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And now for something completely different: a Robin hunting along the edge of a man-made marsh #AmericanRobin #TurdusMigratorius #Birds #BirdPhotography #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm #SOoCA Robin, with a nice red belly and chest, looks out over the edge of a watery marsh. There are spears of green popping up here and there and a lot of brown vegetative material and soil. The bird looks very patient but also poised to launch after a meal.

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Trump admin attempts to contain blowback from Forest Service ‘reorganization’

Because when you tell a scientist with twenty years of place-based research, a mortgage, a spouse with a career, and children in school to pack up and relocate to a consolidated office that has nothing to do with the ecosystem they’ve spent their career studying, they don’t move. They leave.

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Yesterday: my wife’s view of San Diego International tower from an E-175 (I’m not traveling with her) #AvGeek #Aviation #E175

An over wing view on an Alaskan Airlines (SkyWest) Embraer 175 upon landing at San Diego International Airport. The speed brakes are up and the winglet with blue to green swooshes is prominent. The tower is visible along with an assortment of jets, including FedEx. It’s a cloudy day with very thin stratus.

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My wife is near Yosemite for work. It’s a gorgeous day there. #Yosemite #Halfdome

A view down the Yosemite Valley with Half Dome in the center. It’s a partly cloudy day and there’s a dusting of snow atop the mountain peaks. Patches of bare granodiorite contrast with the surrounding conifer forests.

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Decent M5.7 earthquake east of Carson City, Nevada. I personally didn’t feel it but my RaspberryShake did #Earthquake #RaspberryShake #CitizenScience

A clear seismograph of a earthquake east of Carson City, as detected by a RaspberryShake 274Km away, west of Chico

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In 2025, a rogue mullein plant began growing in the front. It has flowered and it is a Wand Mullein or Twiggy Mullein. I’ve no idea where the seed originated. I’ve never seen it in the neighborhood. I like its flowers. I’ll harvest the seeds and sow them somewhere more reasonable #BloomScrolling

A big central spike of alternating flowers and buds. The flowers have yellow petals with a purple center. The leaves near the bottom of the spike are serrated. The background is blurred.

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Please enjoy these 737 speed brakes, courtesy of my wife. Landing at ONT and then SMF  #Aviation #AvGeek #B737 Overwing view of a Southwest 737 Max 8 with speed brakes fully deployed when landing at Ontario, California. The brakes are not quite vertical and the flaps are probably around 30 degrees. It's a smoggy day in Ontario, CA.An over wing view of a Southwest B737-700 landing at Sacramento International on an overcast day. The speed brakes are about half deployed while the flaps are around 30 degrees. Arrows near the window point the way off the jet during an emergency.

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So these stickers are real. Photo taken by my wife in Ontario, California #USPol

A gas pump panel with a sticker of Trump pointing at $5.99/gallon regular gasoline and saying “I did that”

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My wife flew over Yosemite today on the way to SoCal. She snagged a nice photo of the Yosemite Valley & Half Dome (center) #Aviation #AvGeek #Yosemite

A view out a left passenger windup with a view of a 737 Max wing with Southwest style winglets. It’s a mostly clear sky with Yosemite below where the Sierra Creat still has some snow and Half Dome rises prominently over the green & snowless U-shaped Yosemite Valley

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#SilentSunday #Rabbit #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge

A rabbit sits across a road with crosswalk stripes, facing left. Its shadow is long on a sunny day. It is surrounded by compacted tan dirt of a levee and just beyond the levee is dense vegetation. There’s a sign post to the rabbit’s right with an arrow facing right.