Eric Lathrop @eric@mastodon.ericlathrop.com

Some cool tree bud I saw on my birding walk this afternoon. I love the tiny wrinkled leaves.

Saw these bell-shaped flowers this morning. It was super cold and actually snowed for a few minutes.

Some #mosstodon for you

Just look at those 3 cute little babies looking up at the parent.

I looked it up and both parents will sit on the nest, though the Mother usually spends more time on it.

OMG, the parent got up and there's 3 fuzzy baby Bald Eagles it was sitting on! It's feeding them right now!

I found this cool Bald Eagle list nest webcam. The picture's pretty good, and it even has sound.

https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/pa-farm-country-bald-eagle-live-cam

Today I learned that DNS over TLS lets Google serve you more ads:

https://ericlathrop.com/2021/03/dns-over-tls-lets-google-serve-you-more-ads/

I'm excited that I think I finally fixed the oldest bug in my game Kick Bot tonight. It's been in our bug list for 2 years!

One of the other Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers I saw at the same time. I think this one is a juvenile that is just starting to get its adult plumage.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Louisville, Kentucky, 11/08/2020

This was only my second time seeing this species. There were two sapsuckers chasing each other circling around a tree trunk. I'm so glad some of my photos turned out.

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A Black Vulture catching some sun. Louisville, Kentucky, 11/08/2020

I heard one reason birds will spread their wings and sunbathe is because it will kill mites and other parasites that live on their feathers.

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Wild Turkey, Louisville, Kentucky 11/08/2020

Look at the iridescence on its neck feathers. Also its legs are super long.

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Pink flowers with a little metallic fly

American Crow, Louisville, Kentucky 11/07/2020.

Birds have weird eyelids. You can see the crow's eyelid closed in the second photo.

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Some kind of fluffy plant.

Song Sparrow, Louisville, Kentucky 11/07/2020

Do you think birds ever stare in awe at the sunset and think "this is amazing"?

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Here's a daytime moon photo I took on 11/17/2020. It's so cool to see all the craters.

Here's a hawk from my backyard on 10/25/2020. Maybe a Cooper's Hawk? I have a hard time telling them apart.

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