No shortage of Turkeys in northern Maine. A flock of Turkeys roosting in a New Sweden swamp. -Katie Rick N Katie Michaud I saw this and was WTF they are up in Aroostook Co, Maine which is way up there. If they can handle that, they can handle here. 70000 in Maine. Turkeys in New …
The Season, Kenny Morgan books
Turkey season is on, at least, in parts of the range and while I have not hunted them I have seen a few and read much about it. Friends from here used to go to Maine for them. They are making there way here but I may not see it in my lifetime. The Season, …
Turkey Gobble
Turkeys gobble in sync when motorist honks car horn People love this stuff.
Abstract Trees?
The conclusion: “In tropical forests, mechanisms such as seed dispersal by animals lead to the observed patterns, while in temperate forests, the patterns are shaped by mycorrhizal fungi,” says Wiegand. A new spatial mechanism for coexistence: Hidden patterns in tree distribution stabilize biodiversity in forests I love how it looks like abstract art. Nature imitates art …
Marlin, Swamp Systems
The Moment. Runner-up, Behavior. “November-December at Magdalena Bay in Baja California are the best months to try and get good encounters with blue marlin. However, getting strong images of these fish in wild life is very difficult, because they attack the sardines and mackerels at very high speed, making it extremely difficult to capture …
YouTuber ‘Desert Drifter’ Dead at 36
YouTuber Andrew Cross has died. Cross said his channel, Desert Drifter, offered “Exploration and Adventure with a Historical Twist.” He acted as a tour guide and an archaeology professor for his audience. On February 3, Cross’ wife Evelyn posted a video to his channel asking for prayers and support. A car accident left him with …
For Sinophiles
Thomas Allom’s “China in a Series of Views” is an impressive and highly desirable 19th-century illustrated account of Chinese scenery and architecture. This particular tome features illustrations and descriptions of iconic locations including: PooToo Temple at Chusan, or Zhoushan Valley Bridges Ancient tombs at Amoy, or Xiamen Ting-Hoo, Tripod Lake Chin Chew River and Bay …
Ireland’s Ice Crystal Clouds
Joanna Donnelly of Met Éireann had the answer, and it was no less fascinating than the sight itself. The iridescent clouds are a diffraction phenomenon caused by low winter sunlight bouncing off small ice crystals in the clouds and scattering the light to create a pattern similar to rainbows, although in a more unusual form. …
Biggest Black Hole Ever Found, JWST, etc
Our Solar System vs. the Biggest Black Hole Ever Found Well, this is humbling! TON 618, the largest known black hole, is 66 billion times the mass of our Sun and a diameter 30–40 times wider than our entire solar system. To put that into perspective, if our entire solar system (including the distant Oort …
The Exotic Annual Grass (EAG) dataset
Cheatgrass? Medusahead? Sandberg bluegrass? The Exotic Annual Grass (EAG) dataset, released by EROS, maps invasive species, such as cheatgrass and medusahead—and one native perennial bunchgrass, Sandberg bluegrass—across the western United States. Why is it important to know where exotic annual grasses grow and have expanded? They increase the intensity of fires, decrease rangeland productivity, and outcompete native plants. …