"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?"
Federico Calboli
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Guess...
What is happening in this photo? And what species, and where?
Moro has it-- a Black hawk and a Red- shoulder, mated, with eggs--in the California wine country! The Black is very much out of range.
And insanely, apparently, the State of CA is considering killing them for the bio- crime of miscegenation. One of the Scandinavian countries did this years ago with a hybrid falcon that nested with a Peregrine, and I made fun of them; I didn't think we would EVER go so far. I hadn't reckoned with California craziness...
Why not, if they must interfere, trap them and see what they will produce?
wtf? are we nuts, or what. I want to say, "Surely you jest", but I guess you don't. Nothing surprises me anymore, just amazes me or sorely disappoints.
Last i heard from the falconer who found this odd couple chicks had hatched. I know no more than that but will see if I can snag some pics of the chicks.
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Red shouldered hawk chasing off a ? zone tailed?
An interspecies couple?
Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus. Southwestern US.
One is a dark morph of the same species?
Moro has it-- a Black hawk and a Red- shoulder, mated, with eggs--in the California wine country! The Black is very much out of range.
And insanely, apparently, the State of CA is considering killing them for the bio- crime of miscegenation. One of the Scandinavian countries did this years ago with a hybrid falcon that nested with a Peregrine, and I made fun of them; I didn't think we would EVER go so far. I hadn't reckoned with California craziness...
Why not, if they must interfere, trap them and see what they will produce?
But...but...the Black Hawk isn't even...Okay, that's f----d on a number of levels. Is there a petition or something I can sign?
I am waiting to hear...
wtf? are we nuts, or what. I want to say, "Surely you jest", but I guess you don't. Nothing surprises me anymore, just amazes me or sorely disappoints.
Wonder when public stoning of adulterous birds will be instituted to deal with trans- species flirting...
Are those birds the same sex?
Human anal control of Nature(of EVERYTHING, actually) is caused by too many pesticides/herbicides in the environment.....L.B.
Last i heard from the falconer who found this odd couple chicks had hatched. I know no more than that but will see if I can snag some pics of the chicks.
That is exciting. I guess sanity has prevailed so far. Let us know if you hear anything-- or find any more pics!
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