Yesterday I woke fairly early and the sun was shining so I wrote a blog about black birds by the side of the road. It was too early to get the tire fixed. Here is some very valuable information for anyone who gets a flat tire in Custer, SD on the Sunday before the holiday of…
Author: Mark
Born Bristol, UK
Educated: Cleeve House School Bristol, Bristol Grammar School and Downing College Cambridge
Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Winter activity of pipistrelle bats.
NERC post-doctoral Research Fellow, Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University
Former Conservation Director of the RSPB, 1989-2011
Black birds by the side of the road
I have spent a lot of time in the car and, as a result, see lots of roadside birds. Many of them are black. Starlings are still with me – I have seen starlings every day of my trip and that includes Starlings hopping round near bison. Larger than a Starling but similarly iridescent when seen really well,…
Rainy day and a nice Highway Patrolman
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Today I drove around the southern Black Hills of Dakota in the rain. I saw a few Bison, I saw some birds and I had a nice day. I also learned what I did, really, already know, that I really should check where the jack, wheelbrace, spare tire etc are just in case I get a flat after…
Wounded knee (2)
Yesterday I wrote about Wounded Knee and today I bought Roger L. di Silvestro’s ‘In the Shadow of Wounded Knee’ which I will read properly but share these points from his book. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is almost the size of Connecticut and is home to 40,000 people whose median annual income is…
Who is the more wounded?
I drove through the Badlands enjoying the scenery, the early morning coolness, the promise of another sunny day and the ubiquitous song of the Western Meadowlark. Meadowlarks, Eastern and Western, are declining grassland birds who suffer from the earlier cutting of hay and silage these days. They are the corncrakes of North America. But with their…