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.
Monday, February 25, 2013
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES (CFZ)
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.THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN PUTS HIS HEAD IN THE SAND
I am rather enjoying myself this morning.
Having found that even a modicum of exercise seems to have good effects on my
blood sugar, I went out for a brisk (or as brisk as I can manage) amble around
the village before I started work on the blogs. While I was out I watched the
rooks starting work on this year's nests, and came back to listen to the new
album by Richard Thompson, which is really something. What a nice way to start
the working week.
Today's Gonzo Track of the Day is from Helen
McCookerybook (doing a surprising cover version)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-gonzo-track-of-day-helen.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-gonzo-track-of-day-helen.html
Our daily visit to Thom the World Poet, who is
celebrating George Harrison's birthday
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_25.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_25.html
EXCLUSIVE: New music from Judy Dyble; a sneak
preview of her NEXT album. And golly, it is good
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/exclusive-judy-dyble-sisterhood-of.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/exclusive-judy-dyble-sisterhood-of.html
A compoetition to win a chance to meet
Hawkwind
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/your-chance-to-hang-out-with-hawkwind.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/your-chance-to-hang-out-with-hawkwind.html
A review of Cris Roversi's magnificent new
album
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/dutch-cris-roversi-review.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/dutch-cris-roversi-review.html
Ron Wood suggests that the Rolling Stones may be
headlining Glastonbury
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/link-ronnie-wood-stones-might-headline.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/link-ronnie-wood-stones-might-headline.html
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* 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) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish. 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 cat?
* 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) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish. 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 cat?
ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier
From Nick Redfern's World of Whatever:
- Expeditions of the Monstrous Kind — Three strange creatures that Nick would like to track down...
LINK: Loch Ness monster hunt continues 80 years on
Loch Ness researcher Adrian Shine. Picture: Jane Barlow
The legend of the loch may be 80 years old, but this unseen octogenarian still has a monster following, as Peter Ross discovers
‘DO NOT dally! Do not dally!” Adrian Shine – naturalist, force of nature and erstwhile monster hunter – is leading the way through the Loch Ness Exhibition Centre, which he designed, and which is home to some of the “toys” he has used in 40 years of exploring this and other lochs, including a tiny home-made submarine. He is a tall man with a hawkish profile and great white beard, striding the darkened corridors in a three-piece tweed suit and tartan tie, his mellifluous voice sounding in the murk. It is like being led around the chocolate factory by Willy Wonka, or by the Doctor showing off his Tardis.
TODAY'S BIG CAT NEWS
The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. In September 2012 Emma Osborne decided that the Mystery Cat Study Group really deserved a blog of its own within the CFZ Blog Network.photographed in East Peoria - Lo...
DALE DRINNON: Bigfoot, Loch Ness monster, Benny's Blogs
New at the Frontiers of Zoology:
New on Benny's Blog for Thelma Todd:
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.Who's there?
Rhino.
Rhino who?
Rhino you are in, now open up!
Ha Ha that was funny. Ha. Now for the news...
And here is film of a slow loris eating a rice ball...