Prince Philip wasn t just a great man, but a symbol of the nation
The end of such a life, precisely because it has been a mark of continuity, seems to herald the end of an era
11 April 2021 • 7:00am
The spontaneous reaction of so many to the death of the Duke of Edinburgh is of sadness at the ending of a remarkable life. But it shows something more: that people feel the significance of this moment in the life of the nation, and many wish to make it in some way part of their own lives, as they would the death of a friend or relative.
A pelican rescued from the 2010 oil spill, cleaned of oil and released in Georgia, has returned 700 miles to an island restored last year for pelicans and other seabirds.
It was among 5,000 oil-covered birds collected in and off Louisiana during the spill, and among 582 pelicans that were rehabilitated, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said in a news release Thursday.
Biologists don’t know just when it returned to Queen Bess Island. But a photo taken in March by a department biologist clearly shows the red band marked “33Z” that was put around the bird’s leg after its rescue on June 14, 2010, at the Empire jetties in Barataria Bay.
Thoughts from the ammo line
Ammo Grrrll considers TRUTH IN ADVERTISING FOR POTENTATES’ NAMES. She writes:
Evidently in the past, the “masses” had more intestinal fortitude and pitiless honesty than our current citizenries. They picked some doozies of monikers for their leaders, names that got into the history books. Some of them were either just descriptive or benign – Leif the Lucky, Eric the Red come to mind. Others were downright complimentary: Good Queen Bess, and Catherine the Great, not to mention Thelma the Terrific, a minor princess in Bohemia, or possibly, a woman I just made up.
But my favorites are the unflattering nicknames. The French seem to be especially good at this, which figures. Nobody can do a peevish, sour look like the French. For example, there is Louis the Fat. As someone who has routinely been 10-20 pounds overweight for at least 50 years, I have a certain amount of sympathy for a king whose most salient feature is his blubber.
BP spill rescue pelican returns from Georgia to Louisiana
April 8, 2021
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1of3This March 2021 photo provided by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shows a brown pelican with a red band marked “33Z” on Louisiana s Queen Bess Island. The pelican, rescued from the 2010 oil spill, cleaned of oil and released in Georgia, has returned 700 miles (1,126 kilometers) to the island restored for pelicans and other seabirds. (Casey Wright/LDWF via AP)Casey Wright/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2020, file photo, pelicans fly over and sit on man-made rock revetment on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, La.Gerald Herbert/APShow MoreShow Less
April 08, 2021 - 10:42 AM
QUEEN BESS ISLAND, La. - A pelican rescued from the 2010 oil spill, cleaned of oil and released in Georgia has returned 700 miles (1,126 kilometres) to an island restored last year for pelicans and other seabirds.
It was among 5,000 oil-covered birds collected in and off Louisiana during the spill, and among 582 pelicans that were rehabilitated, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said in a news release Thursday.
Biologists donât know just when it returned to Queen Bess Island. But a photo taken in March by a department biologist clearly shows the red band marked â33Zâ that was put around the birdâs leg after its rescue on June 14, 2010, at the Empire jetties in Barataria Bay.