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I'm Ryan Mikulovsky. Tech geek. GIS pro. Avgeek. California Native plant gardener. All photos on this blog, unless stated otherwise, are mine. Cameras: Fujifilm X-T5 and X100V. Views are my own. Follow me on Mastodon: @rpmik@avgeek.social

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    Last week I nearly missed this Great Blue Heron at the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge. #Birds #BirdWatching #GreatBlueHeron

    A big gray-blue heron looks away from the camera. The bird is nestled in brown reeds.
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    Here’s the Bald Eagle from last week’s headshot in all its glory. The wildlife refuges in California are a gem.

    adult white & brown bald eagle looking back with its golden eyes while in a eucalyptus tree. Its full body is visible along with its talons.
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    Snow Geese from last weekend. #Birds #BirdWatching #SnowGeese

    Snow geese, white with black wing tips, take flight in the foreground while a linear group look on in the background. They're in an area with some tall grass and the sky is blue gray.
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    Spotted a Bald Eagle today!

    A Bald Eagle, white head blazing, peering down through a eucalyptus tree canopy
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    This was one of two batches of mandarins juiced today for this week’s breakfast 😋

    a pile of halved mandarins, cut side up, on a red cutting board.
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    I hate the MacOS login items notification that when clicked doesn’t tell me jack and furthermore the app it claims has added itself is disabled on that infernal system settings screen. I cannot figure out how to get Citrix to stop even with CleanMyMac X. 😤

    screen shot of the notification
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    A few “better” photos of last night’s brief snow around 1 am last night in Orland, CA. Around 1:15 am it went back to rain but points further north like Redding continued to get snow.

    A red car with a little bit of fresh snow on it in front of a street and some houses.A classic photo of snow on palm tree leaves against the dark, cloudy background.

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    Snow in Orland, CA. Wow. #CAWx

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    Just a few degrees lower and Orland, CA could get snow tonight. Raining right now at 39°F. Doppler returns look softer at Red Bluff & northward… Impressive. #CaWX #RadarScope

    Doppler returns for Orland, CA showing rain echoes and fuzzier snow echoes near Redding.
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    I juiced & pasteurized two liters worth of mandarins today. The mandarins still on the tree should hold quite a while longer even with the upcoming cold snap. #HomeOrchard #Fujifilm

    A backyard with a mandarin tree loaded with fruit and a Valencia tree. it's extremely green. Bark covers the ground and there's a weather station nearby.A counter covered in juicing equipment including a bowl full of rinds, a strainer sitting in a bowl, and very yellow juicer by Proctor Silex branded with Alex's Lemonade Stand.

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    I spied a Spotted Towhee today by the Sacramento River. #Birds #BirdWatching #SpottedTowhee #Fujifilm

    A black backed bird with white spots and a very rust red chest is perched upon a leafless plant with brush in the background. The bird has a gorgeous rust colored eye.
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    The Western Blue Birds have already discovered the new piles of grape vine trimmings that still have clusters of raisins. And one of the Mockingbirds got really intrigued about the newly pruned grapevines. #Birds #BirdWatching #BlueBirds #Mockingbird #Fujifilm

    A western blue bird sitting atop a pile of prunings of grape vines with clusters of raisinsA gray and white mockingbird standing on a thick horizontal dormanr grapevine. The bird gazes to the left as it thinks about its next move.

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    Western Blue Birds have been in the neighborhood for a while now. Today they finally found our desiccated grapes! #Birds #BirdWatching #WesternBlueBird #Fujifilm

    A blue bird with a blue back and rust red chest sits on a thick grape vine loaded with desiccated clumps of grapes (raisins).A blue bird flies away from the grape vine with a grape in its beak.

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    Just flying an A340-600 from San Francisco International into Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. #XPlane #FlightSim #AvGeek

    A340-600 on approach to KSJC 30L, just passing over downtown San Jose at night. The freeway is all lit up and the runways are visible. It's a dark night.

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    Another #Caturday about to pop down into history.

    A black and white cat attempts to stand completely on top of an iPhone. The iPhone has a red case on so it as outlined in red. She is on a blue couch.
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    My first listen to Everything Is by Neutral Milk Hotel - released yesterday. Very short. https://album.link/us/i/1659915193

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    Lunar New Year’s Eve in San Francisco. #LunarNewYear #SanFrancisco #Fujifilm

    a sparkling bottle rocket shooting anive the dark street with red lanterns suspended above.
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    Great Egret on the San Francisco Bay Trail just south of The City Of Burlingame Shorebird Sanctuary. #birds #GreatEgret #Fujifilm

    A very white, tall and narrow Egret standing with one leg on a rock watching the quiet bay water brunch.
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    My first time at Bayshore for SFO plane spotting.

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    Indisputably confirmed Yellow Rumped Warbler at yesterday’s visit to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. They were everywhere but it’s rare to have one facing away for more than a split second 😍#birds #YellowRumpedWarbler #fujifilm

    the yellow patch on the rump of the Yellow Rumped Warbler faces directly at the phonographer. The bird is perched on a defoliated branch and the sky is overcast.
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