Oh, Ginha, how I miss these little guys! Did you happen to see my post re Hummingbird Hawk Moths (Bob Marcotte)? People who see them here swear they have seen a hummingbird.

And it is said that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the Empire will fall. Thanks for the info, Dale.

Oh, sorry to repeat, Joyce - I did not see that.

No no, she sent it in email not here. Ya done good!!

Phew! Thanks, D-G.

Oh, sorry to repeat, Joyce - I did not see that.

And let's hear it for the full 20-year whack!

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/art-dealer-arrested-for-importing-ivory.html

More sadness! But she had happy years with WW.

Gotta love those Crow spp!

Yaaaaaaaaay! Some joy at last - thanks D-G!

Quite amazing, but poor fellow. Cars find everything. (From the BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14303496

I had not heard of this one, much less seen it... so much more to learn about my native area!

(from the D&C, Bob Marcotte)

http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/birds/2011/07/26/a-very-cool-looking-butterfly/

Hmmm - in American money? Anyone want to multiply that by 1.41??? Oh, right - I will do it - it comes to nearly 120,000 USD. (Right?) Pocket money.

Oh definitely Bobbie, I have at least that much in my pocket!    Thanks for calculating that! 

There's one born every minute, huh??

I would have to stain 300 decks at 400 a pop to afford a bottle of wine!! I'll stick with Boone's Farm. 

I will bring my own when I visit.

Member Siobhan Ruck wrote after a loss in San Francisco in 2009, "Hi's life may have been brief, but every single minute of it was spent as a peregrine falcon. You can't do much better than that..."

Paul

 

I miss Siobhan!

Hmmm - in American money? Anyone want to multiply that by 1.41??? Oh, right - I will do it - it comes to nearly 120,000 USD. (Right?) Pocket money.

We have been losing some of our small birds - especially the Greenfinch - to this disease. I have read - tho am not sure - that it is carried by pigeons. Anyone??