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Artist, kayaker and amateur naturalist on the Oregon coast.

  1. Q ball... A California Quail contemplates it's scrying orb, a Japanese glass fishing net float

    #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGlass #EastCoastKin #birds

    Against the green backdrop of a wild cherry tree a male California Quail perches atop a fence post which has a blue green grapefruit sized spherical hollow glass ball.
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  2. There's two invasives I'm aware of, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Both are rather distinctive with white stripes on their legs and upper thorax. I'm on the Oregon border with Northern California, thankfully on the coast where we have few mosquitos of any stripe.

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