tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post1369052468228732731..comments2023-11-07T23:58:28.619-09:00Comments on Pray to the Moon: Mycophilia: The Wild Hunt 2014 Moma Faunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656419605056782629noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-66802464597820569692014-09-09T09:40:41.594-08:002014-09-09T09:40:41.594-08:00Ah, yes. That would be most embarrassing. >.<...Ah, yes. That would be most embarrassing. >.<<br /><br />And dogs? That makes a great deal of sense to me.Moma Faunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656419605056782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-60660023329111362562014-09-01T16:16:00.880-08:002014-09-01T16:16:00.880-08:00Good question. You wouldn't want to bump into ...Good question. You wouldn't want to bump into the maneless lion while mushroom hunting. Maybe dogs were part of the picture.<br /><br />But as a member of the County Emergency Services Board, I will be double-dog-damned if I have to call Search and Rescue. ;)Chashttp://blog.chasclifton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-81193671117992389972014-09-01T10:36:18.901-08:002014-09-01T10:36:18.901-08:00I think that trance-y disorientation works as a ki...I think that trance-y disorientation works as a kind of behavioural reinforcement in my case (& sometimes the eldest child's). We find ourselves chomping at the bit all day long. Household duties become neglected, calls & emails unanswered, food supplies dwindling in the pantry (who wants to shop when there's fungi in the forest?)... <br /><br />I started really abandoning to it this year, full on, but I tend to hunt in more familiar territory b/c I usually take the children. This allows more freedom to blunder about & say to myself from time to time, "I know this copse of trees, I know this hill or rock, etc." It doesn't take me too far out of the trance. But, it does land me squarely 18 inches face-to-face with a ptarmigan under a black spruce. Look up girl, someone is looking at you! Just glad it wasn't someone larger. <br /><br />So, yes. If I had no responsibility other than myself, I might earn some sneers from search & rescue too.<br /><br />Makes me wonder about our early ancestors. What kept them alive when they were foraging?Moma Faunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656419605056782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-32269145461284573352014-08-31T10:01:33.447-08:002014-08-31T10:01:33.447-08:00Lovely! Looks like a Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus...Lovely! Looks like a Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus squamosus) or some other similar Polyporus spp. I have read about them & for a time sought them out up here, but haven't had any luck. I know they occur in far Southeast Alaska, but have yet to see one in our area. If they're young, willing & you've confirmed their identity, you can eat those pretty things. Or, if you're like me, more often than not you'll just gush over them & leave them be. ;)Moma Faunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656419605056782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-78404870762504043352014-08-30T23:59:52.576-08:002014-08-30T23:59:52.576-08:00That is the way with comment boxes. *sigh*
Prompte...That is the way with comment boxes. *sigh*<br />Prompted by your note, I took a stroll through the Forest Service publications for Alaskan birds. Good grief! They all have such variation, so how does anyone ever identify them with all that moving about they do? (I confess, I really struggled in my ornithology practicals.) <br />Fungi stay put. So much more cooperative. Could have labeled more of them, but I grew so weary of the typing & how I would rather go a-hunting!Moma Faunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656419605056782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-10787786356686306372014-08-30T23:41:28.811-08:002014-08-30T23:41:28.811-08:00No problem! Well I know nothing about fungi names,...No problem! Well I know nothing about fungi names, though love seeing them. <br />Here in the UK buteo colouration varies a lot which makes identification tricky too. Comms box was playing up before but had added great picture! A.N.http://theopengyre.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-29955142019054288942014-08-30T23:16:09.052-08:002014-08-30T23:16:09.052-08:00Thank You! I am so poor with the birds, or perhaps...Thank You! I am so poor with the birds, or perhaps it has something to do with hating keys, or something. This particular bird & his/her mate are long term denizens of one of our favourite hunting grounds. I have several years of photos of them -- eating prey, shrieking at us, sitting together, nest-tending, etc. But since I am bird-lazy, or fungi-crazy, I forever neglect to figure out their identity, as given by humans anyway.<br />Maybe this lead will get me somewhere...Moma Faunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656419605056782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-73300850961959518642014-08-30T23:07:00.010-08:002014-08-30T23:07:00.010-08:00On the unnamed hawk ... Shape of head and barred t...On the unnamed hawk ... Shape of head and barred tail plus the black under-eye markings make me think something in the Buteo genus, most likely a broad-winged hawkA.N.http://theopengyre.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com