I wonder if Rudy can dodge a wrench
Similarly there is an old adage that a home plumbing repair will take three trips to the hardware store.
Multiple species of onions are native to North America and were used both as food and medicinally prior to European colonization.
Is she in alignment with Putin?
Accessed through Jira huh, that's pretty epic but this aggression will not stand up! I can imagine the hackers sprinting away with baguettes under the their arm. Such a scrummy thing to do.
In the US, the vast majority of all commercially available seafood has been frozen. You are just paying a defrosting fee for the more expensive "fresh fish" in the display case at the market.
Anchovies on pizza. Just a couple though, like fish sauce, a little goes a long way.
I've always despised Lima beans. One exception, Lima bean humus at Le Deauville in Lexington KY. Possibly the change in texture along with spices, it was delicious. Thought my taste had changed and tried other Lima bean dishes, nope, still despise 'em.
First thought was how do the glasses on the stay in place without a nose or ears. Second thought why glasses if no eyeballs. Also, that is the strangest seat configuration/fuselage shape I've seen.
No , if you have dental x-rays that's incisor trading
Nature Valley crunchy granola bar has entered the chat, and everywhere within fifteen feet of one being consumed. Heck even unwrapping one sends granola glitter flying.
Schedule finally allows commuting occasionally.
Such a scenic commute, hopefully things align to allow biking more often.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Big Canyon, Upper Newport Bay, Orange County, CA
In breeding plumage, love the tassels.
Arnold Schwarzenegger protected by Pecker's capture and kill scheme while running for governor of California.
David Pecker testified that The Terminator actor asked him not to publish negative stories about him while he was running for governor of California
Although this came to light in the past, it was again reveled during Trump's election interference trial. In a quid pro quo arrangement, Arnold agreed to remain editor of Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazines, if the National Enquirer would kill stories that could damage Arnold's carefully crafted image.
Osprey with its catch, Shellmaker Island, Upper Newport Bay Nature Reserve, Orange County, California
Lighting, background and subject matter came together on this one, I was just there to record.
Trash cleanup in the Upper Newport Bay Nature Reserve
Took advantage of todays 6.8 high tide giving access to clean otherwise inaccessible areas of the UNBR marsh. Sit on tops do have areas where they excel.
Flowers become incels due to climate change.
French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than 20 to 30 years ago in ‘startling’ act of evolution, study shows
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10458716
> Flowers are “giving up on” pollinators and evolving to be less attractive to them as insect numbers decline, researchers have said. > > A study has found the flowers of field pansies growing near Paris are 10% smaller and produce 20% less nectar than flowers growing in the same fields 20 to 30 years ago. They are also less frequently visited by insects. > > “Our study shows that pansies are evolving to give up on their pollinators,” said Pierre-Olivier Cheptou, one of the study’s authors and a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. “They are evolving towards self-pollination, where each plant reproduces with itself, which works in the short term but may well limit their capacity to adapt to future environmental changes.” > > Plants produce nectar for insects, and in return insects transport pollen between plants. This mutually beneficial relationship has formed over millions of years of coevolution. But pansies and pollinators may now be stuck in a vicious cycle: plants are producing less nectar and this means there will be less food available to insects, which will in turn accelerate declines.
Bonaparte's Gull, Upper Newport Bay, Orange County California
Caught this juvenile stalking its prey on the mud flat in the salt marsh.
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Santa Ana, California
Caught this bathing beauty in the courtyard at Bowers Museum
Red-shouldered Hawk, Upper Newport Bay, Orange County, California
A Red-shouldered hawk perched on a Sycamore branch. One talon on the branch, the other talon tightly clutching its prey.
Hummingbird, possibly an Anna's X Rufous Hybrid, Orange County, California
Red crown and throat of Anna's Hummingbird, Rufous colored sides. Taking a break from sipping Bird of Paradise nectar, crown and throat coloration was obvious while feeding.
White-faced Ibis, San Diego Creek, Orange County, California
Flock of Ibis' on a sandbar preening and drying in the mid-day sun. Light was right to capture a little of their iridescence.
American Ornithological Society (AOS) Council Statement on English Bird Names - American Ornithological Society
Would be right to use the names that Indigenous peoples had been using for millennia. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) should be respected as equal to western scientific knowledge. If a species was already known to Indigenous people, it was not discovered by western scientists.
Addendum for clarity. Initiative is to change common names of birds that were named after people. AOS creating a panel to draft new names based off birds features. I think using pre-existing Indigenous names for birds should be considered.
Green Heron, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, California
Many mornings this individual can be found been hunting on the rocks by the Jamboree bridge where the San Diego Creek enters the bay. Its nest site was on the other end of the bay near the Newport Dunes.