***A Biologist Explores the Minds of Birds That Learn to Sing.
A conversation with Dr. Erich D. Jarvis, 37, recognized for his ground-breaking research on the brain systems of birds capable of vocal learning. By Claudia Dreifus. [New York Times: Science]
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***Tracks tell a tale of four-leggeds’ winter foraging
“Finding these tracks was like discovering the first clues in a wildlife mystery: What made them? Where would they lead? What story would they tell of a day in the winter wilderness?” - Tom Stienstra [SFGate]
***Another California “Winter” Hike
today at Almaden Quicksilver. 70 degrees and sunny on the [...]
***Ultralight or Ultranormal
2001 Backpacker magazine article comparing “old-school” and ultralight backpacking.
I wish that Backpacker would do something more creative with its website than recycle print articles from the past three years.
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***Climbers getting high on indoor facilities
“Forty years ago, a California climber was a booted, scruffy drifter regularly wearing out a welcome with Sierra rangers, a scrounger of meals from dumpsters and park cafeterias, a youth who divided time between bloodying his knuckles on virgin rock walls and sleeping off hangovers in a weather- beaten tent.”
“Now, [...]
Trailside berries at Almaden Quicksilver Park on New Years Day 2003
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Trail above Guadalupe Reservoir at Almaden Quicksilver County Part on New Years Day 2003
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Trees at Almaden Quicksilver County Park on New Years Day 2003
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***Happy New Year!
I’m off for a New Years Day hike at Almaden Quicksilver County Park.
And now I’m back… Lot’s of other people had the same idea on this beautiful New Years Day. There were many hikers and cyclists on the trail… and water everywhere.
***Global Warming Found to Displace Species.
Global warming is forcing species around the [...]
2003.01.07
***Environment and Science: Danes Rebuke a ‘Skeptic’.
A branch of the Danish Research Agency has concluded that the author of an upbeat analysis of environmental trends displayed “scientific dishonesty.” By Andrew C. Revkin. [New York Times: Science]
***Einstein Was Right on Gravity’s Velocity.
In a test critical to theories of cosmology, scientists have for the first time measured [...]