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Hovering Kestrel: Flower Farms
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Thursday, August 9, 2012. Perhaps it's just me, but humans plant, raise and buy flowers for their aesthetic appeal. Flowers are beautiful, artistic, even. We buy them to celebrate accomplishments, to communicate affection. Gifts of flowers are loaded with sentiment and meaning. It's more than just about the blossoms that will fade after a week or so, it's about expression, it's about bringing Nature's artwork indoors, into our lives. Not one of consumerism. September 5, 2013 at 3:18 PM. In saying that, I...
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Hovering Kestrel: Exploited Artists!
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Monday, April 29, 2013. Caddis fly larvae build cocoons with whatever debris may be lying around. So, artist (or slave driver? Hubert Duprat decided to leave gold and precious jewels just lying around. The result: what Duprat describes as spectacular bio-organic jewelry. And he's taking all the credit, might I add. I have to admit, this is kind of awesome and creepy all at the same time. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In saying that, I do not in the least mean to question the crucial and urgent ecol...
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Hovering Kestrel: July 2013
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Saturday, July 20, 2013. You're gonna need a better trap than that. Here's a neat article about gorillas that have learned to dismantle snares set by bushmeat hunters. Http:/ www.ecorazzi.com/2013/07/19/young-gorillas-seen-dismantling-snares-to-protect-their-own/. Links to this post. Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Disgust at the familiar. We eat ice cream made from the breast milk of cows and wear coats of the hair of weasels (mink) and don't bat and eye at it. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Hovering Kestrel: May 2012
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Friday, May 11, 2012. He's Armed and Dangerous. and Developing New Stockpiling Tactics! Some factions of the scientific community, however, were not entirely convinced, suspecting that there might be simpler explanations for seemingly humanlike behaviors exhibited by the chimpanzee (immediately, what comes to my mind is whether our own "humanlike behaviors" are not due to some similar "simpler explanation," but I digress.). Feinting disinterest to strike when they least expect it! This innovation, the te...
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Hovering Kestrel: August 2012
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Thursday, August 9, 2012. Perhaps it's just me, but humans plant, raise and buy flowers for their aesthetic appeal. Flowers are beautiful, artistic, even. We buy them to celebrate accomplishments, to communicate affection. Gifts of flowers are loaded with sentiment and meaning. It's more than just about the blossoms that will fade after a week or so, it's about expression, it's about bringing Nature's artwork indoors, into our lives. Not one of consumerism. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Hovering Kestrel: February 2012
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012. I once watched a little girl in the park with her father. She was about 3 years old, maybe 4, dressed in a white coat with a fuzzy collar and puff-ball drawstrings. At her feet were several sparrows, hopping on the asphalt and pecking at the ground to gather the breadcrumbs that her father had scattered on the ground. She calls these instances of "gasping," exclamations of wonder at the little things. Urban areas and inner cities are not lost causes. Only when we perceive ...
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Hovering Kestrel: July 2012
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Thursday, July 12, 2012. A new study featured in Discovery Magazine. Aimed to examine the effects of urban cacophony on house sparrows— you know, those ubiquitous songbirds that seem to hang out in every urban area. The Conclusion: urban noises can interfere with the calls between songbirds and their chicks. Makes sense. But what does it mean? It's probably pretty important, though, for us to keep track of the plight of these songbirds, lest -God forbid! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Hovering Kestrel: September 2011
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Friday, September 16, 2011. And speaking of birds. As demand for chicken meat remains far below the number of birds who are actually being raised and killed, rather than allowing the market to adjust to basic supply and demand principles, the federal government Monday announced it will buy $40 million of unwanted chicken products that will be distributed to our nation's school kids and others in federal food programs. In such trying economic times. one must wonder. Links to this post. Links to this post.
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Hovering Kestrel: August 2011
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Friday, August 26, 2011. From personal experience, I've found that people who are really into fashion are really intense about it. Scarily so at times. I've known some to place it above all else, as if they would "die for fashion! First, I don't think that this is normal, acceptable or healthy. Secondly, new research suggests that it's not healthy for everyone else either. NPE is banned from use in textile production in the EU but in China and other Asian countries such as Vietnam (where many global clot...
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Hovering Kestrel: Noise Pollution Evolution
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Thursday, July 12, 2012. A new study featured in Discovery Magazine. Aimed to examine the effects of urban cacophony on house sparrows— you know, those ubiquitous songbirds that seem to hang out in every urban area. The Conclusion: urban noises can interfere with the calls between songbirds and their chicks. Makes sense. But what does it mean? It's probably pretty important, though, for us to keep track of the plight of these songbirds, lest -God forbid! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In saying that...
