in other blogs: nice things
 photo by shawn [flickr] via our group pool [#] |
- Hebberoy to continue the deep fried tradition of Frites (RIP) with Pike Street Fish fry. [voracious]
- All it takes for Slog commenters to turn nice is a lost cat. If you’ve seen a fluffy black one looking lost, please let Annie know. [slog]
- Nice, but sad story of how dogs help the homeless get more money. [bigblog]
- The P-I is now on Twitter. Isn’t that what RSS is for? [buzzworthy]
- CitizenRain relaunched with a nifty new design.
- On the occasion of this week’s re-issue of the Glow, part 2 (complete with a wonderful bonus disc of “destroyed” versions and other contemporary songs) Eric Grandy pays a visit to Olympia and Anacortes, gets some of the album’s backstory directly from Phil Elverum, and drives to the top of Mount Erie. Although he seems to come away from the experience mildly disappointed that an extraordinary album was born from such ordinary circumstances, I thought that this is maybe the most beautiful part of it all. Mount Eerie will be at the Vera Project on 17 April. Don’t miss it. [thestranger]
Can anyone tell me what the name of the birds in the photo is? I’ve been spotting them for weeks, no, months, now, and it’s driving me crazy…
Those are American Coots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Coot
Have you ever seen their feet? They are huge – good for running across the top of the water.
Thanks!! Their feet are pretty hilarious, particularly compared to their tiny heads. I figured they were in the peafowl family because of their general appearance, but now I can research their entire family tree. This is great- thanks again :)