In Addition to the Human Toll...

...The Florida tornados also had
this devastating effect on a well known wildlife project. There's just a glimmer of good news in this report.

Those who know us know cranes are a large part of our wildlife and nature images.

HT to Frank V. in New Mexico.

Image courtesy Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership

I Like a Nice '07 Zapp's Cajun Crawtater...

Potato-Chip Connoisseur Detects Notes Of Sour Cream, Onion

ST. CHARLES, MO—"A fine chip can be worth years of waiting," said Nathan Sterkin, whose refined palate allows him to appreciate flavors like "flamin' hot" and salt.

Yankees Can Be Morons, Too.

Several times in these pages I've cast aspersions on Texans, (among other Southern denizens).
Recent events in the Northeast prove that there's enough stupidity to go around.

Pretty bizarre.

They Must Have Been Chows...

Apparently, size does matter.

Over There.

Put on your wooden shoes, pop your favorite tobacco in your clay pipe, put down the Zondervan bible, (you know how it ends), and click here , and here to see lure coursing like they do it in Holland. No windmills were damaged in the making of this video. If you read Dutch, (the language, not the author of Gazehounds & Coursing who I've written about often), the source website is: http://www.coursing.nl:80/alg_info.htm

HT to Richard Hawkins.

Hunting With Dutch: The Album.

Just click on the image.

From Hunting with ...

All images Copyright Shot On Site Photography, 2007.

The Picture You Get...

...is not always the picture you thought you were taking! Here's an excellent case in point. When we were out with Fanny and Rally earlier last week, I spotted a hawk coasting just above the ground at a little bit of distance; the typical behavior of the Harrier. So I snapped a series of images to see if that's what it was.

It was. But what I couldn't see through the viewfinder were the smaller birds... fleeing for their lives! When I got home and cropped in to the subject I realized this hawk was hunting.

You can't always plan the great shot. Luck has a lot to do with it.