Woodward 16-bore. Restored, including best new chopper lump barrels. Try finding another rib like that to match the original! Vintage Guns There are not many better than a Woodward. 16-bore is a plus. Likely very sweet to handle. The scroll is very fine and impressive. High gloss wood, however. Datus Proper* had a Woodward. …
Salamanders are surprisingly abundant in US northeastern forests
The study authors estimated an average of 5,300 salamanders in every patch of forest the size of a football field in the Northeast. Even though each individual is a mere 3 inches long, the sheer number of red-backed salamanders means that they also have some of the highest biomass estimated for animals other than insects …
Bryde’s: A Missile Made of Muscle.
The winning and commended images of the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 competition were just announced, with Rafael Fernández Caballe named as the overall winner for his image of a Bryde’s whale swimming up to swallow a bait ball of sardines off Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Contest organizers at Oceanographic Magazine were once again kind enough to …
300 lb Mako Shark
A friend of a friend was out fishing with his father and uncle in a 16’ aluminum boat and caught this 300 lb Mako shark. This was in September. Re: being released, I was told “he’s done a lot of shark research professionally, so l would be guessing it was released.” I haven’t seen one …
River Frome, again
This is the River Frome, and along it’s length, you will find an incredible piece of agricultural engineering – water meadows. Yeah, I have thing for them also Although some survived until later, they generally fell out of use in the late Victorian era. Agricultural methods went through huge changes, with increased mechanisation and …
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
I posted this image a few years ago, but I thought I would revisit it because it represents a very different approach to macro photography. Instead of the typical out of focus background, which is expected due to the inherent shallow depth of field associated with magnification, I created a picture in which everything is …
Cranes, Oaks and Fuzzy Shoes
I had no idea they did this or could. Not something l thought likely. She also had this cute video. Birds are known as the singers of the animal kingdom but they also enjoy listening to the music of other birds. Elephants are musically inclined. They sway their trunks to the sound of music they …
Grayling
𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 are a member of the Salmonidae family, and according to experts, there are 14 different species within this genus, including the Arctic Grayling, European Grayling, Baikal Black Grayling, Baikal White Grayling and the Mongolian Grayling, to name just a few. Amihan Tackle The best pic I can remember of a grayling. Grayling get no …
Hazel McNab（British） Seaward
Hazel McNab（British） Seaward Her Blog I love this linocut medium.
“Lightning strike hits bald eagle nest in Boulder County”
Wow, that was dramatic.