By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Location, PN Cañón del Sumidero, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. * * * In Case You Might Miss… Friday Charts: RCP chart; shows Big Mo shifting toward Trump; Covid charts show nothing but good news. Walz fabricator vanishes. Trump cancellations. Boeing waits on SEC … Read more
Bird Song of the Day Patient readers, I’m afraid brunch got a little out of hand. More soon! –lambert Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Laguna del Bosque, Guatemala. “Full singing bout, 12 minutes long! First phrase not too clear, good quality after that. Bird was perched at midlevel in brush under tall cypress trees, close to footpath.” Also: … Read more
Bird Song of the Day Blue MockingbirdMelanotis caerulesces, Presa Los Zompanties, Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico. * * * In Case You Might Miss… Trump to work the grill at McDonald’s in Philly. Michelle stays home. Boeing borrows $10 billion, fights off junk status for now, faces break-up. * * * Look for the Helpers “Power-company workers … Read more
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. More on the election shortly; I felt I needed to catch up with this rest of the world. –lambert Bird Song of the Day Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Montaña de Izopo–Sector Las Moras, Francisco Morazán, Honduras. “Longer cut of quiet song of clipped low phrases with sudden louder bursts interspersed, including mechanical-sounding … Read more
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Antigua Guatemala–Cerro de la Cruz, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. * * * In Case You Might Miss… Democrat bedwetting Kamala messaging disasters: Walz goes hunting, manly men, Obama and black men Labor Secretary Su flies to Seattle, Boeing’s doom loop. * * * Politics “So … Read more
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Tropical Mockingbird (Mayan), Casa en Cuxtitali, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. “Some of the bird species that I think this individual might have been mimicking in this cut are: Great-tailed Grackle (00:25), parakeet sp. (02:51).” Lots of great ambient sounds too! * * … Read more
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Tropical Mockingbird (Mayan), Reserva de la Biosfera Rio Celestun, Yucatán, Mexico. “Recorded in coastal desert scrub on the edge of a dried salt lagoon lined with mangrove. Low, distant rumble from a motor boat can be heard, especially in the second segment.” * * * … Read more
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Back to the mimidae! Tropical Mockingbird (Mayan), Cerro de Hula, Francisco Morazán, Honduras. “In this recording, we can hear a perfect rendition of the call of the Clay-colored Thrush (Robin) at 3:06 and again at 5:39. There’s also an imitation of American Kestrel at 4:15, … Read more
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Kind readers, thanks to so many of you for asking after me yesterday, when I had described my fall. In fact, I am, as I thought I would be, in form today. No sprain or tear, which is what I was most worried about (since my back is stiff as … Read more
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Blue Mockingbird, Carretera Federal 196, Guerrero, MX (17.465, -100.166), Atoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero, Mexico. * * * In Case You Might Miss… New RCP chart (it’s tied) and newCovid charts (not worsening). Boeing strike continues; Warren and Blumenthal call for criminal investigations of executives. Kamala … Read more