Dust Mark

Birds have a lot of dust in their feathers which helps keep their feathers clean and free from parasites. When a bird collides with la window, they can leave imprints of themselves behind in dust. We’ve seen this many times over the years but never with this much detail. Beak, eye, wings, toes.

Hope this guy survived. Did not find him on the deck so, fingers crossed. Similar photos on flickr.

Rebuilt engine for Series III Land Rover

This morning YouTube served up a 25 minute video of a Series III Land Rover (same as mine) getting fitted with a newer 300 Tdi engine.

My Land Rover had to undergo the same procedure back in 2018 as part of the restoration. I purchased a rebuilt 300 Tdi from Zombie Motors out in Oregon. Photos here, here, here and here. Not cheap. But less expensive than having the engine shoe-horned into my Rover. I feel better about what I paid after watching this video. And in the five years I’ve been driving the Land Rover, it has never failed to start on the first crank. Not once.

 

Drone view of corn harvest (George Kopp)

My buddy George has been flying drones —and using them to record video— pretty much since drones have been available for the consumer market. He has become quite proficient.

The video below –the work of Jack Dodson, a friend and client– is a fascinating look at the corn harvest (from combine to truck) on the Steck farm in the Missouri River Bottom near Jefferson City. The video was captured with the DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine.