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amytabb

@amytabb@hachyderm.io

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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Jgbird , to random
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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.

Jgbird , to random
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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.

philip_cardella , to random
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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.

    amytabb , to random
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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!

    loren , to random
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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

    amytabb ,
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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.

    amytabb ,
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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.

    amytabb ,
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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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    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.

    amytabb OP ,
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    Geese are NOT happy. (detail from above)

    amytabb OP ,
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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.

    amytabb OP ,
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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.

    amytabb OP ,
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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.

    amytabb OP ,
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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!

    18+ futurebird , to random
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    As of this month I’ve been taking Ozempic for a year and I will continue to take indefinitely. I want to share my experience because the way I sometimes see it discussed gives what I think is the wrong impression.

    I decided to take it since I was struggling to regain full mobility after breaking my leg. I wish I could have discovered this drug 30 years ago.

    I’ve only been overweight for 8 years. So why do I say that? 1/

    18+ amytabb ,
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    @futurebird Yes. And you also mentioned you had to eat to hold off headaches.

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