And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
The osprey is back, and it has another fish it's tearing apart on the bull pine behind the house. Must be an easy life.
There was a derelict sloop near my slip that had an osprey nest that was untouched by human hands for about 3 years. The boat finally got recycled. Cool birds on the Chesapeake, up the muddy West River.
I was out in the Boundary Waters on a houseboat. Walked out onto the deck about 7am and a Bald Eagle flew and perched in a tree 30 feet away. Huge bird, majestic, until a Golden Eagle 1/3 size larger chased it away like a common starling.
Catch and release is way over rated. Fishing kills fish.
ReplyDeleteIt's an easy life but only if you know how to hunt. The Osprey is a superb hunter.
ReplyDeleteThere was a derelict sloop near my slip that had an osprey nest that was untouched by human hands for about 3 years. The boat finally got recycled. Cool birds on the Chesapeake, up the muddy West River.
ReplyDeleteA place and a purpose for all creatures.
ReplyDeleteI have an osprey nest in the Norfolk pine in the front yard. It’s fun to watch mom and dad bring fish for the young’ us.
ReplyDeleteI was out in the Boundary Waters on a houseboat. Walked out onto the deck about 7am and a Bald Eagle flew and perched in a tree 30 feet away. Huge bird, majestic, until a Golden Eagle 1/3 size larger chased it away like a common starling.
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