Correct me if I am wrong but barefoot running means no foot support but protection with a shoe like a vibram five fingers is still considered 'barefoot'
Dr Wu your post has the type of info I am fishing for.
This is the time of year for broadwings...they are the first to come through. There main diet is snakes. so when the weather gets cold they take off. They move through in flocks called kettles. Ona good day after a cold front passes a hawk watch can count hundreds.
Hi Tom Thanks for the Greenie. It was great seeing you both this weekend. Laurie asked me to send you sone links to books on birdsong.
http://www.amazon.com/Singing-Life-Birds-Listening-Birdsong/dp/0618840761/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284390265&sr=8-2...
Thanks for all of the interest. I will post a list of the rotes next week so that you can stake your claim.
Vegematic are you interested in doing your usual Zealand Road?
So what happens to all of the notebooks in all of these cnaisters on all of these peaks? Is there an archive somewhere? are they scanned onto microfiche? If someone replaces an old notebook with a new one can that person keep the old notebook?
BTW everyone loves Brian avatar...I often wonder...
My GPS can go from one system to another. It reminds me of General Chmestry, there were exercises to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius but the reality is you live in one world or the other.
I volunteer for a bird census. My oint locations are in the degree decimal format but then they ask for the UTM map number...I guess one can have the best of both worlds, you can give KM/L or you can give rods/hogshead.
Hard boiled ggs with the yolks removed...add tobasco or chalula sauce and you have a breakfast for a king...except my queen complains about the farty smelling kitchen. good health has some drawbacks.
Save the date:Sixth Annual Crawford Notch Christmas Bird Count.
Dec 18 2010.
We enter into our sixth year; however, it is a 111 year old tradition with the National Audubon Society. The activity involves a one day census of every bird counted within a 7.5mi radius centered on the AMC Highland...