Thought
I’d share a couple shots of a Goldfinch visiting our thistle feeder here in
North Carolina.
I used
my high speed –multiple shot ( 8 frames per second) shutter mode and captured
some interesting shots.
Monday, April 29, 2013
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES
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.Fields project is just right to save the twite
THE GONZO BLOG DOO DAH MAN IS IMPRESSING SOMEONE HE HOPES
I spent most of yesterday asleep. I woke up
to do the blogs, and do a brief bit of computer fiddling about for my mate the
Tory town councillor (although, with my well known views on the subject it goes
against the grain to admit that I actually HAVE a mate who is a Tory town
councillor). After going back to sleep again I got up to interview the lovely
Liz Lenten about her forthcoming album (I have heard the demos and they are
stunning) and then drank brandy with Graham, and listened to the new album by
'Days between Stations', which features various 'Yes', 'King Crimson' and 'XTC'
alumni, and is really rather good. A big thank you to Billy James for sending it
to me. I then went back to sleep. A good day!
Our daily visit to the world of Thom the World
Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_29.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_29.html
Today's Gonzo Track of the Day is from Helen
McCookerybook
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/gonzo-track-of-day-helen-mccookerybook_29.html
And whilst on the subject of Helen, check out one of her next projects
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/what-helen-did-next.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/gonzo-track-of-day-helen-mccookerybook_29.html
And whilst on the subject of Helen, check out one of her next projects
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/what-helen-did-next.html
John Shuttleworth goes amphibious, and as I believe
that we are the only people in Britain to have succesfully bred Typhlonectes
natans I cannot help but applaud him
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-lissamphibious-john-shuttleworth.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-lissamphibious-john-shuttleworth.html
So DID Jimi Hendrix ever play with ELP?
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-never-believed-it-would-have-worked.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-never-believed-it-would-have-worked.html
Tribute to Richie Havens
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/tribute-to-richie-havens.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/tribute-to-richie-havens.html
Rick Wakeman in Gloucester
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/rick-wakeman-in-gloucester.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/rick-wakeman-in-gloucester.html
* The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as it is viable we shall be invading more traditional magaziney areas. Join in the fun, spread the word, and maybe if we all chant loud enough we CAN stop it raining. See you tomorrow...
* The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginatively - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html
* We should probably mention here, that some of our posts are links
to things we have found on the internet that we think are of interest. We are
not responsible for spelling or factual errors in other people's websites.
Honest guv!
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and a not very small orange kitten (who isn't) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cats?
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and a not very small orange kitten (who isn't) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cats?
DALE DRINNON: More Loch Ness plesiosaurs, Frontiers of Anthropology, Benny's Blogs
New at the Frontiers of Zoology:
New at the Frontiers of Anthropology:
New at Benny's Blog, the Ominous Octopus Omnibus:
Best Wishes, Dale D.
WALLY THE COMEDY RHINOCEROS: Yesterday's News Today
Oll is having computer problems, so for the next few days Yesterday's News Today will be done by Wally the Comedy Rhinoceros. He is a stand up comedian of some renown. Here is one of his rhino-related jokes.How many rhinos does it take to change a light bulb? Nine!
Ha Ha that was funny. Sidesplitting. Yes. Ha! Now for the news...
And now for a lovely tune to whistle while you work; an avant garde epic about skin disease: