Nature is endlessly fascinating, especially when she creates some beautiful anomaly. Like an albino hummingbird. Or a bi-colored cardinal. Last week, it was a black flamingo. The unusual bird was spotted April 8 in a salt lake on the island of Cyprus during an annual flamingo count. It’s a melanistic flamingo, a normally pink bird with … Continue reading Rare black flamingo spotted on Cyprus
A beautifully photographed video of a red-tailed hawk chasing a squirrel. Unfortunately it appears to have been ripped directly from the National Geographic “Untamed Americas” series. A few opening scenes were changed, the NatGeo voiceover and logo were removed, and dramatic music was added. But it appears to me to be substantially the same video. The … Continue reading NatGeo’s hawk vs. squirrel video
By now you’ve probably seen something about Peregrine Church’s Seattle Rainworks on TV. I had, several times, and was intrigued. But I always missed the part where it’s explained how he creates his work. The secret, it seems, is a hydrophobic spray coating. He gives “street art” a whole new meaning, and I can only … Continue reading Rain works in Seattle
Where was this when I needed it!? Definitely worth a try if you can’t get that baby to sleep. Continue reading Sleep, baby, sleeeeeep ….
My kind of video. An imperial eagle named Darshan, wearing a tiny video camera, was released today from the top of the Burj Khalifa, tallest building in the world, to soar around the tower and then return to his handler, Jacques-Olivier Travers. Throughout the flight he watches his handler on the ground for cues, first to soar and … Continue reading Eagle records own flight from world’s tallest building
I’m a University of Oklahoma graduate, Class of ’65. I’ve always been proud of the school and felt I got a good education there. Today, however, I am deeply concerned that a small group of thoughtless, possibly drunk students have brought so much negative national attention to the school. It would be hard for anyone watching the … Continue reading OU alum upset by overreaction to SAE racism
