[Rick Masters]

December 12, 2015

[Rick Masters]

December 23, 2015

An Ozone Warbler prepares to lay an egg.

"We shut down the power to the town and the ski resort, then we removed the nest," said a utility worker. "But by the time we got it down, the egg was hard-boiled."

[Rick Masters]

December 27, 2015


«Der junge Flieger hatte Glück im Unglück», sagt Patrick Aegeter, Präsident des Gleitschirmclubs Obersimmental, der ebenfalls zum Unfallort ausgerückt ist. Solche Unfälle seien äussert selten, fügt der Clubpräsident an.
http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/25435769
"The young aviator was lucky," says Patrick Aegeter, President of paragliding club of Obersimmental.
Such accidents rarely occur, added the club president.

[Bob Kuczewski]

Such accidents rarely occur, added the club president.

                 

That club president somehow missed reading through this topic!!     

[Rick Masters]

Excited taxidermists arrived only to find the Ozone Warbler had abandoned its nest.

[Rick Masters]

Taxidermists were pleased to find a healthy Ozone Warbler nesting in a crater under a bush.
"Usually, when we find one in a crater, it needs a lot of work," said one taxidermist.
Unfortunately, as he spoke the Ozone Warbler ran into the bushes and escaped.

[Rick Masters]

July 25, 2014


Seemingly unaware of the swarming taxidermists below, an Ozone Warbler happily nesting in a tall tree attempts to lay an egg.

The taxidermists remove the Ozone Warbler from the tree with their ladder truck (see video) but an argument ensues over who gets to stuff the specimen. This is resolved only when an ornithologist arrives from the university by helicopter and suggests a coin toss. Unfortunately the toss is won by a Korean restaurateur.
VIDEO
http://www.rsi.ch/play/tv/popupvideoplayer?id=1568923#/t=27

[Rick Masters]

January 25, 2016

    An Ozone Warbler attempts to lay an egg as taxidermists approach.
    "Their behavior in the nest is similar to that of a tree sloth," said an ornithologist from the university. "They move very slowly and call out in low moans - 'Hallop! Hallop!'"
    "They are easy to find on windy days," sad a smiling taxidermist. "I stuffed three last week."

[Rick Masters]

December 21, 2015

An Ozone Warbler nesting peacefully at night in 130,000-volt power lines.
Occasionally the darkness was punctuated by the faint, contented call of "Hallop! Hallop!" as the creature prepared to lay an egg.


Taxidermists, alerted by an Audubon Society app, arrive with their ladder truck.
Unfortunately the incident ended in a noisy fistfight between taxidermists and cooks from a nearby Korean restaurant.

[Rick Masters]

January 31, 2016

A taxidermist carefully inspects the nest of an Ozone Warbler for any signs of an egg.
Unfortunately, no egg was found.
"Dang," said the taxidermist. "Looks like pancakes and sausage again..."