Posted in Silver Lake on May 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
I see that LA Curbed talks about the bird balls soon to be thrown in Ivanhoe Reservoir. Finally! I am not alone!
White bags filled with black bird balls of doom on the north end of Silver Lake.
The title there is punnish (which I hate), but they always have good comments at LA Curbed. I photographed […]
Posted in Creatures on May 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
DWP is spending a cool $2 million on bird balls to repel birds from Silver Lake and Echo Park Lake. I talk about why this is a bad idea here. Longterm: bad environment, money down the drain, possible health problems, bad practices. Short term is obvious, of course: that it eliminates birds from the […]
Posted in Creatures on May 28th, 2008 No Comments »
When I saw the picture of Eight Belles on the ground, of course I immediately thought of Barbaro. Like so many, I cried when they finally put him down. That’s the first horse with a broken leg I’ve ever read about that anyone tried to save. If only the Times had gone a big step […]
Posted in Creatures on May 28th, 2008 5 Comments »
I’ve never really understood why blogs feel the necessity to put down the MSM all the time. And locally, that means the Times. Of course, there is a lot that I disagree with, and part of that is their slant, but I still respect it, read it, and enjoy some of it.
Gruesome photo of Eight […]
Posted in Silver Lake, Forest Fire, Everyone's a Photographer on May 27th, 2008 No Comments »
I went to hear a panel of journalists talking about blogs and investigative journalism last week, and I realized, Hey! That’s me! I was so furious about the fire in Griffith Park a year ago that took FOUR DAYS to put out, that I started this blog. If you were around then, you remember the […]
Posted in Creatures on May 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Be your own Indiana Jones and discover rare species in SoCal parks in a supercool event this weekend: Bioblitz. Anyone can sign up to go out with a scientist or naturalist to hunt for mammals, reptiles, butterflies, moss, ferns, birds, etc, in any park that’s listed! They even have night hunts for owls and bats! […]
Griffith Park, Interrupted
An urban forest was on fire; an urban lake put it out. Griffith Park and Silver Lake in Los Angeles.
