seat trainer variant, I believe a MiG-15UTI. Pictured above is a white F-86 Sabrejet, another Korean …