Ducks may think decoys are fellow ducks; C. livia seems unimpressed. From Dan Gauss at Shot on Site comes this shot of pigeons “using decoys as tools” as he says… Probably mostly light and photoblogging til I go east to see Tom Russell’s Rose of Roscrae debut at Passim. All is well– just incredibly busy …
Tag: Random Weirdness
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Convergence
No one has ever explained this close evolutionary convergence to me; even Jonathan Kingdon thought they looked less alike than they do. Nearctic Meadow “lark”: an icterid ((New Word blackbird), common here and a lovely singer; and African Longclaw, also a bird of savannahs. But HOW? I am sure we will someday figure it out, …
Schrödinger’s Cat at the Vet’s
Ht. Jonathan Hanson. Update: Mark Farrell- Churchill responded with a corollary joke in the comments, too good not to share: Werner Heisenberg gets pulled over by a traffic cop. Cop walks up to the car and says, “Sir, do you have any idea how fast you were going?” Heisenberg responds, “No…, but I can tell …
Eight feet?
The snow around Boston is now deeper than I ever saw it back when. Karen and her dog on the salt marsh near her house. Her driveway and walk have walls well over her head. The dogs are packing up and roaming, as the fences are under the snow. Perhaps she will send more photos …
Coffee Table Still Life
Helen is published in Vogue. It must be the first time the act of befriending a Goshawk has been featured there. (tip from Randy D). She has also gotten a second prestigious literary prize, this time the Costa, I think what used to be called the Whitbread.
Synchronicity?
Not at all the right word, implying as it does same TIME, when times are different. Suffice to say that I noticed these correspondences many years ago, and others keep finding them and sending. I know. The recent photos, of Betsy and salukis and a giant staghound (Riley) were taken here between 80 and 86. …
Found Data
From The Eskimo Cookbook, Shishmarek Alaska, 1952: “Soured Seal Liver: “Soured seal liver is made in the summer here. Place liver in enamel pot or dish and cover with blubber. Put in warm place for a few days until sour. “Most boys and girls don’t like it. Only grownups and old people. “I don’t like …
Doggage # 1
Before Nhubia and company: Mark’s wirehairs in the early eighties, and the first alligator they retrieved, in a damper part of Texas…
Visual Free Association
David Zincavage sent me this striking image of a Kazakh girl and eagle. The rather formal gold- braided pattern on her coat is common among all the Turkic peoples of Central Asia, from Uzbekistan through Kyrgizstan to the (Kazakh) western “Aimag” of Mongolia. Jack and Niki wore Uzbek versions for their wedding in Santa Fe. …