Kris Kennedy

Where?

Heather, like you I'm very interested in unusual (aberrant) colors, shapes, sizes, patterns, etc., of life forms. For quite awhile I have been especially interested in aberrant checkerspot butterflies, although I'm always on the lookout for anything odd, including aberrant plants.

Other people posted photos of this duck on eBird back in 2009. That's probably the year that I photographed it but the dates in the files of my photos are variable for some reason. I know that it was in the Fall because the tree leaves were orange. Notice the reflection on the water in one photo.

Here's a Mallard + Wood Duck at the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden a long time ago. I really miss going there. It's just too far away and I've had transportation problems for several years. I may be homeless in a few months. Hmm, I wonder if I could get away with living in that park. ;)

Yep, it is a good looking bird.

Some people may also be thinking that the speckled breast is like a Gadwall but a male GW Teal has a similarly speckled breast, and you're right about the bill and legs.

Whatever it is it's very interesting.

Yeah, the head colors are indicative of a gw teal.

Could it instead be a Mallard + Green winged Teal?

Or Gadwall + Green Winged Teal?

I think that it's the former but I could be wrong. :)

It's a moth, but I don't know which species. I looked at several websites that show Washington moths but couldn't find it. It's possible that it isn't a native Washington moth. Do you have any more photos of it?

Is that a painting?

It is exquisite.

Why is it in a container?

Where?

What species?

Photo?

Is it normal for a female Dotted Border to have wings like that? If so, are they able to fly?

That is very interesting.

Where?

Do you know the scientific name of it?

Is it in the genus Eucyclodes?

If I were in New Mexico I think that I would be looking closely at those skippers, and everything else. I drove through the northern part of NM a long time ago but didn't explore anything. I may have to move there pretty soon. The land I'm on now is being sold and I can't afford anything else here.

The similarities and differences of Silver-spotted and Huachuca skippers are very interesting. Before seeing your post I had never heard of Huachuca skippers, and I thought that I knew everything. Ha Ha.

I love pikas. They're fairly common in the Cascade Mountains of SW Washington.

Trump and his gang of fascist goons are destructive morons.

Update: Cat-Killer Priest’s Sentence Betrayed the Cats & the Public

Neither the priest's vicious actions nor the weak sentence surprises me. Priests are scum, and so are a lot of judges.

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That is a useless demand. Miller is just one DHS monster.

Currently approved ICE and Border Patrol funding should be revoked and no future funding should take place.

Any democrat or republican who supports ICE and/or Border Patrol should be sent to Gitmo, permanently.

I predict that Bluesky will die, probably not very far in the future.

Some reasons being that the Bluesky operators don't listen to and provide what users ask for, and the Bluesky moderators don't listen, respond, or correct their bad decisions or their mislabeling of accounts (e.g. Rude, etc.).

What road is that?

The Ridgefield area has been devastated for the construction of homes, businesses, roads, etc. The La Center area is being messed up too, mostly for housing developments.

It's what some people call 'progress'.

What part of the Pacific Northwest?

It's hard to tell but I think that it's a song sparrow.

What do you mean?

Knock on Any Door - Wikiquote

Reminds me of this:

"Live fast, die young, have a good looking corpse."

in the movie Knock On Any Door, starring John Derek and Humphrey Bogart.

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Google is attempting a public land grab for its data center water supply. Contact @wyden.senate.gov & tell him our public land needs to be protected!
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