Red-winged Blackbird
These guys are consistent. The come to us early in the spring and leave us early in the fall. Tic Tac Toe… Works like a clock. They look and act like a military platoon....
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Ms. Cardinal
It’s very warm today. Ms. Cardinal is having fun in the grass in the Belle Isle Marshes. “Isn’t she pretty?” I always say it loud. She likes to hear that. She is super pretty...
Today in the Backyard: Goldfinch
I haven’t seen American goldfinches here for over a year. I thought of thousands of reasons for this – from global warming to the food we were giving them. And now, they came back…...
Kosarev
History in Color: Mitrofan Kosarev (1911-2005) was the best Soviet bantamweight in the 1930s and 1940s. Nobody could beat Kosarev when he competed. He won the USSR championship in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944,...
Unsung Heroes: Vasily Pegov
Thank you so much for the colorized photos of so many Soviet lifters. Many of these were before I got interested in lifting but many were also lifters who never got to compete outside...
The Nightmare No-Lift
History in Color Series: October 21, 1964 (Tokyo, Japan) – In his last attempt at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Olympic champion Yury Vlasov goes for 217.5kg in the clean-and-jerk. It’s a world record at the...
Ups and Downs
History in Color: Life consists of the flow of ups and downs. This one is definitely was a “big down” for legendary David Rigert. On the enchanced cover photo, David Rigert bombs out in the...
Peter George (USA)
History in Color: Peter George (b. 1929) of Team USA was one of the most distinguished Olympic weightlifter in the history of this sport. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics...
Valery Shary: Going For the World Record
History in Color: Soviet light heavyweight Valery Shary goes for the world record in the clean-and-jerk at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. He just secured a gold medal in the 82.5kg class with...
Vakhonin
From the History in Color series: Alexey Vakhonin of Kiselevsk, Russia competes in the bantamweight class at the 1963 Cup of Moscow. In a year, Vakhonin will win the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in...
