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Bird-botts

Bird-botts

I post a lot about birds, nature, and politics, along with some other interests. Also active on Flickr and Twitter, and I have a blog.
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Wisdom from Wikipedia. - Bird-botts
Disambiguation? - Tinfoil 2.0
Friday Weird Science: Sssssnakes can ssssmelll your menstrual ssssecretions | Neurotic Physiology - http://scientopia.org/blogs...
Friday Weird Science: Sssssnakes can ssssmelll your menstrual ssssecretions | Neurotic Physiology
Friday Weird Science: Sssssnakes can ssssmelll your menstrual ssssecretions | Neurotic Physiology
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"The brown tree snake is native to the South Pacific, but is apparently a major pest in Guam, where it was introduced accidentally after World War II. It's nocturnal, lives generally in trees, has a wide variety of teeth (two of which inject venom, but the venom is not dangerous to adult humans), eats almost anything, and is generally between three and six feet long. In Guam it's been a major problem for causing power outages, apparently by weighing down powerlines. From the descriptions of the brown tree snake, I'm now getting the terrifying idea of a bigass snake that will cut the power, sneak up on you through the trees, and DROP ON YOUR HEAD FROM ABOVE AND ENVENOM YOU TO DEATH. Though apparently it's not that bad, just annoying (at least in Guam, where they use dogs to keep it from spreading to other islands and try to keep it away from people's pets and small children). But there is this threat...ladies, this snake likes your menstrual blood." - Bird-botts from Bookmarklet
"So apparently the idea for this experiment came from Brown tree snake attacks on babies in Guam. The authors inferred that the snakes were attempting to eat the babies (mmmm, delicious babies), and wanted to know why. They hypothesized that, since snakes are attracted to the smell of blood, the snakes were finding the babies because they were smelled the discarded feminine products of... more... - Bird-botts
"They also talked about not leaving your post-partum blood and menstrual blood around your baby, as it might be unduly attractive to snakes. I'm not so sure about this. I mean, even IF the bloody items were in the same room as the baby, I'm sure the snake could tell which was which. Snakes not only have chemosensing, they can sense HEAT. So if forced to choose between the cold bloody... more... - Bird-botts
O_O - esther
First bears now snakes? @_@ - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
As long as you don't live on Guam, you're probably okay. - Bird-botts
When I visited Mexico there was a woman who told me that a certain snake would come in the night and drink milk from lactating women. I laughed at that one. She was really keen on convincing me too. Cows weren't safe either. - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
This was a pretty rural small town in Mexico though. - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
LOUD NOISES! - WoH: Minding her Botts
Z, I have heard some similar, outlandish superstitions in Mexico. Let me just say that I was a superhero down there for ridding people's houses of collared lizards (I would capture them and place them safely outdoors)- they thought the lizards crawled up your bum and laid eggs inside of you. x____________X - Kelli H. ☃
WILD NEW JERSEY: New Jersey Moths: The Indian Meal Moth and the Joy of Vacuuming - http://wildnewjersey.tv/2012...
WILD NEW JERSEY: New Jersey Moths: The Indian Meal Moth and the Joy of Vacuuming
WILD NEW JERSEY: New Jersey Moths: The Indian Meal Moth and the Joy of Vacuuming
"As it turns out, the moth was the Indian Meal moth (Plodia interpunctella). This moth also goes by other common names such as Pantry Moth and Flour Moth. Indian Meal is an old name for corn meal and these common names should start to paint a picture about the larval food sources. In fact, after a little research I found out that this moth is one of the worst pests of stored grains and dried food products there is. It is commonly found in homes as a pest on dry dog food and sunflower seeds or birdseed, and we have these in the pantry. The list of larval food sources is huge and includes dried fruits, grains, seeds, nuts, chocolate, candy, bird seed, dog food, powdered milk, dried red peppers, raisins, prunes, cat food, fish food, graham crackers, pastas, dried flowers, decorative wall hangings containing food products such as beans and spices and floral arrangements and wreaths with seeds. The caterpillars are even reported to be able to chew through plastic bags and thin cardboard to get at the food sources." - Bird-botts from Bookmarklet
OMG, I can attest to the chewing. We had a horrible infestation a couple of years ago. That was gross. And I'm mad at the spiders I let live in my cabinets didn't even eat them. - Anika
Yeah, I guess the spiders don't eat the larvae; I'm not sure what would. - Bird-botts
Yeah, moths suck. I took to putting everything in the pantry in glass jars. - Spidra Webster
A few years ago, I had a major infestation of these little bastards. They are very difficult to eradicate once they're in your pantry. :((( - Kelli H. ☃
Going through some old photos this afternoon.... Hemlock branches from Kaaterskill Clove http://flic.kr/p/bs2cJT
Going through some old photos this afternoon.... Hemlock branches from Kaaterskill Clove http://flic.kr/p/bs2cJT
I need to spend some time today uploading photos to Flickr. I have a major backlog. - Kelli H. ☃
Today I'm working on a backlog from one hike in the Catskill Mountains last spring. I probably have a lot of other photos from last year that I could edit and post. - Bird-botts
fat-birds: Such a sad face! by SteveJM2009 on Flickr. batman > fatman - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
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Such a sad face! by SteveJM2009 on Flickr.
 
batman > fatman
illustratedvancouver: Cover of Edith Adam’s Wartime Cook Book, 1943, from the Vancouver Sun (digitally enhanced). The cover art is by Fraser Wilson, who drew comics for the Vancouver Sun and the Daily Province until 1947. This quote from the publication Youth, Unions, and You: Wilson was born in 1905, in Vancouver. A gifted cartoonist, he sold his... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
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Cover of Edith Adam’s Wartime Cook Book, 1943, from the Vancouver Sun (digitally enhanced). The cover art is by Fraser Wilson, who drew comics for the Vancouver Sun and the Daily Province until 1947. This quote from the publication Youth, Unions, and You:
  
Wilson was born in 1905, in Vancouver. A gifted cartoonist, he sold his first published illustration to a national magazine at the age of twelve. In his early life he painted ships in Wallace’s Shipyards, ran a candy store, did carpentry, developed photos, worked as a painter and decorator, and laboured in a shipyard. It was due to a work-related injury in the yard that he pursued commercial cartooning as a career. At the peak of his political cartooning reputation, he was a favoured artist in both Vancouver dailies, the Vancouver Sun and the Province.
  
Back to this wonderfully ambitious and optimistic guide to better wartime cooking, the publication was mentioned here in the October 2009 issue of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives paper, Express. The cover indicates this was the 9th annual issue of the cookbook, but fails to mention that Edith Adams was, in fact, a pseudonym! Actually, most folks may well have known that; the recipes in these books were prize winning entries submitted by Vancouver Sun readers, as mentioned in the book Culinary landmarks: a bibliography of Canadian cookbooks, 1825-1949 by Elizabeth Driver. A quote from the introduction of this book notes: 
  
From 1947, Edith Adams even had her own ‘cottage’ adjacent to the newspaper’s building, where Vancouver residents would flock to see Marianne Linnell as ‘Edith’ demonstrate recipes.
  
If you want to see more of these books, you can seek out the Edith Adams Omnibus, a reprint from 2005 with more than 1000 recipes, compiling the first thirteen of these famed cook books and updated for today’s standards of cooking. 
  
Happy 100th Birthday, Vancouver Sun!
michwill: There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. - Nelson Mandela Exactly 22 years ago on 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison after serving a 27 year prison life... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
michwill:
 
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. - Nelson Mandela
 
Exactly 22 years ago on 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison after serving a 27 year prison life sentence on Robben Island. Viva!
liquidnight: Édouard Boubat Paris, France, 1948 From Édouard Boubat: A Gentle Eye - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
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Édouard Boubat
 
Paris, France, 1948
 
From Édouard Boubat: A Gentle Eye
socanilieinyourgrave: Brattle Book Shop by bill_comstock on Flickr. I loved shopping here. What a cute place. - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
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Brattle Book Shop by bill_comstock on Flickr.
 
I loved shopping here. What a cute place.
Snow, rain expected across N.J. late tonight into Saturday morning | NJ.com - http://www.nj.com/weather...
Snow, rain expected across N.J. late tonight into Saturday morning | NJ.com
"A coastal storm system is expected to develop off the North Carolina coast tonight and begin to charge to the northeast, paralleling the Mid-Atlantic coast. At the same time, a strong cold front is forecast to drive southeast toward the Mid-Atlantic from Canada, bringing with it a shot of bitterly cold air. If the cold front and colder air were to arrive sooner and merge with the developing coastal low, New Jersey would potentially in for a major winter storm. However, it appears as though the coastal storm will develop ahead of the cold front’s arrival, leaving some milder air in place over New Jersey and likely causing precipitation to begin late tonight as either rain or a rain/snow mix. “The subtropical disturbance, with all of the moisture, is moving much faster than the polar disturbance,” said meteorologist Steven DiMartino of NYNJPAWeather.com. “That means the cold air is going to be delayed and it also means the timing of a phasing of these two disturbances is going to be... more... - Bird-botts from Bookmarklet
We just got snow today! :-) - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart from Android
No snow yet here! - Bird-botts
Well, that was a weak performance. - Bird-botts
There’s been a ton of commentary to the effect that Obama’s stance on contraception could damage him among Catholic swing voters. For all I know, it’s possible, particularly among church-going, as opposed to secular, catholics. But this is clearly bad politics for Republicans, too. All the GOP presidential candidates will be expected to double... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
Mercury in Birds and Bats | Bug Girl's Blog http://wp.me/p35aO-2eA
Mercury in Birds and Bats | Bug Girl's Blog http://wp.me/p35aO-2eA
theworldwelivein: Sand Harbor Sunrise - Panorama | Sand Harbor State Park, Lake Tahoe, Nevada ©  Landscape Images by David Shield - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
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Sand Harbor Sunrise - Panorama | Sand Harbor State Park, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
©  Landscape Images by David Shield
animals-animals-animals: Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale) (by GregTheBusker) - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
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Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale) (by GregTheBusker)
True-Color Image of Southeastern United States from NASA’s Newest Earth Observing Satellite Suomi NPP by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr. A ‘true-color’ image of the Southeastern United States taken on January 19, 2012, the first day the full complement of VIIRS’ 22 channels were active. This images was taken between 5:57 pm USA EST and... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
True-Color Image of Southeastern United States from NASA’s Newest Earth Observing Satellite Suomi NPP by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr.
A ‘true-color’ image of the Southeastern United States taken on January 19, 2012, the first day the full complement of VIIRS’ 22 channels were active. This images was taken between 5:57 pm USA EST and 6:04 pm USA EST (17:57 - 18:04 UTC).
 Suomi NPP is NASA’s next Earth-observing research satellite. It is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe many facets of our changing Earth.
 Suomi NPP is carrying five instruments on board. The biggest and most important instrument is The Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite or VIIRS. 
 To read more about NASA’s Suomi NPP go to: npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
 Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS
n450_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr. The butterfly book Garden City, N.Y.,Doubleday, Page,1922 [c1898] biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25883 - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
n450_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
The butterfly book
 Garden City, N.Y.,Doubleday, Page,1922 [c1898] 
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25883
n294_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr. Extinct birds London :Hutchinson,1907. biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119044 - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
n294_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Extinct birds
 London :Hutchinson,1907.
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119044
I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
littlepawz: Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness. ~Rollo May~ - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
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Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
 
~Rollo May~
I scored 8 out of 8 on Quiz on Bird Topography: Wings 3 « Sibley Guides http://www.sibleyguides.com/2012...
I scored 8 out of 8 on Quiz on Bird Topography: Wings 3 « Sibley Guides http://bit.ly/zBSQt0
Not surprising. - Spidra Webster
I do better on the wing feather tract quizzes than the bird beak quizzes. - Bird-botts
Bird Brain! :) - Son of Groucho
All Photos Are Manipulated | CreativePro.com - http://www.creativepro.com/article...
All Photos Are Manipulated | CreativePro.com
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"All images are Photoshopped. Or Lightroomed, or iPhoto'd, or dodged, burned, re-touched, cross-processed, developed with more or less agitation in the tank, at warmer or cooler temperatures, and so on and so forth. This has been true since the beginning of photography. Understanding the representational nature of photography will help you take better pictures because you'll better understand how to exploit the strengths and weaknesses of the medium. But perhaps more importantly, it's important to understand that all images are manipulated. Still photos are the dominant communication medium used for everything from entertainment to artistic expression, journalism to sales. Becoming a more informed, understanding viewer will make it easier to understand when and whether there's any "truth" in the images put before you." - Bird-botts from Bookmarklet
unusualyoung: Fernando Martins Ferreira - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
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Fernando Martins Ferreira
The Cost of Valentine’s Day (Infographic) | LiveScience - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
The Cost of Valentine’s Day (Infographic) | LiveScience
What single women prefer for Valentine's Day: quality chocolate, hot tubbing and Framboise Lambic. - Spidra Webster
Prefers chocolate, jewelry, and rum -------------------------> - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
I'm the 7% that wants tapas. - Michelle M
I've never gotten flowers or jewellery for Valentine's Day. Or gone out to dinner. I did once get an iPhone, so I can't really complain ;) - joey
I would be excited about chocolate and books. - Katy S
I want an iPhone for Valentine's Day. :-P - Bird-botts
n166_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr. The butterfly book Garden City, N.Y.,Doubleday, Page,1922 [c1898] biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25883 - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
n166_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
The butterfly book
 Garden City, N.Y.,Doubleday, Page,1922 [c1898] 
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25883
derekwood: Emmy Rossum shot for Zooey Magazine The Forge - 2011 © Derek Wood - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
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Emmy Rossum shot for Zooey Magazine
 
The Forge - 2011
 
© Derek Wood
8,000 instances of abuse alleged in Archdiocese bankruptcy hearing - http://www.jsonline.com/feature...
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