Friday, September 5, 2008

Night squirrel



The night squirrel is volant, which means it can glide.

On velvety flaps that hang from its side.

With spatulate tail it dodges the trees,

And lands with a thud that no one can see,

A propeller it needs to gain height, alas.

For skin flaps alone are not up to the task.

So shimmying trunks is all it can do,

To get elevation to volplane anew.
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3 comments:

  1. RyRiSeptember 7, 2008 at 9:49 AM

    Hi Chris,

    I'm a graduate student at University of Maryland and another native Californian. I'm trying to develop a research project using camera traps to study Andean condors in Argentina but I have little experience working with cameras. Do you have any recommendations on cameras/equipment that I should look for? I was hoping to send you an email but I could not find any contact information on your site. If you like I could send you my email address to make communication easier. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

    Ryan Richards

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  2. DDedenSeptember 10, 2008 at 5:08 PM

    "alas"

    English: sympathy
    Spanish: wings
    Malay-Indonesian: base

    (seemed to fit, and also 'alas' is part of my yahoo mail address)

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  3. Camera Trap CodgerSeptember 14, 2008 at 8:40 AM

    Thanks, guys.

    Ryan, just send me an email at chindwin@sbcglobal.net, and we can talk.

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