Who knew a hawk could be a birb?
Who knew a hawk could be a #birb?
Spotted in a park. Probably a Cooper’s Hawk.
I heard a lot of chirping from this tree, and saw a cluster that looks like it could be a nest near where this hawk was standing guard. It just kind of looked around the whole time even as I walked past the tree. If it was standing guard, it must have been able to tell I wasn’t a threat.
Thank you, Google, for your monthly reminder that you track my movements and that I …
Thank you, Google, for your monthly reminder that you track my movements and that I haven’t gone much of anywhere lately.
Heh. “Why Does Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall Volcano Look Like a School Science Project?”
Heh. “Why Does Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall Volcano Look Like a School Science Project?” And why the type of lava and type of eruption make it (comparatively) safe for people to see it up close.
Tholomyes is losing his hair and teeth. How the heck did I not make that connection before?
Tholomyes is losing his hair and teeth. How the heck did I not make that connection before?
Across many experiments, participants tried to fix problems by adding stuff
Interesting: “Across many experiments, participants tried to fix problems by adding stuff” even when removing something was a simpler solution.
When asked to fix something, we don’t even think of removing parts
And now I’m reminded of an essay I saw years ago about how people are more likely to ask for a preference to change application behavior than just ask it to change.
Ramona Quimby
Statue of Ramona Quimby, one of several inspired by Beverly Cleary characters in Grant Park in Portland, Oregon. Photo from a trip in 2013.
TBH, though, Atlas Obscura got better photos than I did
#statue #BeverlyCleary #Portland #photo
Uspol
Republicans: Corporations should be able to do whatever they want!
Also Republicans: Wait, not like that.
Lesser Goldfinch (yellow and black, on cables)
Red-tailed Hawk
I don’t know if it’s the same hawk I saw yesterday, but it’s in roughly the same area.
Kid mused about the possibility of a youtube channel that only showed coffee. So I …
Kid mused about the possibility of a youtube channel that only showed coffee. So I told him about the original webcam that monitored a break room coffee pot for years. And of course from there we ended up on the joke RFC for Hypertext Coffee Pot Control Protocol, which also introduced the error code 418 I’m a teapot (whose response body MAY be short and stout).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot
The bishop keeps reminding Jean Valjean about the cheese makers…
The bishop keeps reminding Jean Valjean about the cheese makers in the region he’s required to go to for his parole, and I can’t stop thinking of the joke in The Life of Brian where people mishear “peacemakers”
TIL how to string a guitar.
TIL how to string a guitar.
A red-tailed hawk spotted along the bike path today.
Mourning Dove
Fridge lightbulb went out. Placed a pickup order at Target for a replacement. Added a …
Fridge lightbulb went out. Placed a pickup order at Target for a replacement. Added a few other things we don’t need immediately but could use soonish, figuring why waste an extra trip later. Got a notice at 9:30 that the order was ready, figured I’d wait until morning to pick it up.
I just looked at my email. They filled everything in the order…except the lightbulb.
Typical Mockingbirds
It just sat there perched on the wire while I took several photos. It seemed totally unconcerned.
Kids these days. When I was his age, we NEVER had Friend Drama over who …
Kids these days. When I was his age, we NEVER had Friend Drama over who was hosting the remote video chat!
“What do you want for a second dinner? You’ve already had two lunches!”
“What do you want for a second dinner? You’ve already had two lunches!”
“You’ve become a hobbit! No, wait, you’re too tall for that.”
Say’s Phoebe
I’m not 100% certain – the yellowish color is mostly from the sunset lighting – but the head doesn’t seem to have the shape I’m used to seeing on Black Phoebes, which I see a lot more of here, and I have seen Say’s Phoebes in the area.