I don't know the species for this salamander. It has interesting markings that don't match up with what I am looking at to ID it. If you know what this its, please post a reply.
Stump Creek, PA salamander in need of an ID
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Just a short way down from the Camouflage Inn in Stump Creek, is Biggie's Quality Meats. This is a store well worth a stop. Really, stop in if you have the time. But, just to the north of the store, on the east side right along Route 119, is this sign, which may or may not have anything to do with Biggies.  The OPE sign So I know what you are thinking. This is just an old (and pretty typical) sign to lead one to a business. And maybe it once said, "OPEN." But...
While a message noting nothing more than "OPEN" is kinda just okay as a sign, the other possibilities for what this sign actually said are open. Maybe it said: Cope. Which would be rather like a sign saying "get over it." Positive in its way, but not a great way of going about it. Dope. Well, let's just not hope that was the word, although speaking of such... Hope. Now that is a really positive thing to put on a sign. Unless the rest of the missing bits were "you survive your trip on Rt. 119." But I want to think positive, and it could have said, "Go Pens," rooting for the Pittsburgh Penguins. And "mope" and "nope" and "rope" seem just silly, and unlikely they were selling, and misspelled "sope." And certainly they did not have a "calliope." So I am left to wonder, was it just open after all? Camouflage InnThe Camouflage Inn is a must visit if you are anywhere near it. Which is to say somewhere north of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and just south of Dubois along route 119.. Yes, it is a bar, so 21 or older to go there. The people you will meet there are awesome, and if you have time they have stories to tell. Plan a couple hours, as this is not a usual bar and well worth the time visiting. This coming weekend is Biker Week, so if you have a Harley or similar you will find many friends there. You can find out what is going on either on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Camouflage-Inn/106484032715075 or their website (which is just getting fired up) at: http://camouflageinn.com/  Camouflage Inn, Stump Creek, PA  This is Steeler football country, and the meat wagon is comouflaged in black and gold.  The bar. It really is amazing  Steelers and beer. Now that is a good combination  A hug with the owner of the Camouflage Inn, Debbie Hudak This Eastern Cottontail rabbit was nice enough to give a pic  This rabbit has some grassy bits in its mouth to take to make its nest. A dog drinking from a fountain  Dublin, Ireland. A dog figures out how to get a drink without falling in.  On the way to the Walk, the Washington Monument Walk for WaterSo, for the last couple of years there has been a 6-kilometer walk in Washington, DC to stress the point that this is the average distance people around the globe have to walk to get clean water. And, mostly it is women and children who make these regular treks to clean water. It is a good point, and something I have seen to be true in places but...for more info here is the website: http://www.state.gov/m/pri/gdi/releases/c62554.htm But I don't think the webpage, which is about the walk, really coverts the topic.. However, I did take a few pics along the walk, which I hope are interesting.  Walkers for Water.  Middle of the road  Walkers walking along the Potomac  Young lady feeding the birds  Flags at the halfway point, the Swedish embassy  Secretary of State John Kerry could not attend, but his most awesome dog Ben made the walk.  And then I went home on the Metro I was really just out to get some exercise and not on a big-time photo mission. But I did walk the four miles or so around the lake and took a few snaps along the way. Enjoy.  Bald eagle soaring over Lake Accotink And then, a bold fish crow decided to give the eagle some trouble  Fish crow bothering a bald eagle But nothing really came of that, and I walked on.  I give up!!! Actually this hard to decipher image is of a double-crested cormorant landing on the water. That is, if you can actually land on water.  Mourning doves were common, but this is the only one that gave a pose for the camera.  Migratory songbirds are just starting to come through, and here is a black and white warbler.  A blue-gray gnatcatcher looking for food Certainly not my best set from Accotink, but some fun photos as spring arrives here.
3  Getting ready to launch a rocket. 2  Attaching the leads  ignition 1  Rocket on the way. Fun stuff. Okay, how about another video! I have been meaning to get this one up for a while now. This is a clip from a trail camera set up by Greddy Arias at the Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology in Costa Rica. There are quite a number of peccaries on the property and a few deer, so yes, we have mountain lions as well. And this video shows a cat in its prime, dragging off a kill. What a fabulous animal! It is on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBNsxyounH4 or just click here to see it.
First up is not a pic, but a video link. This is Don McFarlane narrating a National Geographic video short from our last trip to Borneo. http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/16/bat-man-of-borneo/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20150417news-batman&utm_campaign=Content&sf8658188=1 Of note, the video footage was done by Guy van Rentergem, who is not credited in the video, which I think an error. G |
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