The Storkman took this picture on a 60 degree day in January 2008 in front of his soon to be washed away Long Island Sound beach house. Convection fog occurs when warm air flows over cold water.
What They Really Believe
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: November 18, 2009
Clean energy opponents believe global warming doesn’t exist because that is the only way their arguments make sense.
When feeding the Great Egret leans forward and extends his very long neck. The quick jerky actions usually signal a strike into the water for a fish, but nothing doing this time.
Not seen too much around here, this is nice footage of the Belted Kingfisher making a stop while heading south. The big head and big bill mark this bird
The gulls are always around the Great Egrets when they are feeding. Usually they do not bother the egrets, but if the gulls get too close the egrets take off
In order to stir up fish on the mudflat bottom, the Snowy Egret walks around in circles shaking its legs.As seen here in this short video this fishing technique is quite effective for catching and eating fish.
Due to high mercury contamination levels in Long Island Sound fish, the CT Department of Environmental Protection advises the public to limit the consumption of local fish to one meal per month.These Great Egrets are here two times a day eating around 4 fish per meal.
Stop Broadwater. This article from The Economist, A More Liquid Market does a nice job of explaining the real reason why Shell Oil risks destroying the Long Island Sound ecosystem by building an offshore LNG plant. I understand it is cheap to build, a clever way to get around permit barriers, and avoids building a more costly onshore plant. Not these, the real reason is it is a bet by a few executives hoping for a big payday (windfall profits). Please read the article but here is the key point: “the surfeit of regasification capacity has created opportunities to divert cargoes to the most lucrative markets”. Recently this scenario occurred in Japan. If there was a disaster (terrorist or natural) in the NYC metro area damaging the onshore energy infrastructure, this would lead to a surge in demand and the golden opportunity to take advantage of higher prices with its offshore LNG plant. This plan by Shell Oil is nothing but people buying lotto tickets with shareholder’s money.
