Actual sign in Ruaha National Park sent by Jonathan Hanson: Utter. Word. Fail.
Tag: Random Weirdness
Eevil Eagles
When I announced Darren’s new book (Tetrapod Zoology 1) I mentioned a Darren drawing that contained, among other things, an Australopithecine and a Socorro County calf in mortal danger. Here is the proof, in the form of his 2004 Christmas card (click on it to enlarge):The hominid is the (documented– look up recent material on …
Two quick links
Tim Gallagher just sent this link to a new study of passenger pigeon genetics.It is NOT a big mourning dove, and is closer despite its long tail to New World Columba like the bandtail. This might give more weight to some of my speculations in A Feathered Tempest (developed more succinctly in my recent Living …
Bad State Fossils
I am obviously busy, but with enough time to quote rather than link. In that spirit let me excerpt a HILARIOUS rant, also from Locavore Hunter, on Bad State Fossils. What were these people (with the possible exception of the ones who picked the Utah Allosaurus) SMOKING? “I’m picturing the Kentucky state legislature being on …
Back Again… (and Guests)
Only this time I have never left– just been ridiculously busy. To reassure– my health is the best it has been in a year, though my vigorous and always expanding exercise routine takes up a surprising amount of time, and neglecting it brings on a slide if I do it very long. Add guests to …
To Come…
Reviews, short notes,and recommendations on things as various as a strange English memoir with angling (Luke Jenning’s Blood Knot), a fairly technical and indispensable book on bird anatomy and evolution (Gary Kaiser’s The Inner Bird– see Darren; link later), and Sy Montgomery’s Birdology, which I will review at length in Living Bird– my favorite books …
One More Photo: Spider “Face”
Also by Daniela, of the orb web spider on her porch. That “face” on her abdomen is NOT photoshopped– I can only assume it is one of those “startle” features evolved to give a potential predator a moment’s pause.
Lesson
Falconer friend Andrea Chen sent this irresistible image of her baby goshawk tiercel absorbed in an interactive web lesson.
5000 Year-Old Scammer?
David Z (see below) sent us the latest on Hari Scam and and, amazingly, it is even more ridiculous than what has gone before. “Among the mixed-bag films at Tribeca this year, Thorkell Hardarson and Örn Marino Arnason’s Feathered Cocaine was arguably the most mixed. Alan Howell Parrott, an American Sikh convert, introduced falconry to …
The Parrot Bites Again
Matt Mullenix said of the line below: “Journalism: Dead.” ” Alan Parrot, one of the world’s foremost falconers…. “ Steve again: all this is in reaction to a link I couldn’t get but which I have seen plenty similar to the last few days, like this one. There has also been a lot of talk …