Archive for November, 2008

Snow Geese!

Sunday, November 30th, 2008


Notice the little white heads mixed in with the Canada Geese. Click on picture to enlarge.

Native Americans and Vegetarianism

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

History of Vegetarianism

Native Americans and Vegetarianism


This article first appeared in the Vegetarian Journal, September 1994, published by The Vegetarian Resource Group

By Rita Laws, Ph.D.

How well we know the stereotype of the rugged Plains Indian: killer of buffalo, dressed in quill-decorated buckskin, elaborately feathered eaddress, and leather moccasins, living in an animal skin teepee, master of the dog and horse, and stranger to vegetables. But this lifestyle, once limited almost exclusively to the Apaches, flourished no more than a couple hundred years. It is not representative of most Native Americans of today or yesterday. Indeed, the “buffalo-as-lifestyle” phenomenon is a direct result of European influence, as we shall see.

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Eagles do not pardon Leslie Owen Collier

Friday, November 28th, 2008


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Black Friday Eagle

Friday, November 28th, 2008

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Eagle Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

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I love cormorants!

Thursday, November 27th, 2008



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What the turkeys were doing for Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

These turkeys were thankful for a nice morning of foraging, but notice how they are not quite ready to come out of hiding. Click on picture to enlarge.

Name this hawk

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008


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Isn’t she lovely…

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008


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Don’t eat the turkeys. Love the turkeys.

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008


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