Being into deer tracking I thought this interesting. I heard about it on the radio Oct 21. The description was that the border patrol used to consider themselves the best trackers in the world but with carpet shoes they have given up. I wish I was smart enough to think of things like that.
Turkey Dogs
Fall Turkey Fest How to use gun dogs to hunt these big birds. I flipped through the latest Gun Dog issue and there was a turkey dog article. No biggie but the setting was NW rain forest. In Oregon, I think. That surprised me. I didn’t know they were able to handle the …
Sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens Specimen
It’s one of the biggest discoveries of the century, and the first time humans have seen a Machairodontinae (Sabre-toothed/Scimitar-toothed cat) in the flesh (albeit mummified in permafrost) since their extinction some 14 – 10,000 ybp. Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia The Badyarikha cub is the …
Beachcombing by Satellite
I was looking on Google Maps in a remote area of the island, and stumbled across something anomalous. After zooming in, it looks like a whale washed up on the shore! Thought this was pretty cool. I’m guessing the images might already be a couple of years old, but maybe, just maybe, some bones are …
Eagle hunters @ Altai, Mongolia.
Sept 2024 Eagle hunters @ Altai, Mongolia. Sony A1, 70-200 f4 oss ii. Julian Ngu Straight up tourist pandering bull.
Repeat after me: “I will NOT eat bees!
Repeat after me: “I will NOT eat bees!” Happy Hippie
A Striper for the Consul
Caldwell I saw this image and I had a vague connection in my head to Steve. On searching here sure enough there was a reference. Maybe Steve knows more. I am not sure where I have seen this image before. Online or in an old magazine but I remember it.
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Evening drive in Punda Maria on November 1, 2024. All guests were full of hope to see the Pennant-winged Nightjar. At around 6 pm, our driver and guide Eric reached the spot where it had been seen the day before. It was 18:12 when suddenly this beautiful bird flew over us. A fantastic experience. …
Even if precipitation looks normal
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-climate-contributing-drought-american-west.html Even if precipitation looks normal, we can still have drought because moisture demand has increased so much and there simply isn’t enough water to keep up with that increased demand,” Fu said. “This is not something you could build bigger reservoirs or something to prevent because when the atmosphere warms, it will just suck …
A very impressive cat.
A very impressive cat. We need some here. A lot more tiger videos online than I thought.