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Plans
I'm scattered. Perhaps not that unusual, but it seems to be more pronounced of late. Part of my problem these days is that I've got several interests pulling me all over the place. And everything is only getting partially done. So what's happening? Probably the biggest news is that (touch wood) we will soon have
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Stepping out with Orion
Orion takes a walk on the hills above Arctic Bay.
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February First Friday
Congratulations go out to Amy Evenstad, who crafted the winning entry in this month's First Friday over at WildBird on the Fly. I rather liked my entry this month, I might just expand the concept to a longer story. And in case you are at all interested, here it is. Eating Ghosts Five days. Heʼd
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I and The Bird in a land down under
My good friend Duncan, of Ben Cruachan Blog has put together a fair dinkum bushman edition of the latest I and the Bird. Or rather he convinced an old Bushie, his cobber I gather, to put it together for him. This offsider has done an ace job for a highly entertaining edition of the best
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Facinicus chasdickensii
Its a wonder how organisms travel around the world. The world is a much smaller place these days, and goods and consequently organisms travel far and wide, ending up places we never imagined. The other day I felt a strange sensation, the sort you get after you've been hiking during tick season, whether you have
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Baby did a bad bad thing
The Christmas Season, coupled with a pronounced tendency for procrastination that went up another level lately, means I've been remiss about promoting some blogs up for awards lately. So badly that I appear to have missed the voting round for the Canadian Blog Awards completely. In addition there is only one day left to vote
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A photo for Jochen
Jochen, the (some what infrequent) blogger extraordinaire of Bell Tower Birding, made a photo request in the comments for this post of several days ago. In the comment he challenged me to post a flight photo of a white phase Gyrfalcon in front of an iceberg. Now I think it will be a nigh on
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Fledgling Snowbunting
It is that time of year when fledglings are everywhere. I can usually look out at the deck to see anywhere from one to a half dozen snowbunting fledglings hopping around the handrails. The sad part of it all is that soon all of these birds will be departing for the south. Not so much
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No, its a boat picture
I didn't even notice the iceberg when I was panning after the boat with the camera.