
An interesting look at the Melba Ketchum Bigfoot Genome report
http://bigfootforums.blogspot.com/2013/03/based-on-true-lab-report.html
Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.
The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.
Unlike some of our competitors we are not going to try and blackmail you into donating by saying that we won't continue if you don't. That would just be vulgar, but our lives, and those of the animals which we look after, would be a damn sight easier if we receive more donations to our fighting fund. Donate via Paypal today...

In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out of place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in. So after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo Corinna has taken the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.
In
my last post I was really pleased to report that my balcony birdcam had finally captured some images of a visiting bird
(a solitary great tit) following a 'drought' of photos during the previous eight months. Well, it seems that birds visiting my balcony are a little like buses: you wait around for one for ages and then two turn up at once. These two great tits have been daily visitors to my balcony bird feeder
table since the beginning of March, often visiting twice a day, to feed on the
peanuts, fat ball and mealworms I'd put out for them.
Hopefully,
this pair might well take up residence in the bird
box I've attached to the outside my balcony.
It
just goes to show that If you've got a tiny balcony its still entirely possible
to attract birds to it as long as you put out the right food for them and
remember to regularly replenish it and of course dispose of any remaining
food once it starts to go off.
For
great advice and tips on attracting birds to your outdoor space, have a look at
this RSPB page
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New at the Frontiers of Zoology:
It is still cold outside but apart from
that we are having lovely spring weather. The snowdrops outside my office window
are out surprisingly late. They are usually gone by now and there are
surprisingly few daffodils to replace them. Next year I am going to start
recording the dates to see if I can find out why. I have just discovered that my
old boss Steve Harley put out an album in 2010 that I never heard. There are a
few flashes of the old brilliance on there so I shall probably be plugging it
unmercifully. I hope that the 2013 CFZ Yearbook will be out this week, which is
good news. I shall also be announcing some other jolly things very
soon....