How Birds Eat (Part 2)
We’re back for more bird ecology! If you haven’t seen it yet, part 1 is located here.
How Birds Eat (Part 1)
The activity of birding comes with a lot of jargon, such as “GIS” (General Impression and Shape, pronounced “jizz”), “pishing” (making noises at birds to get them to react so you can get better photos–it’s not recommended), “vagrant” (a bird...
Book Review: The Dinosaur Heresies
I recently stumbled upon a copy of The Dinosaur Heresies, by Robert Bakker, published in 1986, for $6 in as-is condition at the local used book store. I’d heard of Bakker and his book before–he’s a preeminent paleontologist and one...
Paleo Inktober 2021
To be honest, I was quite uninspired by this year’s Inktober prompts–crystal, suit, vessel, knot, and other vague, hard-to-relate-to-dinosaurs words–and have been busier lately than the last couple of years, so I wasn’t planning to do Inktober this year. But...
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #10: Giant Flightless Birds
In the modern world, we currently have some pretty good flightless birds, such as the 150-kilogram ostrich (which only has two toes per foot–don’t let poorly researched cartoons convince you it has three), the fearsome casqued cassowary, the giant cormorant,...