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We have a flock – or more likely several flocks – of feral parakeets in town. I saw these two going after the sunflowers in someone's front yard. #birds
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Selling my old video card (EVGA GeForce GT 1030, 2GB) on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/174848830106
The kids' event at the South Coast Botanic Garden this month(?) is a search for #gnomes that have been scattered around the grounds.
I spotted this squirrel as it ran up to the trash can opening. Once it decided I wasn’t going to leave, it jumped down, then ran past the trash can and apparently found something to eat, though I couldn’t see what.
I swear I’d lose my head if it wasn’t screwed on…wait, there it goes…
I startled a group of around four or five finches on a lawn and they flew up to the nearest cables.
Two monarch butterflies flying around and chasing each other (slowly) down the block.
I saw this #squirrel a few lots down the street while I was out walking. It paused. I paused. I got my camera out. It stood up to look around. I kept my camera out. Then it slowly ran down the street almost but not quite in my direction until it passed about 4 feet away, then paused in the shade before continuing on its way. I think it started trying to determine whether I was a threat or not, and then whether I was likely to give it food or leave it alone. #nature
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Photos of a hawk that brought its breakfast of fresh pigeon to a tree, and the crows that tried to scare it off.
I see tree squirrels around town all the time, but this is the first ground #squirrel I’ve spotted in ages. You can tell by the narrower tail. and the pattern of the fur.
And when I moved too fast it dove into the hole instead of running off.
I’ve seen so many tree squirrels since I started on iNat, I can’t even remember the last time I saw a ground squirrel. At least, I think it’s a ground squirrel – something about the head shape, plus the narrower tail. And the iNat AI seems to agree.
Plus it was sitting in a hole and rushed underground instead of running away when I moved too quickly.
You can finally make your Venmo friends list private!
VICTORY: You Can Now Make Your Venmo Friends List Private. Here’s How.
It took two and a half years and one national security incident, but Venmo did it, folks: users now have privacy settings to hide their friends lists.
via @EFF
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!
(Grooming geese: Nature's panorama fail.)
This #squirrel ran across the street, under a car, across a lawn and up into a tree.
A few Covid-19 rules are still in place at this botanical garden, though it's a lot more relaxed than it was last spring when they managed to stay open even through the early-pandemic lockdowns.
Great demo of devious design patterns. All you have to do to win the game is click through 29 questions without agreeing to the terms and conditions…
Also, if you’re a webdev, don’t do these things. #DeceptionPatterns
I don’t think I’ve seen this variety of succulent flowering before. It looks like an overturned Ferroseed or the plant version of the Omnidroid from The Incredibles.
