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Khaganate Appreciator

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Lover of history, wildlife, cooking and house cats. Nature photography is my own unless otherwise stated.

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Long-billed Curlews from Humboldt Bay
#birds

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Barn Swallows from Humboldt County, California
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The third one is one of two photos I've had published in National Geographic

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A Forster's Tern diving for marine worms
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Snowy Egrets from the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary
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Bullock's Orioles from northern California
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Chinstrap Penguins and their chicks from the Antarctic Peninsula
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One thing I appreciate about the presidential debate the other night is that it has given us a more granular view into who the worst liars in American media are and how many people believe them.

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Golden-crowned Sparrows from northern California
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Yes. Someone installed a couple nest boxes about 10 feet off the ground there, so it's not too far of a drop for these guys.

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I did not. There are a couple nest boxes at the pond, but I've never been there for jump day.

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Wood Duck ducklings and their parents from Eureka, California
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North American river otters from Humboldt County, California
#mammals

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White-tailed Kites confronting other raptors
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Coast gartersnakes from northern California
#herps

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Now it's time to introduce Craigslist AI: the service where a computer gives you herpes instead of a weird person you met online.

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Has gooning evolved to the point where there are business hours? If your that devoted to jerking it, it's kind of a logical conclusion of the practice, but for a brief moment in history there were just some guys going wild with their hogs and nobody could tame them

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but it's still England

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The moment Democrats get a congressional supermajority:

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It is a fantastic species, found all over the globe, and you have captured it in one of its most beautiful poses.

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Great Egrets from Humboldt County, California
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We only get the Rufous here briefly during their northern migration, but the Allen's stay on the north coast to breed during the summer.

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Rufous Hummingbirds and Allen's Hummingbirds from the barberry bush at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary
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While sorting through my photos from today, it's driving home the sentiment that I loathe Apple for getting rid of the finder's "press option to view your RAW photo in 1:1 detail" function in OSX. What you did to Final Cut Pro was bad enough. I don't think I'll buy another Apple device again.

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I’ve wondered in the past how German citizens just continue to work while their country commits genocide I’ve found out how… now I’m a citizen of a country aiding in genocide America criminalizes homelessness, and being subjected to the US penal system may as well be a death sentence So I work 😩

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9 shrimps deciding constitutional issues in the manner of Paul the octopus would be a better system than we have now.

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Arctic Terns from the Antarctic Peninsula.

This bird has the longest migratory route in the world, which takes it from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica and back every year. #birds

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They're fantastic birds. I've posted it before, but I can't get over the time I saw a raven parent luring its young out of the nest for flight practice by carrying around an egg.

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A male Northern Harrier ambushing a While-tailed Kite as it takes flight with prey. The kite chose to drop its vole rather than face a conflict with the larger raptor.
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