Lauren is becoming a serious horsewoman as well as a Berkutchi, in the depths of a winter that can reach -50C at night. And she is getting the spectacular flights that ignorant American falconers deny eagles can do. An excerpt: “I’ve had confirmation from World Vision that it has reached -50 C where I have …
Tag: Central Asia
Lauren’s photos.
The last is a banquet in her honor, sheep, tea, vodka, and more.
Lauren’s first fox
Lauren reports from Mongolia: I’m amazed at how fast training progresses here! I’m about 150 km south of Olgii, outside a town called Daluun near the Chinese border. The falconers in this area only fly passage eagles, and luckily, its been a great year for fox. You won’t believe, but I’ve already seen eleven fox …
For Central Asia fanatics only
From Sir Terence Clark: a photo of Chini Bagh, the old British consulate in Kashgar, home at one time to Eric and Diana Shipton (who both wrote excellent books set there) and George Macartney, way station to Paul Nazaroff as he fled the Bolsheviks, famed in story and still standing, a monument to climbers and …
Science Links
A BBC news article seems to point to the “Overkill Hypothesis” as the major cause of the extinction of the American megafauna. Studies of dung preserved in a Wisconsin lake suggest “… a slow decline in megafauna that began about 15,000 years ago and appeared to last for about 1,000 years. “This discovery rules out …
Mystery Hound
I would have said Taigan myself, as did about 90% of respondents, here and on email But she is an Afghan- poodle cross– a rescue, but unaltered. After three hours with her I can see nothing about her that isn’t oriental sighthound- temperament, gait, structure, voice, even smell. Fascinating! (Yes, Jess, she has the “Afghan …
The Kids Are All Right
Our own youngsters are growing too fast to keep up with– in photos anyway. Both have grown in the last week.
What is it?
This lovely young dog came to visit this past weekend. What breed is she? Those who already know– Brett, Chris, Daniela et al, please refrain from giving it away!. I’ll answer soon. (Photos by Daniela Imre)
“Our” Fulbright Scholar
As Patrick Burns is fond of saying, “The kids are alright.”Happily I know a few who are more than alright. Our campus is full of bright young people, and heralding their accomplishments is one pleasure of my job. But we encounter some rare souls who, like Steve and his blog partners (and our readers), are …
As Promised
Puppy pix! Shunkar with his dad, right up the street at Daniela’s. Irbis (brindle), Kira (red) and Jengiz (grizzle), last day together. Irbis and Kira (we kept Mr. I, and Kira went to Dave in Utah). Jengiz wrestles with a new friend at John B’s in California. That is his half- sister behind.