"birdwatching" in the carribean

You may have seen this before, but it's new to me, so I thought I'd share in case you live in a cave like I do. It seems the location of the airport on the island of St. Martin (St. Maarten) makes for an interesting tourist opportunity: http://community.livejournal.com/wtf_inc/4472763.html

Scroll down through the comments to see some more pics and footage.

EDIT: apparently that entry is friends protected, so I found the youtube source material for you:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zAfQwDizpRo
another view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAPjOSrkC84

"Magic man done it" chronicles continue

Good news from our reasonable friends in the UK:

The [British] government has announced that it will publish guidance for schools on how creationism and intelligent design relate to science teaching, and has reiterated that it sees no place for either on the science curriculum.

If you're wondering what the heck the title of this post means, watch this video.

Good idea...

They're much bigger and ganglier than this now.

3:00 snapshot, #145.

The Jamaicaway.

On this day in 365 Urban Species: Eastern water lily.