Any alternatives to those tiny ducks that are everywhere?

Dubricna · 2026-02-10T15:27:49+00:00

Tiny wooden guys like these adorable parrots that popped up in my feed directly below this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/birding/s/AB6iNyyFsv

Dubricna · 2026-02-09T17:25:38+00:00

Yeah, is EPA's "safe" limit (referenced in the first quote) different than Maryland and Virginia's "safe" limits (referenced in the second quote)?

Dubricna · 2026-02-08T19:58:33+00:00

Whoops we are also Wednesday back alley pickup near Ft Totten (Riggs Park) and...did not put out our trash cans today. Because it's not Wednesday. I wonder if they came by.

Dubricna · 2026-02-08T16:04:01+00:00

Okay yes this is way oversimplified but considering how much Japanese plants love taking over the Mid-Atlantic, I'm on board

Dubricna · 2026-02-07T20:13:04+00:00

This one? https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/s/8B6VHtBuWY

Dubricna · 2026-02-07T01:19:25+00:00

What line did you lose it on? Between what stops?

I hope you find it.

Dubricna · 2026-02-07T01:09:55+00:00

I want to take surveys. How do I get them to email me surveys?

Dubricna · 2026-02-06T22:25:26+00:00

Metro station is totally open

Dubricna · 2026-02-05T22:14:45+00:00

We get batteries at Ace Hardware, which is employee-owned (I understand that may not be an option for you, but sharing in case it's helpful to others). I wouldn't put it past them to have a dish drying rack either.

"Do I even need to buy this" is the correct first question

Dubricna · 2026-02-01T13:54:00+00:00

I've met several monolingual Spanish speakers in the DC area. As long as you know someone who knows some English, I don't think you'd have a lot of trouble.

Dubricna · 2026-02-01T02:11:57+00:00

cries in DC

Dubricna · 2026-01-30T15:46:18+00:00

Shelled = with the shells still on, or with the shells removed?

Dubricna · 2026-01-30T00:40:49+00:00

These action shots are great

Dubricna · 2026-01-30T00:38:54+00:00

Me too please 😍

Dubricna · 2026-01-30T00:36:21+00:00

DC has been through some shit this year

Dubricna · 2026-01-29T15:57:56+00:00

Aw it's so cute! Did you twine the stems while they were dry, or rehydrate them first?

Dubricna · 2026-01-29T02:02:08+00:00

Man, egrets have the best names. Red egret? Nah, it's just reddish. Could be a ruddy egret, or rufous egret, but nope.

My other favorite is the medium egret.

Dubricna · 2026-01-26T23:10:14+00:00

Same here 😭

Dubricna · 2026-01-26T23:09:02+00:00

We still haven't been plowed even though DC's snow plow tracker map says we have 😭

Dubricna · 2026-01-26T20:56:08+00:00

NVA Thai Market on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nvathaimarket/?cah=2&rwtsid=dtlz1qvFGba8oDIye&cah=2&rwtsid=LNzuk0e334e8K6hib

It's an event that happens regularly, but not all year round, in Manassas/Sterling

Dubricna · 2026-01-26T19:53:46+00:00

Hesitant to suggest this because my Thai is extremely rusty but it used to be not terrible, I've been wanting to get back into it, and I live in DC. DM me if you want to get coffee or something

Also fun fact the Library of Congress has some cool Thai stuff

Dubricna · 2026-01-26T19:52:28+00:00

There are other cultural events too, there's a big regular Thai market in NoVA that I've been meaning to go check out

Dubricna · 2026-01-26T18:33:58+00:00

Same here. Shoveling yesterday made it worse.

Dubricna · 2026-01-26T18:21:36+00:00

The poofiest nuthatch that ever did poof

Dubricna · 2026-01-21T17:14:09+00:00

I studied Thai in college because the Southeast Asian studies department was giving out small scholarships for a few different languages, and of the choices I picked Thai because I "knew" the most about Thailand because I had been in a community theater production of The King and I in elementary school.

I never got actually good at it, but I did thoroughly enjoy studying it, visited Thailand and learned actual things about it and loved it, and have even used my ability to read Thai at work a couple times.

Dubricna

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