From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Red-Tail Drifting on Thermals

September 29, 2009 Raptors

A Red-tailed Hawk rises with the thermals on the western slopes of Coyote Hills Regional Park. I snapped this image on the tail end of yesterday’s hike along the marshes and pelican ponds.

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Seeing the Sora

September 28, 2009 East Bay

You’ll hear Soras more often than you’ll see them. But once in a while you’ll be lucky enough to experience both — when the characteristic Sora call precedes a visual of the Sora wading through the shallows. Soras are in the rail family, not rare, even if they are elusive. They share a lineage with [...]

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Secret Digs of the Great Horned Owl

September 15, 2009 East Bay

Photos of a Great Horned Owl perched in Strawberry Canyon in Berkeley.

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Friday Cat Blogging: Tipping it Back

September 11, 2009 Birds

Cat With Unique Drinking Methodology – Watch more Funny Videos

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Stick People v. Mountain Lion

September 9, 2009 Stick People in Danger

H. (aka The Detective) posted his own photo of this sign online and received the following comment: “Please feed the Mountain Lion your child as sacrifice.” These panels do seem to promote some questionable strategies . . . even if the text advocates sensible human-lion interaction. Stick figures are, after all, internationally fluid symbols. In [...]

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Wingtip Vortices

September 7, 2009 Aviation

A different type of wing than the one normally featured here. I used the first ounce of energy I had, post-flu-bug, to haul my lens out to the waterfront on a mysteriously dense, dark and humid evening. I haven’t yet checked the weather history. I thought it might be residual from Hurricane Jimena, the category-4 [...]

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Website Updates

September 6, 2009 Birds

The Free Quark is undergoing some changes and updates, including enhancing the image galleries and increasing photo sizes in the posts. If you have trouble accessing pages or notice formatting irregularities, please do check back soon. Thanks very much for stopping by!

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Bringing Back Friday Cat Blogging: CATcerto

September 4, 2009 Birds
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