Yesterday, I shot at the refuge using Ritchie Roesch’s “Emulsion ’86, a Fujifilm X-T5 (X-Trans V) Film Simulation Recipe.” Worked nicely in hazy skies and the tremendously golden Willow catkins. #Fujifilm #FilmSimulationRecipe

Western Fence lizard basking in the sun at the Refuge today #WesternFenceLizard #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm #SOoCA fairly girth-y Western Fence lizard on Willow tree bark, nearly camouflaged with its surroundings.

Two Eurasian Collared Doves enjoying this evening #EurasianCollaredDoves #Birds #BirdWatching #FujifilmTwo Eurasian Collared doves perched on tree of heaven branches with a clear sky in the background. Golden hour light vaguely reflects off their heads.

Random unexplained photo of a very narrow part of our backyard #BloomScrolling #Ceanothus #NativePlants #Yarden #Fujifilm #SOoC A Ceanothus branch with clusters of small, light purple flowers and shiny dark green leaves. The bokeh background is wooden fence with sunlight streaming through.

It’s quite warm and pleasant in California. Running the whole house fan in the evenings is glorious.

Ceanothus and Asian Pear #BloomScrolling A Ceanothus bush with abundant clusters of small blue flowers and green leaves, situated in front of a wooden fence. The ground around the tree is covered with mulch and branches.A close-up of an Asian Pear branch with several small white flower buds and green leaves. One closed bud is being broken into by a European honey bee. Its butt is sticking out, surrounded by tightly closed flower pedals. The background is out of focus with greenery and a clear blue sky.Close-up of Asian Pear white blossoms on a tree branch with a blurred background, featuring clear blue sky and foliage.White blossoms with noticeably pink stamens on an Asian Pear branch with a bokeh background.

#SilentSunday #DeathValleyNP #MosaicCanyon #Fujifilm #SOoCA rocky desert valley and wash with sparse vegetation and hikers in the distance, surrounded by layered, red to gray rugged mountains and canyon walls.

I guess both of my Asian Pear trees have a fungal infection. These black spots certainly do not appear to be insect related. I’ve treated with fungicide in hopes of salvaging these trees & this year’s fruit. #Yarden #HomeOrchard A budding Asian Pear branch with clusters of leaf green & white flower buds and some black spots on them. Probably fungus. The branch is attached to a tree with a rocky and mulched ground beneath. A drip hose passes through the mulch, which is encircled by river cobble.

Flew my hot-rod DHC-2 Beaver to the gravel strip at Lake Pillsbury. My landing was awful as I slammed my right wing into the ground. #XPlane #ThrandaDHC2 #FlightSim #macOS A simulated bright magenta and orange DHC2 Beaver is flying over a forested landscape with a lake below. The gray overcast sky has orange tint, as it’s sunset. Two instrument dials are overlaid on the scene, showing aviation gauges.

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Super-duper niche but: if you fly X-Plane 12 with the Thranda DHC-2 Beaver with a Yawman Arrow controller, I have written a FlyWithLua script for multifunctional controller buttons. I am changing it frequently and YMMV with how much sense the bindings make. #XPlane #ThrandaDHC2 #FlightSim

Last Friday, this coyote had plenty of rabbits and birds to consider but instead wanted to check us out. Hope everyone can find the good in this week! #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Coyote #Fujifilm #SOoC A coyote walking along a gravel road in a rural area with a “Soft Shoulder” sign visible. The background features vegetation and an overcast sky.

Whoops #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #GreatBlueHeron #Birds A great blue heron in flight, captured from the back, with its wings spread wide. It’s blurry because the photographer wasn’t ready. The background is a grassy field under a partly cloudy sky.

The U.S. egg industry has forced us to find egg alternatives. Vegans know! For breading sweet potato & bean croquettes, we used a flour slurry. No differences detected and it was practically free.

#SilentSunday Snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains with Mount Tom under a clear blue sky, with a valley and sparse trees in the foreground. The peaks are just lit by the setting sun.

My simple X-Plane 12 FlyWithLua scripts that enable aircraft specific multi-button functionality for the Yawman Arrow Controller are now on Codeberg instead of GitHub. Codeberg’s documentation is great! #XPlane #LuaScripting #YawmanArrow #Codeberg

A Northern Harrier from yesterday’s visit to the refuge #NorthernHarrier #Birds #BirdWatching #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm A Northern Harrier, mostly brown with a white bar on its back below the wings, is flying over a body of water with wings outstretched while looking down. In the foreground, there are bare branches, and the background features a distant shoreline with trees under a cloudy sky.

What luck at the refuge today! Among many others, we were treated to Northern Flickers, an Egret feasting on a crawdad, a really tame(😬) coyote, and a gorgeous Pheasant #NorthernFlicker #Egret #Coyote #CommonPheasant #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm #SOoCA woodpecker perched on a bare branch with a blurred landscape of hills and fields in the background.

A white egret is standing in a grassy, marshy area with a small crawfish in its beak. The background is blurred with various shades of green and brown from plants and grasses.

A coyote trotting across a grassy levee with a cloudy sky and sparse vegetation in the background.

A male pheasant with vibrant plumage, featuring a red face, green neck, and mottled brown body, is standing in a grassy area with greenery and twigs in the background.

The Albums app for iOS can now save Quick Collections to Apple Music playlists. Now my Sonos speakers can directly play full albums however I like. No more AirPlay! Paradoxically, this means I will use the Albums app less. But it’s very important!

Here’s my first clear keeper ever of an American Bushtit. Such a smoll borb!A small American Bushtit perched on a tree branch among twigs and young willow leaves, set against a bright blue sky.