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I think the eagle was bullying them from a carcass. Usually they stick to the James River area about 7 miles away. With deer season coming they will be scavenging gut piles and the wounded that evaded the hunters

No wind...about 65f...looks like Indian summer to me. Most corn is coming down...in fact I had to ride through a mist of it. on another road it looks like harvest is weeks away I stopped off for a mini Apple Cinnamon loaf. The real treat came when I spotted a cloud of vultures circling...

I rode a bit further today venturing the fast Oilville Rd to get a look at Bobby Lloyd's farm prep for their corn maze pumpkin extravaganza . I didn't stop for a picture because of the dump truck behind. The weather today felt like early fall as the paw paws squished the back roads suggested...

They are a real problem in the US,,,southern states in particular. They have long been a problem (since Spanish explorers 500 years ago spreading diseases that wiped out the Mound builders in the Mississippi valley decades before Europeans. https://dwr.virginia.gov/wildlife/feral-hogs/

I did 12miles in light rain this morning...

The bear in the US is not Russian.

Poles did indeed fight courageously but I think Poland’s most significant contribution to the war effort was the cryptologists who fled with their work. Enigma broke from their spark

In the US you would be cited only if you stopped to reload

The Mineral Virginia 5.9 quake ten years ago or so was felt in 3 countries. I live about ten or so miles from the epicenter (crow fly) and lost some dishes. Millions of $ in damage in DC 100 miles to the north. Geology in East US is not the fractured pieces of the west coast and the power...

that ‘other‘ is one of 3 from certified ‘Dominion seeds’ Virginia certified. we’ll soon see… Broad-winged hawk I believe Though there is a red-breasted hawk in a big oak near where the Mexican has/had his chickens. Both kinds of hawks with stubby wings are built for pursuit into a forest. I...

On my ride yesterday I stopped at Serenity Knoll farm. Beautiful soy beans...DJT's tariffs make them a losing proposition this year. IDK about the price of cactus. After the ride I sat in the back of my barn icing my knee. I sensed something out of place and snapped this photo. Find the hawk...

Note on the VA Tech ratings…the difference between 4 and 5 stars is slight and both levels recommended. I’ve heard it’s recommended to replace helmets periodically (3yrs?). Maybe its time…that Smith looks good…thanks

With weather beautiful...little wind...temp low seventies I decided to brave the church traffic on the backroads. Most of the ride was uneventful though the busier road, Pony Farm, had people stacking up so I turned off on a farm road I avoided for years since an accident. I going in the...

I know a wind in purpose strong, it spins against the way it drives." Melville

“quaintery“ …nice word

As Alaskan, I believe, remarked ‘comes in any color black you want.’ Two lights in rear…construction-green headdress sun shield…hard to unsee me even after a few drinks…but I’m on empty country roads and near misses are deliberate

I've been off the bike for three weeks for medical reasons now easing. Sweetening the deal was an August morning of seventy degrees...21C. While recuperating I joined the REI co-op to utilize their eBike comprehensive tune. Not everyone has a Jacek. They took it apart and the only thing needing...

A gym my best friend trained at in the 70s…a ’proper’ facility, not like these carpeted, chrome palaces of today with spa-like attitudes…my friend, a National champ as a light-heavy tells a story of one of the lesser members, a pipe fitter, who installed a king-sized hot water heater entirely by...

Revenge is not a concept exclusive to humans. and as the aforementioned Edward Abbey (self-described redneck Thoreau) the most dangerous animal in the woods is always human…as the murders the other day in an Arkansas state park proves.

Kilham in his bear book describes ethics and even counting ability. His discoveries from an un credential researcher were so remarkable a group of Chinese researchers visited him to learn how to better interact with pandas. Black bears however are not old griz as Edward Abbey referred in an...