Forget about that gelatinous marmalade hairball for a minute and check out this osprey with a shopping bag attached to its nest: The nest is located on top of a light pole — really high up. It’s likely the bag flew up there by chance and got caught on a stick. But I like to …
Birdwatching
Rainy Day Open Thread
Well, it’s rainy here, anyway, so no birds to watch at my feeders. But here’s a handsome cardinal who stopped by a few days ago: He’s definitely giving me the stink-eye. And here’s his lovely mate with a seed shell hanging out of her beak; she doesn’t look too happy about the paparazzi either: I’d …
“Come live with me and be my love”
Blue jays have been swooping and screeching and carrying on in my side yard all day. Here’s a pair perched in the banana tree: They have a nasty reputation, blue jays, but they’re lovely birds. So glad today is Friday. This week has felt eternal. Got any big plans for the weekend? I was thinking …
Look at the Birdie (Open Thread)
I saw this big guy in my laurel oak yesterday, pecking away at a dead branch: Thank Flying Spaghetti Monster for lovely birds to keep despair at bay. Otherwise, the antics of Sunkist Stalin might compel me to pour a quart of bourbon into a half-eaten container of Häagen-Dazs Dulce De Leche ice cream and …
Post Hack, Ergo Flopter Hack: James Hohmann Edition
The Washington Post has better national political coverage than the New York Times. But it still sucks great green gator balls. Today’s Exhibit A — James Hohmann: THE BIG IDEA: [Is that what we’re calling compressed turds of conventional Beltway wisdom these days?] It took grit and gumption for Donald Trump to call out House …
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Nature Is Nurture
Yeah, we’re becoming a pets, wildlife and home improvement blog. Here’s a gorgeous female merganser flawlessly pulling off a ‘do most humans would do well to avoid: There’s a lot of shit happening in the world that would normally make for blog fodder: 1) Trump’s pissing contest with the planet’s other nuclear-armed narcissist with absurd …
Bowl Games (Open Thread)
Here’s today’s lineup of college bowl games: I think it’s incredibly dumb that these bowl games are being played on a Monday after the holidays when most folks are working. It’s not like the fact that New Year’s Day fell on a Sunday this year was a sudden issue that cropped up, leaving schedulers in …