Continue Reading Community Representation The auditorium at Jefferson High School was humming like a beehive, punctuated by giggles and squeals of excited youngsters greeting each other,…
Continue Reading Ospreys The osprey, or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) has many names. It is also known as sea hawk, river hawk, and…
Continue Reading Herons I have never seen a dying bird. Plenty of dead ones, mind, but never one at the very moment. Small mercies, I…
Continue Reading Techno-Birds When looking for a poem that would fit with today’s bird images, I came across, just like earlier this week, yet another…
Continue Reading That which awaits the photographer in pursuit of nature shots. (Prompted by the current prominence of goslings.) Shit List; Or Omnium-gatherum Of Diversity Into Unity by A R Ammons You’ll rejoice at how many kinds…
Continue Reading The Goldfinch When dandelions star the fieldsAnother alien singer, I,Nursed upon England’s flowery wealds,Seeking no tithe of treasured yields,dropp sudden from a summer skyTo…
Continue Reading Done with Grisly Done with grisly – long live grizzlies. I am rounding out this week which was devoted to interesting aspects of fauna in…
Continue Reading Rodent Report Since my recent description of the lurking dangers of fish farms thoroughly soured many of you on salmon, I feel it’s my…
Continue Reading Horse Ta(i)les Good. You didn’t think for a moment that I would write about Kentucky Derby decisions, disqualifications and all. Of course I won’t….
Continue Reading Louse(y) Stories Weren’t you always dying to know about the life cycle of the salmon louse? Well, I have to disappoint you – today’s…