The Prague Zoo has named its new baby orangutan Pustakawan, which means librarian in Indonesian
https://apnews.com/article/prague-zoo-orangutan-name-pustakawan-83f2e73d323bb948a8922c5843d56432
Silhouetted Finches
And for kicks, I converted the silhouetted #finches and tree to a stark black and white image. I kinda like it.
Goldfinches in sunlight, house finches in silhouette.
Goldfinches in sunlight, house finches in silhouette. And there were a bunch of each, just at opposite ends of the park. (I suspect the glob of leaves next to the goldfinches is hiding a nest.)
Two sparrows and a warbler spotted the other day.
I seem to have caught the second sparrow in the act of scratching its head.
Jacaranda canopy
#Jacaranda canopy, first #LookingUp and then from the side. In the same park as the previous shot. #trees #green #nature
I’m fixing carbon and I’m Still Alive.
Don’t feel so bad, Duo. None of the rest of us can either.
Fowl Language: Life Lesson so true…
Fowl Language: Life Lesson
https://tinyview.com/fowl-language/2022/01/12/life-lesson
So, so true…
Monarch of the Pine
Monarch of the Pine
#butterfly #monarch #MonarchButterfly #nature #pines
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Oh, cool, the Flickr post of this photo got featured on Explore!
why did I think docker would *simplify* this?????
why did I think docker would *simplify* this?????
morbid, death in news
I was really confused by a headline I just saw that said “Diver dies after crashing into San Pedro apartment building”
My first thought was, are there any underwater bits of Sunken City?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sunken-city
Then I looked again and realized it said “Driver,” which makes a lot more sense.
Blinking Squirrel
I took so many photos of this #squirrel trying to get a good shot yesterday that I caught it blinking.
Quarter moon
Distant Snow. (I already used the “Far Snows” caption.)
Distant Snow. (I already used the “Far Snows” caption.) #mountains #trees #snowline
Winter bee and flower spotted today.
Another Fiery Skipper from the first spring of the pandemic
Another #FierySkipper from the first spring of the pandemic.
A Fiery Skipper butterfly spotted last summer.
Looking through photos I somehow missed posting before. Here's a #FierySkipper #butterfly spotted last summer. #nature
Turbulence in a Baltic Sea algae bloom and storm clouds on Jupiter
Nice comparison of turbulence in a Baltic Sea algae bloom and storm clouds on Jupiter showing the same structures
Planetary.org: Algae and Storms
#space #ocean #turbulence #physics #nasa
COVID, weird
It turns out the person I caught it from also tested negative for Covid during their illness…and then came down with actual Covid after they recovered. Fortunately they seem to be on the mend from that now too.
That means (a) whatever I caught from them wasn’t Covid and (b) we haven’t been around them in long enough that we don’t have to worry about it having been a Covid exposure too.
Aquaman for the win!
Aquaman for the win!
http://kerrycallen.blogspot.com/2022/01/aquaman-for-win.html