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Gerald Manley Hopkins: “The Windhover”
By Corey • August 19, 2009 • 5 commentsGerald Manley Hopkins, Englishman, Catholic convert, priest, and poet, was born in 1844 and died of typhoid fever in 1889. In between he wrote, taught, and suffered: it seems he was an unhappy man who wrote poems with titles like “I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark”. Most of his poetry was not published [...]
A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle
By Mike • February 19, 2008 • 8 commentsSo, how was your Great Backyard Bird Count? If you live in North America and pay any attention at all to avifauna, you probably did your part over the last four days to advance the cause of citizen science. To be honest, I wasn’t all that excited about the GBBC this year. I strive to [...]
What is a Kestrel?
By Mike • February 5, 2007 • 6 commentsMany a lifelong birder picked up his or her first field guide because of raptors. Bird of prey like eagles, hawks, and owls inspire a level of interest or even passion that most other types of birds can only envy. And as cool as the raptor suite seems to casual observers, it reserves some of [...]
Mauritius - Macchabee Forest Ridge
By Charlie • November 19, 2005 • No comments yetMauritius Day 2: Macchabee Forest Ridge, 13 November 2005.
(For Day 1 go to Ile aux Aigrettes)
South-east coast of Mauritius
Local time: GMT +4
Approx noon temp: 20C
Weather: light cloud in the morning, very warm and clear later.
Mauritius is part of the Mascarene Islands, an archipelago formed some 8 -10 million years ago in a series of undersea [...]
