So I’ve just discovered this , how many have built raptor perch’s or use them and what was the results , I have about 20 acres of mostly oaks that are seedlings-8yrs of age and it seems I have a small Vole problem and this looks like a great way to control them, any suggestions …
Headwind
Jenny Bloomfield, headwind
Aurora Trout
The aurora trout, Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis, is a variant or subspecies of the brook trout native to two lakes in the Temagami District of Ontario, Canada. The existence of the fish was brought to the attention of the angling world by four American anglers who were taken by Archie King of Latchford, Ontario, into Ontario‘s Lady Evelyn River system in 1923. Recognizing the fish as different or unique, the …
The giant floating island on Lake Chippewa.
Every year, dozens of local boat owners in Wisconsin band together to move a giant floating island on Lake Chippewa, also known as the Chippewa Flowage. This floating island, known as the “Forty Acre Bog,” is composed of peat, plant roots, mud, and even mature trees. These trees act as sails, catching the wind and …
Trueblood
Shooting rabbits at 200 yards with a .22LR
How far away would you shoot a rabbit with a .22 rimfire? 50 yards? 60? Maybe even 80? That’s nothing to Robert Bucknell’s gamekeeper friend, Jon Cook. He’s happy taking them at 200 yards. That is possible thanks to a new scope he bought recently. It’s an Arken Zulus HD 5-20x LRF – a digital …
So Called Coral ‘Trout’
This is the Footballer Coral Trout, named after its resemblance to a football player’s uniform. Coral Trout is one of the most delicious tasting and beautiful reef fish of Australia This Coral Trout has two distinct colour phases: the “footballer phase” which is whitish with black saddles, a yellow caudal peduncle and yellow fins, and a …
Humpie from Hell
Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)aka Humpies Humpies from hell. Apparently, the term arose with Ray Troll but I first saw it as a story in the above. It was a phrase that stuck with me. This fish has the most exaggerated hump I have ever seen. If it is real and not AI it is something. The hump serves …
Chilcotin
Not the huge flash flood feared but still plenty impressive. prior post
Greenland was Green.
My alma mater does good. I mentioned thus before that Greenland was a lot warmer two million years ago. In 1993, drillers at the summit completed the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 ice core, or GISP2, nicknamed the two-mile time machine. The seeds, twigs and spores we found came from a few inches of soil …