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amytabb

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Hmmm maybe this is a bird, dog, and cow photo account?
I do research in computer vision and robotics for agriculture. PhD in ECE.

Posts/typos are personal views;

I like plants, agriculture, photography, gardening. And birds! I got into animal & bird photography in late 2020.
📷 scheduled sometimes M-F 7:25am USA Eastern.

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I continue to learn about birds and gardening. Do birds need a big stack of sticks? Not always. Sticks on the ground and vertical sticks seem to be popular places to search for spiders and check out the area.
Carolina Wren at home.

The same bird is perched on the end of a vertical stick stuck in the ground to mark a plant.

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Brown Thrasher at home. This is the first year I've seen these birds at feeders. Usually they are on the ground, thrashing violently in their search for insects.

Nikon z6ii, f/5.6, 1/800s, ISO 1600, 500mm, tripod and gimbal.

Same bird, same feeder, but different head position, looking almost straight at us.

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Happy Friday! White-throated sparrow at home. This one seemed to have a really vivid contrast between the black and white head stripes, or maybe it is the yellow on the head that caught my attention. Whatever the reason, I took many photos of this bird and here's one of them : )

Nikon z6ii, f/5.6, 1/640s, ISO 1000, 500mm, tripod & gimbal.

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A weird little guy scratching their face with a foot -- male E. Bluebird.

Nikon z6ii, f/5.6, 1/800s, ISO 400, 500mm, handheld but braced on a deck railing.

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Anyone have an identification on this bird? Passing through the mid-Atlantic April 15th.

[edit - a yellow-rumped warbler, thanks birding people!]

I could spend an hour trying to match streaky-yellow warbler photos from various sites to this guy but I'm lazy and know one of you folks already know : )

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Happy WrensDay to all who celebrate!

This little floofball looks like they can't be bothered to perch, yet sing their little lungs out on the deck railing at home. (Carolina Wren)

Nikon z6ii, f/5.6, 1/800s, ISO 320, 500mm, handheld but braced against a building.

Same bird, during a pause in its song. Its head is in profile with an expression, like, "what? I didn't say anything." this little critter is loud. We have been awakened by it.

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Common Grackles at home, in some of their characteristic poses. Whatever these birds are plotting, it seems very complex and mysterious.

Nikon z6ii, f/5.6, 1/500s, ISO 1000, 500mm, tripod & gimbal.

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Showing my parents that one of the hummingbirds fledged!

amytabb ,
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@Jgbird What a lovely photo of bird and parents.

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Haven’t been out with the camera in more than two weeks. Not sure how I feel about it yet.

amytabb ,
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@Jgbird I have also been taking a big break. I edited a batch and realized I had not grabbed any files from the camera since April 3 -- which well is a long time.

I think a break to think and look at the world a bit without a camera is good sometimes.

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    amytabb ,
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    @philip_cardella Hope it turns out ok. It does not sound like a fun 24-48 hours.

    amytabb ,
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    @philip_cardella Oh no, I am just now reading the part about your father. Hoping for the best.

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    Seeing an ad for

    THE COLOSSAL POLLINATOR GARDEN KIT

    and I'm thinking, hey I don't want a T-Rex-sized butterfly! I mean, I'm sure they are cool and all, but I don't have space for these colossal pollinators!

    amytabb OP ,
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    @loren HUGE

    like the movie Rampage, but with pollinators. The possibilities!

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    Some of the gorgeous Eastern Bluebirds, these in the backyard during a light rain. First set: focus on the female. Next post: focus on the male. 1/2

    Nikon z6ii, f/8, 1/640s, ISO 3200, 700mm, braced on a fence post.

    Same birds, similar positions, but the female has shifted around a bit. The male is out of focus and blurry, just a bit of blue.

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    Is there a spreadsheet program that’s not excel or libreoffice that isn’t terrible?

    amytabb ,
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    @loren
    "Excel circa 1997"
    does few things

    but

    does them reliably

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    @loren YES

    I don't need autocomplete, or correct grammar, or autocaptalization (this is my most recent fight in libreoffice) or whatever. It is a spreadsheet, not a novel.

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    @loren These should* be a way to use old versions, especially of libreoffice. I'll plan to look into this. I don't use spreadsheets very often, but it felt a lot easier in the past, and then recently I have had more fights. hmmmm.

    *it may take quite a while for me to look into this.

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    @loren Wow looking at the replies --- Modern CSV is awesome. It does exactly what I want without the junk.

    amytabb , to random
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    Feeling watched: a Tufted Titmouse through the window at Mom's.

    amytabb , to random
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    I had an appointment in Delaware & stopped at a park before driving back. Super fun. There was an Osprey nest near a Canada Goose nest. Whenever the Osprey pair was together, an Osprey would strafe the geese.

    I was too far away for detail, even w/ a teleconverter, but I remembered some things, learned some things, & captured some interesting shapes. (Next post, goose tongue detail)

    Nikon z6ii, f/8, 1/1600s, ISO 640, 550mm, tripod and gimbal.

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    Geese are NOT happy. (detail from above)

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    More Canada Goose displeasure. I was thinking how stressful this would be, to have an Osprey fly by with talons out every 15 minutes, but then again, Canada Geese can be aggressive too. 3/

    Nikon z6ii, f/8, 1/1600s, ISO 640, 700mm, tripod and gimbal.

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    The whole scene: Osprey 1 on the osprey nest to the left, Osprey 2 attacking geese, Geese on the goose nest to the right. It has been suggested (in person, when I was at the park, and on Mastodon) that the geese were in the osprey's nest. I don't know, I don't live there! But at this point, the ospreys have a decent, sticky nest going (even if I didn't include as much in the frame as I wanted to). 4/

    Nikon z6ii, f/8, 1/1600s, ISO 640, 450mm, tripod and gimbal.

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    More osprey versus Canana Good battles! Next post, some funny crops. 5/

    Nikon z6ii, f/8, 1/1600s, ISO 640, 700mm, tripod and gimbal.

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    I don't know why these geese remind me of the cat at dinner meme, but they do. 6/

    Osprey approaches geese, geese honking with their tongues out.
    Only the osprey's talons are visible, the geese honk at it.
    More geese honking at the osprey, tongues out!

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    Virginia Bluebells at a local park. I've never seen so many in one region before! Next post in thread, close-up of the flowers.

    Mertensia virginica
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mertensia_virginica

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    One of the Carolina Wrens around home ... I peeked out the front door to get a photo of this one. There was a nest of the critters in this tree last year, let's hope there is a repeat.

    Nikon D600, f/5.6, 1/800s, ISO 500, 300mm, handheld, BIG crop.

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    A Carolina Wren at home, showing off its leg extensions and contractions on this branch.

    Nikon D600, f/5.6, 1/1250s, ISO 400, 300mm, handheld.

    Same bird, now squatting down a bird and looking at us.
    Same bird, back to a profile shot.

    amytabb , to bookstodon group
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    I'm reading Song of the Turtle: American Indian Literature 1974-1994 , an anthology of short stories edited by Paula Gunn Allen. I'm finding that every story is a gem and am really enjoying the collection.

    The book seems to be out of print. I am borrowing mine from the library and I also have found used copies for sale.

    ISBN-13 ‏ ‎978-0345375254
    @bookstodon

    amytabb , to random
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    It was a rough day for me on a couple fronts today, but when Inca was in the basement with me it was less rough.

    (Inca aggravated her soft tissue injury recently, so that means fewer trips to the basement until she heals up. Today was a tester trip.)

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    @philip_cardella Oh my gosh. The e-collar! oh no!

    Glad to hear your boy is ok. He certainly looks pathetic as advertised by the alt-text.

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