One of the most incongruous sounds in the wilderness (in our humble opinion) is the ratchety-raspy machine-like defense/distress call of an alarmed squirrel. We’re (obviously) having a hard time describing it, but will tell you with certainty that when you are hiking in the woods, you’ll darn well know when you’ve managed to perturb one [...]
Archive for March, 2009
And Now Let Us Ponder The Squirrel
Posted in Blogroll on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crows and Ravens: Pretty Smart Critters
Posted in Blogroll on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Whichever of the noisy, omnipresent black birds we have here in Portland (we believe it’s ravens, please correct us if we’re wrong), they are always a reminder that bit of wild nature still exist in the midst of our busy city lives.
While their call may not be the most mellifluous sound you ever heard, [...]
All 58?
Posted in Blogroll on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ken Burns’ latest film project got us thinking: would it be reasonable, (or even a remotely possible) goal to try and visit every last one of America’s national parks in one’s lifetime? Our searching of the interwebs has uncovered at least one man who did so–who, in fact, did even better by visiting all 388 [...]
