Through 1915, the California Clapper Rail was a menu delicacy. The bird was hunted to near extinction (a sad but common fate for Bay Area and U.S. species).
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Nature and wild things are the objects of my affection -- but I skew urban, industrial and abstract, too. This blog is part contemplation, mostly photos, some documentation -- in an unbound element of experience that is a Free Quark.
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