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Tangled Bank #72, hosted quite ably at Ouroboros, can shed some light on that subject, as well as canger, aging, and the history of science, among other things.

to a new site. I think it looks better than ever!  If you don’t regularly visit this site, a group effort of some very observant members of the Nature Society (Singapore), I recommend it highly.

In my previous post , I described a moderately successful owl prowl, in that I did spot an owl or two, obscured though those views may have been. But I ended the account with a cliffhanger, alluding to an even better owl sighting later that day. If you read the title of this missive, you [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I complained about my rotten owl luck. Since this dismal situation was clearly not going to improve on its own, I chose to alter my dismal owl destiny by accompanying the Hudson River Audubon Society on an owl prowl at the scene of my most recent failure. Audubon chapters and [...]

Another interesting, some might say antiquated color choice employed by those who get to name birds is plumbeous. Plumbeous refers to a heavy, leaden gray. Those of you with an education in chemistry probably spotted the origin of this word, from the Latin “plumbum” for lead. The word plumbeous may also be used to mean [...]

The February 10, 2007 Freeport NY Pelagic trip may not sail…if you don’t join it!  I took this particular excursion last year and it was amazing. See Life Paulagics needs another 17 or so passengers to sail. You might want to be one of them.

(I first used this introduction last January when Aydin of Snail’s Tales presented a perfectly poetic I and the Bird #15. Almost exactly one year later, we have another Snail hosting another edition of I and the Bird. How could I resist?) Watching wildlife is a delightfully stimulating activity, one that can be enjoyed thoroughly [...]

Along with the expected assortment of bird books for Christmas, I received a butterfly guide, specifically the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies. Readers of this blog know that I, like so many birders before me, am developing a growing interest in the invertebrate life I encounter in my travels. Dragonflies and [...]

the sight of four mature Bald Eagles tracing wide circles in the sky outside your place of employment is magnificent.

I and the Bird is going Down Under. Don’t you want to go too? Send a link and summary to your best birding-related post to me or our wonderful host, Snail (snailseyeview AT optusnet DOT com DOT au) of Snail’s Eye View by Tuesday, January 23 for the Thursday edition.