Lawrence “Larry” King, 15, an aspiring lepidopterist, was shot to death last week at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, California. According to reports, the reason he was killed was that he was homosexual. I did not know Mr. King but as he was a fellow amateur naturalist, I feel his loss as a member […]
Musings and Observations
Katy Payne Interviewed on “Speaking of Faith”
One of the sublime joys in life is when two things you really enjoy come together in one place and time. Such is Speaking of Faith this week. In “Whale Songs and Elephant Loves,” Krista Tippett interviews Katy Payne, Research Associate in the Bioacoustics Research Program of Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology and founder of […]
In Memory of Roy Scheider – “Tail”
Even though it was a nice, sunny day at the suet feeder, there was an uneasiness in the air. The juncos could sense it. Something was just not right. It was as if a malevolent presence was lying just out of sight – waiting. But try as they might, they just couldn’t find the source […]
Evening Grosbeaks Spice Up Winter’s Grey Days
Here in the great northwest, winter has been fully underway for months. Grey rainy day has followed grey rainy day. The deciduous trees have long ago relinquished their leaves and even the evergreens are beginning to show an ashen-hue to their increasingly misnamed foliage. As if coordinated to match the season, the juncos, the kinglets, […]