Four Pests Campaign

I just read about in China how they tried to get rid of sparrows, and that lead to locust destroying the crops and led to a great famine. 

Kind of an odd choice. They replaced it later with bed bugs, which makes more sense. 

Frogs

 

Birding

Interesting article about using apps to identify birds

Female black-chinned hummingbird in central Texas, enjoying scarlet sage.

Brazilian tanager

Dying in wilderness collection

I'm tempted to send these articles to my friend, but I think it's better just to collect them in one place for a while. I have several collection blogs that I write, and collect over time, and I'm hoping here to collect articles where people die or suffer being lost in the wilderness. 

I'm not super into trying to get people to fear the wilderness, and at the same time I feel that there is real danger in being unprepared and unaware while in the wilderness. 

Collection:

Three Hikers Die in Grand Canyon National Park in Less Than a Month July 9th 2024 (Times)

Three hikers die in Utah parks in suspected heat-related cases (Guardian)

Survived 2 weeks in wilderness of Kentucky!

Utah again.

'Freak storm' in Yosemite causes 20yo to slip off Half Dome and die, dad demands change (source).

I almost died sailing on Lake Huron in Saginaw Bay. Coast Guard rescued us. These people were not as lucky on Lake Powell: Woman and 2 children dead, 2 others critically injured after pontoon boat capsizes on Lake Powell in Arizona.

Fell into Grand Canyon (source).

12/18/24. A collection of people lost in Adirondacks:

Thomas Messick- disappeared in the Lake George Wild Forest in 2015.

Wesley Wamsganz- disappeared in the High Peaks in 2010.

Irene Horne- remnants of her campsite were found in the West Canada Lakes in 2007, no other sign of her has ever been found.

Jack Coloney- disappeared in the Moose River Plains in 2006.

George LaForest- disappeared near the Cedar River in Indian Lake in 2006.

Thomas Carleton- disappeared in the High Peaks in 1993.

Steve Thomas- disappeared in a storm on Mt. Marcy in the High Peaks in 1976.

George Bombardier- disappeared near Paul Smiths in 1971.

Douglas Legg- disappeared near Camp Santanoni in 1971.