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dc is for the birds.
I think we saw a gyrfalcon on saturday. Alex, is it possible? It was HUGE, bigger than any eagle I've ever seen. But it had pointy bent wings like a falcon, and very dark, almost black, on the underside. We saw it quite close up, near the north shore of Lake Erie, which I know is a hot spot for migration.
Ten most magnificent trees in the world.
100 year old photoblog
What better way to celebrate than with a record dramatizing the novel's steamiest scenes, complete with orchestral accompaniment? Unless you consider “phallus” and “sex” to be obscene words, you'll find yourself quaintly charmed by the idea that this once caused an uproar, even though the anonymous actors do their best to sell the sex with breathless, melodramatic readings.
Both the jacket and the album feature the notation, “Vol. 1,” on all sides, suggesting that this was the first in a series. As the album covers the entire plot of Lady Chatterly's Lover, I must assume that they never found another piece of adult-oriented literature worthy of adaptation.
get yer grateful dead-sponsored, lithuanian basketball team shirt. who knew?
Giant ice cap found under the south pole of Mars that, if thawed, would cover the entire planet with 30 feet of water.
wikipedia to check id's. - note first comment
New Orleans Jazzfest lineup not too shabby this year.
For my "Pointy Stick Award For Practicing Ludditry With a Computer", I tried to be clever and do a superposition of images in html. This works in firefox but renders badly in internet exploder.
Worldmapper: "Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest."
one time only long distance telephone tax refund
this applies to cell phones too right?
lunar eclipse now! well totals over but it wasnt dark then. still weird.
bad year for bee stress. mite problem may be related.
Wall Street Journal on birding tech. I’ve got eastern bird songs on my iPod, and I’ll probably get a management program like birdjam, but I haven’t really found myself using it in the field. The real test will come once migration gets going and the singing starts in earnest.
In the meantime, anyone want to head up the Hudson for Ivory Gull and Snowy Owl?
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