The Observation Deck

Charley of AGS Printwear sent this photo to me of not just a murder at Sinagra Park, but the perp then ate the body!



This hawk or falcon, maybe Bill Davis can help, nailed the pigeon over the park and then proceeded to eat it!

Of course this shows just how healthy the city is for wildlife.


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Of course this shows just how healthy the city is for wildlife.

Unless, of course, you happen to be a pigeon.....

Gotta love those Falcons.....they appear, and as if by magic, the flying rats that nest in your eaves, disappear!

Jeff

One down, four billion to go.

Yep, that's a hawk, a Cooper's Hawk. I saw our local one yesterday. Great shot Charlie!

Bill

I believe the hawk lives at Sinagra Park!

We spent the day watching it frolic in puddles and flying from branch to branch.



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It wasn't too long ago Shrimp and Lobster were food for the poor.....

So long as the hawk just sticks to pigeons and doesn't start preying on skaters.

ryan costa wrote:It wasn't too long ago Shrimp and Lobster were food for the poor.....

All right, I can't stand it. I know you have some interesting reference point for this comment - spill.

dl meckes wrote:

ryan costa wrote:It wasn't too long ago Shrimp and Lobster were food for the poor.....

All right, I can't stand it. I know you have some interesting reference point for this comment - spill.

The first batch of Pilgrims supposedly endured much starvation the first year for their refusal to eat Lobster and fish. Back then there were 3 foot lobsters loafing around the shore at low tide.

Using every kernel of corn in our country for biodiesel/ethanol would replace between 12 to 18 percent of the gasoline we presently use. That means an end to much animal feed. That means an end to the present commercial raising of chicken, beef, and pork. That means no more McBurgers and Chinese Buffets. Maybe even no more Applebee's and Benigan's and TGI Fridays...

I wish I could have ended this with a punchline. Oh...something about eating pigeons.

ryan costa wrote:The first batch of Pilgrims supposedly endured much starvation the first year for their refusal to eat Lobster and fish. Back then there were 3 foot lobsters loafing around the shore at low tide.

Got it.

Using every kernel of corn in our country for biodiesel/ethanol would replace between 12 to 18 percent of the gasoline we presently use. That means an end to much animal feed. That means an end to the present commercial raising of chicken, beef, and pork. That means no more McBurgers and Chinese Buffets. Maybe even no more Applebee's and Benigan's and TGI Fridays...

I wish I could have ended this with a punchline. Oh...something about eating pigeons.

Corn based fuels make absolutely no sense at all except as an amusing diversion from reality. Corn needs too much fertilizer, among other things.

And squab (pidgeon) has been valued by gourmets forever!

I'd best get me an air rifle for fresh squab.

David Tilman's research has shown that high-diversity native perennial grasslands yield 238 percent more biomass for energy than monoculture of soy or corn. This also requires much less soil, water, chemical, and labor inputs. It can also be used to generate wildlife for hunting or even blackberry brambles.

Other mixtures of perrenials and small trees could probably be tweaked to optimize the output of biomass and foodstuffs and inputs of labor and chemicals in other climates.

Adapting this into Butanol production can yield much better results than Ethanol production. Butanol fits into infrastructure built for gasoline use more readily than Ethanol: There will be less infrastructure to replace. Infrastructure is expensive: 40 percent of the energy an automobile will use is spent manufacturing the automobile. Butanol can be distributed through existing Gasoline pipes, tanks, and pumps. Teenagers can drink ethanol, but drinking butanol is much more difficult.