@sozobe,
sozobe wrote:
Yeah, Izzie posted a picture of a "robin" at some point and it didn't look at all like a robin to me. The guys you posted are what I think of when I think of robins.
The baby robins in the nest just outside one of my doors seem to be doing well. They're getting bigger at an alarming pace, anyway, though their eyes still aren't open and they look incredibly pitiful. Sozlet and E.G. assure me that they don't make noise, but to me they look like they're saying, "AHHHHhhhhhhhh....!" <beak closes> "Maaaaa maAAAAAAAH!!!" They alternate between craning their necks upwards, maws open wide, and waiting for someone to drop something in already, and drooping disconsolately. Sozlet wants to dig up a bunch of worms and put them in a bucket under the nest to save the mama robin some work. She looks stressed.
Re: bears, are you wondering whether you should worry about whether you'll run into a bear at all (how common they are where you plan to walk), or about whether they're a threat if you do run into them? I don't know much about the former, but you really don't want to run into a bear if that's what you're wondering. I went on hikes in Colorado with extremely experienced, non-alarmist folks -- former Eagle Scouts and the like -- and they did NOT want to go up against a bear.
I am not a hiker. Hence, in NYC I need have little concern of bears.
Hikers who expose themselves to the hazzard of encountering bears (or cougars ?)
need to be adequately prepared for the experience.
That is no joke. Very serious injuries (including death) have resulted
to helpless hikers or fishermen. I prefer to remain away from them completely,
but for those who insist upon entering the wild territory of major predators,
I believe that
not less than a .44 magnum revolver
(automatics are unreliable, in my experience)
shoud be available to swift access on an emergeny basis.
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