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British Birds: Some Decline While Others Increase....1 comment

steadyjohn wrote 1 week ago: Nightingale In an earlier posting we noted that one species (Great Tits) of British birds was copin … more »

Tags: Birds, Birds and birding, climate change, Pets & Wildlife, songbird protection, british birds, songbird decline, songbird increase

River Paddle Floating Meadows: July 12 9 AM2 comments

steadyjohn wrote 2 weeks ago: Mattabesset and Coginchaug River Paddle July 12, 9 a.m. Last year’s event was great fun! … more »

Tags: )ur Rivers, Birds and birding, boating, canoeing, Community Events, Jonah Center, kayacking, Middletown [CT], Pets & Wildlife

Help Save Neotropical Birds: HR 57563 comments

steadyjohn wrote 4 weeks ago: Please urge your U.S. Representative to co-sponsor the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act … more »

Tags: Birds, Birds and birding, songbird protection, hr 5756, migratory songbird protection act, neotropical songbirds, US Congress

Dugout Paddlers Off For Florida....

steadyjohn wrote 1 month ago: Middletown Press reports today: MIDDLETOWN — With a grey-clouded sky over the river five brave … more »

Tags: )ur Rivers, boating, canoeing, Community Events, kayacking, Middletown [CT], Wesleyan, connecticut river paddlers, dugout canoes

Bird Mites and Human Infestation....1 comment

steadyjohn wrote 1 month ago: News articles today (here and video here) about a Long Island woman, infested with bird mites, who … more »

Tags: Birds and birding, Pets & Wildlife, Birds, health, bird mites, Bird, bird feeding, household pests, human mite infestation

Carbon Offset Scam: $$ to Assuage the Guilt1 comment

steadyjohn wrote 2 months ago: Wesleyan Recommends Buying Good Feelings…. Wesleyan is making a green pitch to help well heele … more »

Tags: Wesleyan, Middletown [CT], climate change, global warming hoax, Humor, wesleyan universitycarbon offsets, carbon offset scam

Connecticut's Largest Tree....1 comment

steadyjohn wrote 2 months ago: Although the world’s largest living organism is a fungus in Oregon it, sadly for observers is … more »

Tags: Photography, )ur Rivers, Trees, Gifford Pinchot, pinchot sycamore, Simsbury [CT], ct largest tree, Farmington River

Great Tits Cope Well with Warming....1 comment

steadyjohn wrote 2 months ago: The blog title above is the actual headline from a BBC News article. The discussion is about how so … more »

Tags: Birds and birding, climate change, global warming hoax, Pets & Wildlife, bird studies, birding, british birds, climate change on birds, Global Warming

Feet to the Fire Festival: More Info....

steadyjohn wrote 2 months ago: The Wesleyan community will explore its environmental impact through an eco-arts festival called … more »

Tags: )ur Rivers, climate change, Community Events, Entertainment, Food, global warming hoax, Jonah Center, Middletown [CT], Wesleyan

Feet to Fire Festival: Sat. May 10....

steadyjohn wrote 2 months ago: Feet to the Fire Festival An Eco-Arts Festival with Global Implications | Bring the Whole Fam … more »

Tags: Wesleyan, Community Events, Jonah Center, Middletown [CT], climate change, the jonah center, feet to the fire 2008

Just When You Thought....Yep, More Sharks!

steadyjohn wrote 2 months ago: Chalk another one up for Global Warming: An increase in world-wide shark attacks on human beans. At … more »

Tags: climate change, global warming hoax, Humor, Hunting and Fishing, Pets & Wildlife, Global Warming, sharks attacks, rising sea temperatures, Overfishing

Bird Song Studies and Human Speech Disorders....1 comment

steadyjohn wrote 3 months ago: Researchers at Wesleyan University (Middletown CT) and elsewhere are studying birdsong in an effor … more »

Tags: Wesleyan, Middletown [CT], Birds and birding, Pets & Wildlife, Biology, birdsong research, botox, human speech disorders, Wesleyan University

Feet to the Fire Festival 2008: Help Wanted....

steadyjohn wrote 3 months ago: A Call for Volunteers FEET TO THE FIRE FESTIVAL 2008 Saturday, May 10, 2008, 12–5pm Free admissio … more »

Tags: Wesleyan, Community Events, )ur Rivers, Jonah Center, Entertainment, Middletown [CT], climate change, the jonah center for earth and art, feet to the fire 2008

Meeting 3/25:Community-Senior Center Vets Park

steadyjohn wrote 4 months ago: Reminder: Meeting on the proposed Community/Senior Center in Veterans Memorial Park. Tues Mar 25 at … more »

Tags: Middletown Politics, Community Events, )ur Rivers, Jonah Center, Middletown [CT], coginchaug river, the jonah center, middletown proposed community-senior center

Climate Facts to Warm To....3 comments

steadyjohn wrote 4 months ago: Read our new posting today on the page Global Warming Hoax (see sidebar) Excerpt here: “There … more »

Tags: climate change, global warming hoax, Global Warming, planet cooling, NASA aqua, ipcc

Falconry in Connecticut....3 comments

steadyjohn wrote 4 months ago: DENNIS SANTANGELO, a sophomore in Middletown’s Vocational Agriculture Center, examines the bo … more »

Tags: Middletown [CT], Birds and birding, Hunting and Fishing, hunting with falcons, Falconry, ct falconry law, ct falconers, history falconry, falconry in connecticut

Reminder: Coginchaug River Cleanup Tomorrow...

steadyjohn wrote 4 months ago: The Jonah Center’s John Hall reports that river levels have subsided enough that the cleanup s … more »

Tags: Community Events, )ur Rivers, Middletown [CT], coginchaug river, the jonah center, coginchaug river cleanup, ct rivers

The Coginchaug River: Today and Tomorrow....1 comment

steadyjohn wrote 4 months ago: Today: Above video is record of my weekly walk along and around the Coginchaug in my neighborhood. … more »

Tags: )ur Rivers, Jonah Center, Middletown [CT], coginchaug river, rivers cleanup

Muslim Burial Practices vs Local Laws....1 comment

steadyjohn wrote 5 months ago: We reported earlier (10/29/07) on ways in which American funeral and burial practices are changing … more »

Tags: Funerals and Burials, Muslim Culture, american burial practices, burial, Caskets, disinterment, embalming, funerals, Green Burial


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