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Ogopogo talk
Ogopogo is one of my favourite animals — each sighting is a thrill. This posting is a shameless promotion of my forthcoming presentation about Ogopogo. Seen around BC, this relative of Nessie is always described as a large serpentine … Continue reading
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Bird collisions
Do birds collide in flight? Yes. Unfortunately, this question is often begged (question’s answer assumed rather than sought), so it is often phrased as: Why don’t birds collide when flying close together? A responder then must struggle with the daunting task of explaining the … Continue reading
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Human predators
We are all depressingly aware of recent vicious attacks made by individuals who believe they know the ultimate truth and that anyone who might think differently should be either cloistered or killed. My recent experiences fall well short of this level of megalomania. Yet, they are … Continue reading
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Forster’s Tern
A scan of topics treated here reveals an interest in the overlooked ordinary. Today’s posting about Forster’s Tern does not fit this pattern. Not only is this bird found at only one location around Kootenay Lake, but it is … Continue reading
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Signs, take two
Two days ago, when I posted pictures of two municipal signs, I mentioned a dictionary and so hinted that my concern was linguistic. Many people found the designs of the signs to be the thing of primary interest. … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Cities
It was the best of signs, it was the worst of signs. Which city manager should buy its promotional folk a dictionary and ask them to cease misleading advertising?
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Psychedelic BOB
BOB is Nelson’s Big Orange Bridge. Alas, its truss design is more functional than lovely. Even when built in 1957, I remember thinking that a more beautiful bridge would better suit its setting. Curiously, the bridge’s ugliness did not prevent it from becoming … Continue reading
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Fifty years ago
Observe, photograph, interpret, publish. For fifty years I have been remarkably consistent with a procedure that I described for a forthcoming article in Wildlife Afield: Photography is my muse as I explore the natural world. While the roots of this behaviour … Continue reading
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Ogopogo insights
It is interesting that two observations made this year, a swimming snake and a swimming muskrat, have prompted unexpected insights into our favourite lake monster, the ogopogo. I will show that if an ogopogo existed it would not look as … Continue reading
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Mysterious bird
A blur flew past me over the calm waters at the mouth of Kokanee Creek. At first, it could have been almost any smallish bird: sandpiper, kingfisher, kingbird, any of a half-dozen local swallows. For five minutes it banked … Continue reading →