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By public demand, and after a delay of an embarrassing number of years, I've finally put my notorious essay, Ender and Hitler: Sympathy for the Superman, free on the fabulous internets.
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A bibliography of my published books and stories.
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A Sadean take on Asimov's classic Three Laws of Robotics can be found in Roger Williams' NOW REVIEWED ON SLASHDOT!!!
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My Bird Lists -- My Louisiana State Life List, My Yard List and, tah dah, My World Life List.
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HEY! What happened to the Peachfront Conure Files? The world's only OFFICIAL Peachfront Conure site now features free peachfront conure coverage, including
a magazine length Intro to Conures previously published in American Cage-Bird Magazine, now free on the web. I offer the best free Peachfront Conure information on the internet. If you have great Peachfront Conure info, stories, or photos to share, contact me so I can publicize your pet, your breeding success, your great photograph, etc. on my site. Thanks.
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when it comes to finding a cute as a button crowned solitary eagle, our team is the best!
2013-01-17 - 3:41 p.m.
adult males would
have a white throat, so here we have
an adult female white tailed
hawk
Jan. 12, 2013
An awful night in the beautiful
new cabin of the ecolodge. We had
arrived so late after such a long
day, with a need to arise so early,
that I was running on very limited
sleep and I was in a fog as I tried
to figure out what was happening. It
sounded like something slamming or
banging approximately once every two
or three minutes between the hours of
1:15 and 6:15 AM. At the time, I was
a bit concerned that it was somehow
the wood creaking in the cabin, which
would be a very difficult problem for
them to fix. However, on arising, I
was quickly distracted by the beauty
of the grounds, where I reacquainted
myself with old friends like the
beautiful Green-Barred
Woodpecker which was foraging,
Northern Flicker-like, in pairs on
the ground. New friends, like the
Chaco Chacalaca, were also
happy to introduce themselves.
Today was the first day of two or
three days set aside to seek out the
Crowned Solitary Eagle. We
located a fine three year old
plumaged specimen just in time to set
out our picnic lunch. This
cooperative bird was perched for
quite awhile, allowing us to enjoy
the highly entertaining crest, with
its rather wispy and elongated front
feathers, with shorter cresty action
in back. After lunch, the bird flew,
allowing D. to grab some exciting
flight photographs. I was so excited
that I didn't think of trying to
digiscope the eagle during the long
period when it was perched, so I hope
I will be able to persuade him to
edit and share one of these fine
photos in my lifetime. Stay tuned.
Needless to say, this rare and
endangered eagle was by far the
highlight of the day, but we spent a
lot of time in the wetland areas, and
we had many other interesting
species. Some other high points:
- Have I mentioned our luck
in spotting dark morph White-
Tailed Hawks yet? I think we set
a record!
- "wintering"
Swainson's Hawks were easily found,
including a large flock that was
following a tractor
- a
friendly field that held multiple
White-tailed Hawks kiting and
hunting
- a field of pink
holding Roseate Spoonbills and
our first Chilean
Flamingoes
Some (other) new trip birds, with
the caveat that (as always) I will
try to err on the side of including a
bird twice rather than forgetting to
ever mention it at all:
- Rufous Cachalote
- Baywing Cowbirds
- American Striped Cuckoo
- Green Barred Woodpecker
- Grey Fronted Dove
- Chaco Chacalaca
- Burrowing Owl--gotta love
a Burrowing Owl who sings to warn of
a long lens photographer, causing two
more cute little Owls to pop
up
- Swainson's Hawk
- Snowy Egret
- Bare Faced Ibis
- Crowned Solitary Eagle
- Picui Dove
- White-Browed Blackbird
- Greater Rhea
- White-Faced Ibis
- White-cheeked Pintails
- Brazilian Teal
- Black Crowned Monjita
- South American Stilt
- Chilean
Flamingo
The food and wine at the ecolodge
were spectacular. Perhaps I thought
so because their citrus pork recipe
was a lot like mine at its best. Oh,
and when we returned from the field,
they had upgraded me to what was
either the honeymoon suite or the
owner's personal suite. Wowsers. I
felt a little guilty about
complaining, but the noise problem
was simply beyond my ability to deal.
My laundry was also crisp and clean.
Nice.
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