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Indian town on the north end of Vancouver Island. A museum full of the masks and magic objects taken from the Kwakiutl after their last, illegal potlatch around 1920, and returned to them when the error of the white law was understood. Totems in the old burial ground include this one, which I think is the spirit Dzonq’wa, but also looks to me like a story teller.
The Kwakiutl stories as recorded by Franz Boas and other anthropologists are confusing to me – something about the rhythm of speech or the context is missing, and I don’t understand the meanings. And now the First Nations people in Alert Bay are talking into cell phones, although the older people still have the hushed, gentle speech patterns that make them seem as if they are murmuring into the phone, and I imagine that maybe they are telling the old stories.
My sister has said multiple times that Penny is too alert. I don't know if that's possible, but she does take interest in the world around her.
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Strobist Info: VSD160 with Softbox Camera Right. VSD160 with Shoot-Through Umbrella. Used the white side of reflector as a background. Triggered with Pocket Wizards.
American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos. Or maybe a Raven; I forget.
Crow or Raven, the bird is a natural in front of the camera.
The other evening, I took a little time out for some coyote hunting. I got my gillie suit, predator call, camera and headed to the sheep farm where there's been reports of 8 coyotes running loose and stirring up havoc there. I've not called the wild for a long time and not by myself, but I had to investigate!
As I pulled up, there was a large flock of turkey pecking around in this field...then all of them took off like something was gonna get them, but I couldn't see anything so I got ready. I placed my call out pointing up the hill where they were supposed to hang out, and pushed play. I chose the fawn in distress sound to attract them and man, did that sound like a wounded fawn! I waited for quite a while, heard cracking of leaves and branches behind me, but no coyotes! Then as I quietly walked towards my caller to pack it in and give up...I see some brown slowly moving along the edge of the high grass...I thought ok, here we go? As it turned out, this family of deer came on alert thinking one of theirs was in trouble, and I did call something in, it was just not a pack of coyotes...but I'll get 'em! ;)
The rescued neonate Western racer (Coluber constrictor mormon) is very alert which is a good sign. Photo by Frank.
...NOT my photo borrowed it to put here for you to see !
I laughed when I saw it. I downloaded it a couple of years ago.