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yamamanamaI was going to call it "the forest is crying" for various reasons involving even more snow and shattered trees and pesticides. Fuck, I've had my fill of winter. On the bright side, Hugo Chavez is dead, and to think, I would have tolerated him if it wasn't for his fuckery in the middle east. To think, I'd feel bad for him if he had funded and armed revolutionaries in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia instead of engaging in counterrevolutionary activities in Syria, Libya and Iran*. Fuck him. Sideways. With a Katyusha. Anyway, as a sendoff for our beloved puppet, make sure you listen to the Funeral March For A Marionette by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops.
*I'd say something about Algeria and Sudan, but I'm not sure who they're client states of.
There was a Great Snake Escape over the weekend.
We had some birds.
1. Sharp-shinned hawk. Status: released. Most noteworthy thing about him is that I somehow didn't even get one shot of him with my camera. Came close to endangerment in the 60s before DDT was banned, as they are apex predators, they feed on passerine birds, and so their eggshells get thinner and more fragile and break during incubation.
2. Cardinal. Status: Shattered. Completely and irreparably fucked. Bruises on birds are a different color. Had to be put down.
3. Screech Owl. Status: blind in one eye, which can be removed which can prevent further infection and pain. He may be released, he may be adopted as an educational animal like the cedar waxwing. There are animals like Falco or the waxwing, which may not be able to go back into the wild, but can live happy, healthy lives in captivity, and there are animals like the cardinal. I think I heard the release rate was one in three, and I'm not sure if that's 2013 or the entire history of the wildlife center.
A pity it was so overcast.
Bad eye.
Good eye. It's yellow, the pupil will dilate and contract, it functions.
4. Really really big swan. Status: Lead poisoning, which can be dealt with. Hydrophobic material in his feathers, which is being cleaned up. Very docile and uncygnine.
5. Goose. Status: likes to perch himself next to the window and jump down and honk at people when they pass by.
And there was another neutering. I think Nina (I think that because it sounds like something she'd say) said she wanted to preserve the testes of her dogs and occasionally show them to the dogs as a reminder.
I promised Christina I'd paint something.
here it is.
It has zero views on Deviantart despite being up for 19 hours.
I'm going to New York for the weekend. I can promise I'll take pictures, but I can't promise I'll show them to you right when I get back and I can't promise I'll show them to anyone at the Wildlife Center next Monday (they're the ones who wanted me to bring my camera). I might paint something, after all, I may not have anything better to do on Thursday then paint and read and wish for spring.
burning question: agree or disagree: Florida should be dusted with white phosphorus every day between the hibernal solstice and the vernal equinox.
*I'd say something about Algeria and Sudan, but I'm not sure who they're client states of.
There was a Great Snake Escape over the weekend.
We had some birds.
1. Sharp-shinned hawk. Status: released. Most noteworthy thing about him is that I somehow didn't even get one shot of him with my camera. Came close to endangerment in the 60s before DDT was banned, as they are apex predators, they feed on passerine birds, and so their eggshells get thinner and more fragile and break during incubation.
2. Cardinal. Status: Shattered. Completely and irreparably fucked. Bruises on birds are a different color. Had to be put down.
3. Screech Owl. Status: blind in one eye, which can be removed which can prevent further infection and pain. He may be released, he may be adopted as an educational animal like the cedar waxwing. There are animals like Falco or the waxwing, which may not be able to go back into the wild, but can live happy, healthy lives in captivity, and there are animals like the cardinal. I think I heard the release rate was one in three, and I'm not sure if that's 2013 or the entire history of the wildlife center.
A pity it was so overcast.
Bad eye.
Good eye. It's yellow, the pupil will dilate and contract, it functions.
4. Really really big swan. Status: Lead poisoning, which can be dealt with. Hydrophobic material in his feathers, which is being cleaned up. Very docile and uncygnine.
5. Goose. Status: likes to perch himself next to the window and jump down and honk at people when they pass by.
And there was another neutering. I think Nina (I think that because it sounds like something she'd say) said she wanted to preserve the testes of her dogs and occasionally show them to the dogs as a reminder.
I promised Christina I'd paint something.
here it is.
It has zero views on Deviantart despite being up for 19 hours.
I'm going to New York for the weekend. I can promise I'll take pictures, but I can't promise I'll show them to you right when I get back and I can't promise I'll show them to anyone at the Wildlife Center next Monday (they're the ones who wanted me to bring my camera). I might paint something, after all, I may not have anything better to do on Thursday then paint and read and wish for spring.
burning question: agree or disagree: Florida should be dusted with white phosphorus every day between the hibernal solstice and the vernal equinox.
