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IdahoLark

@IdahoLark@syringa.social

Birder, Tali’s person, Boise State alum, Master Naturalist, and blue bird living in a red state. Fourth-generation Idahoan, one-time Alaskan. Former dog musher and director of Alaska Bird Observatory, now teaching environmental education in prisons. I post photos from my walks and travels, dogs, birds, and other random things I see. Most bird photos are my husband's. #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Boise #Idaho #Alaska #Caturday

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IdahoLark, to Birds
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A beautiful male Scott's Oriole we saw on our recent trip to Arizona's "sky islands." Jim DeWitt photo. #birds #birding

IdahoLark, to Arizona
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Coati on the high wire at Cave Creek Ranch, #Arizona. #birds #birding #mammals

JimsPhotos, to nature
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Nice light for herons. Just a crop needed for this beautiful Grey Heron.

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #heron

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@JimsPhotos Very nice!

IdahoLark, to oregon
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  1. The water is high enough at Lake Owyhee that the ring gate spillway, affectionately called a "Glory Hole" and rarely put to use, is overflowing with water. An oddly cool thing to see. #Oregon

A video shows a slightly submerged concrete ring spouting vapor like a whale as water above a dam flows into its deep vertical tube.

IdahoLark,
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  1. Here's view looking into the 60-foot diameter "Glory Hole" spillway at Owyhee Dam in #Oregon.
IdahoLark, to random
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Happy #BatAppreciationDay! My favorite experience appreciating bats was at the Frio Bat Flight in Texas a few years ago. The evening departure of over 10 million Mexican free-tailed bats from their cave takes hours. Appreciative raptors hunt the bats before dark, grabbing them right out of the sky and eating them without landing.

IdahoLark, to random
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We came across this sign today while hunting for rocks for my garden along some back roads.

GottaLaff, to Idaho
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Via Democracy Docket:

NEW: #Idaho Supreme Court upholds the state's ban on using student IDs to vote, dismissing a lawsuit alleging that the rule violates young voters’ right to equal protection and right to vote under the Idaho Constitution.

IdahoLark,
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@GottaLaff Which, sadly, is one of the least worst things to happen in Idaho politics in the last week.

GottaLaff, to random
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“Dairy farmers in the United States are raising their defenses to try to contain the spread of #BirdFlu: banning visitors, cutting down trees to discourage wild birds from landing, and disinfecting vehicles coming onto their land.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/bird-flu-pushes-us-dairy-farmers-ban-visitors-chop-trees-2024-04-11/

IdahoLark,
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@Eka_FOOF_A @GottaLaff I don't think that cutting down trees will discourage gulls, starlings, doves and blackbirds from concentrated feeding operations or small feedlots.

IdahoLark, to Idaho
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My sisters are my heroes, including the one that made this sign for a protest tonight. The Idaho “Freedom” Foundation is an extremely heinous and harmful group. #Idaho

IdahoLark, to random
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I am get hammered with dozens of spam/scam phone calls every single evening, starting at about 5:30 pm. I never answer and then block the numbers, but don't know what else I can do. Is anyone else suffering the same?

IdahoLark,
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@thepoliticalcat I never answer if I don't know the caller. But holy hell, someone sure sold my number to some bad actors.

IdahoLark, to Idaho
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It's strutting time again! Too bad #Idaho politicians favor ranching and development on our public lands over the imperiled Greater Sage-Grouse. #birds #birding

IdahoLark, to random
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My sister and her daughter got chastised for wearing masks by the dude working the meat counter in #FredMeyer this morning. I can’t believe there are still halfwits threatened by masks. Meanwhile a friend is battling #Covid here.

IdahoLark,
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@Sharonbw You can be sure they gave the manager an earful!

IdahoLark, to Dogs
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My dog is such a goober.

cwoodruff, to random
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This is nightmare I have when I fly. I am 6’3” and I try to get exit row but even newer planes do not have larger rows in exits now. I fly Friday in a regular economy seat between my wife and daughter and dreading that someone reclines and kills my legs.
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/advice/airplane-seats-reclining-rules/

IdahoLark,
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@cwoodruff @thepoliticalcat One of my flying nightmares is reaching down to get something out of my handbag and when the jerk in front of me suddenly leans his seat back this time he succeeds at breaking my neck.

IdahoLark, to random
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Brilliant! Why do I never think of things this clever? #eclipse

IdahoLark,
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@Snowshadow Especially since you get to eat it afterwards.

IdahoLark, to random
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Dang coronaviruses are falling from the trees now. I hope the most recent vaccine covers this version.

mina, to random
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Don't get blown away, today!

sculpture artist: Penny Hardy

IdahoLark,
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@mina @KayJanes Wonderful! I would love that in my yard!

IdahoLark, to thailand
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#SilentSunday #Thailand

IdahoLark, to Birding
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My husband and I just finished our fifth and final winter raptor survey for the season. Highlights were finding a big flock of Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches, seeing 30 pronghorn, and spying several Burrowing Owls staking out nest sites. #raptors #owls #birding #Idaho #CitizenScience

GottaLaff, to random
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Watch. Be amazed.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/03/cdk-company-dance-video/

IdahoLark,
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@GottaLaff Love it! Even if it made my neck hurt. Wish I had that kind of talent.

Saltssaltgirl, to random
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Finally broke down and bought an air fryer. What should I cook? Suggestions welcome

IdahoLark,
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@Saltssaltgirl Besides the usual (French fries, frozen foods, grilled cheese sammy, reheating pizza) there are yummy recipes out there for things like chicken parmesan, coconut shrimp , garlic mushrooms, broccoli bites, and fish that are easy to make. And I love to make roasted asparagus made in it.

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