Friend or Foe? Crows Never Forget a Face, It Seems

I have long wondered what exactly it is about humans that we love carnage. Why is it that w can watch over and over on YouTube, footage of a crocodile eating a wildebeest or a lion with an antelope? Why are we thrilled by grainy pictures of murder victims in the newspaper, and why to we rubberneck bad accidents on the highway? The fascination ( Read more... )

Did quite a few in the last couple days: here, here, and hereAlthough the damn hybrid fowl are annoying. I have to wonder, what's the standard for a species any more? I mean, it used to be something about animals who produce fertile offspring being the same species, which is why all dogs and wolves are the same species, despite the vast ( Read more... )

Intersting article on the possibility of assisted colonisation as a conservation method

If nothing else, the fourth paragraph on the second page answers my long-held question about the plural of "mongoose".

Aren't they cute?

The strange thing is, as you can see, they're actually not all white -- they're more blonde on top where normal squirrels are grey, and true white underneath. But they've got albino-red eyes. Either way, they're very cute.


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There's a gorgeous luna moth trying desperately to get in through my window. I don't think I've ever seen one in the wild before. They're *huge*. And so very pretty. The cats are going nuts, of course.

I've added a bunch of pictures to my Birding Blog in the last few weeks, including the lovely ringed turtle dove I saw yesterday.

Another bird added to my birding blog.

This has been a good week, birding-wise.

Another sporadic update to what has essentially become my birding blog:

http://gwynraven.vox.com/library/post/more-birds.html

Once I get back to 100% after the surgery I'm going to take a trip to one of the local aviaries or nesting-grounds. I'm running out of birds to find in the greater Baton Rouge area.

Ok, so I'm reading a work written back in 15th century. The author has a tendency to extremely florid description and it's often times difficult to figure out exactly what he means. Tonight I came across the following sentence, as part of the description of a beach ( Read more... )