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Randy
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 Posted - 05/16/2010 : 16:15:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
It's one of my hopes that when I'm living in the Philippines, I can get a chance to see the magnificent Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jeffery), aka the Monkey-Eating Eagle. This eagle is the largest eagle in the world, and is very distinctive, both in appearance, and in relation to other eagles. |
HM, Philippines! When is this move coming up; and is this temp for you? |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 05/16/2010 : 16:41:21 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Randy
[quote]Originally posted by HalfMooner
It's one of my hopes that when I'm living in the Philippines, I can get a chance to see the magnificent Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jeffery), aka the Monkey-Eating Eagle. This eagle is the largest eagle in the world, and is very distinctive, both in appearance, and in relation to other eagles.
HM, Philippines! When is this move coming up; and is this temp for you?
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I should have a date within the week (after I've arranged my shipping details), but the move will probably be within a month. It's a permanent move, done not to get away from the USA, but merely for economic reasons. In the Philippines, I can live well only my mainly Social Security income.
I'm going to live in the relatively cool pine-mountain environs of the Cordilleras of Luzon island, in Baguio City. (Though in a one-finger salute to relativity, it reached 92 degrees Fahrenheit there yesterday.) |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2010 : 17:24:30 [Permalink]
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That's marvelous, HM. Sounds like you've done your homework on finding your new affordable home.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baguio_City
I/we here certainly hope you'll stay connected here at SFN. Start a new thread and keep us informed with your moving plans, will you?!
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2010 : 18:08:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Randy
That's marvelous, HM. Sounds like you've done your homework on finding your new affordable home.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baguio_City
I/we here certainly hope you'll stay connected here at SFN. Start a new thread and keep us informed with your moving plans, will you?!
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Thanks, Randy! Yes, I have been doing my homework, and even have a modest, partially furnished, 2 bed, 2 bath apartment rented and awaiting me. I will definitely stay connected. It doesn't really matter where in the world one is, so long as one has an Internet connection, Skeptic Friends Network is just a few clicks away.
Here's an 11-minute video on Baguio, "Baguio City - 100 Years in the Making."
BTW, there are still some Philippine Eagles in the tall climax and second-growth broad-leaf forests to the east of Baguio, though they are far more common in the southern island of Mindanao. As is the story for so many species, human encroachment and deforestation has made this great bird "critically endangered," a situation that only monkeys, flying lemurs, wild rats, civets, or small pets could consider a good thing. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2010 : 18:22:59 [Permalink]
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Yea!
Yes, that Internet connection is the life-blood umbilical to the outside world, where ever that is; one idea I know I'll never take for granted.
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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Randy
SFN Regular
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1990 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2012 : 16:45:51 [Permalink]
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Update on the Oklahoma eagle cam....
There's three chicks nestled underneath momma or pappa bald eagle.
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 01/31/2012 : 03:27:15 [Permalink]
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| Note to self: Light does not penetrate well through the Earth. I'll come back to look when the nest is not on the Dark Side. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Webcam, bald eagle nest
