Links 2008-11-22

Daniel Hagan — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:12:07 +0000

A Bald Eagle That Likes to Swim
12 Myths About Internet Protocol (IP) – This one is a bit technical, but good primer on things that aren’t really true about the internet from a technical perspective.
Cool photo of an owl flying after catching a mouse.

Eagle Eyes

Daniel Hagan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:34 +0000

Cindy has an enviable track record of spotting birds that I miss. (She says it’s because she has to look up at the sky to look at me.) Today we pulled up to a red light and she spotted a hawk perched on a telephone pole eating it’s latest quarry. So we pulled into a nearby McDonald’s for some sweet tea and watched the hawk.
It turned out to be a red tail hawk, although we never established exactly what it was eating. But it was amazing to watch other birds pester the hawk while he tried to eat his meal. At first there was a crow, which at least comes across as a fair match-up in size. But then two grackles started mercilessly hounding the hawk – swooping back and forth around him, and even pecking or grabbing his back during fly-bys! They managed to drive the hawk off, meal in talon, in about 10 minutes.
It was really entertaining to see all this drama unfold, but it was all the more amazing because no one else seemed to notice. This was taking place on one of the main streets in Quincy (outside Boston) and despite the rush hour traffic and heavy pedestrian traffic from the train station, I didn’t see a single other person stop and look up. I always feel lucky when Cindy and I get to enjoy a spectacle like this that for all intents and purposes must be invisible to everyone around us.

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Links 2008-11-22

Eagle Eyes