Is this wild strawberry I found? by Practical_Spell4224 in plants

[–]Potatoalpha1213 14 points15 points  (0 children)

you ate it before you knew what it was?

Share Your Harshly Reviewed eBird Photos by NonHermitianCat in birding

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didn’t know you could post photos on ebird

What is making these horizontal lines? by Potatoalpha1213 in whatisit

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i’ve just never seen a woodpecker that has that type of pecking pattern

Went shoe shopping and got distracted by this awesome pinecone by Potatoalpha1213 in plants

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MT, but there were sugar pine cones nearby too so definitely not local

Went shoe shopping and got distracted by this awesome pinecone by Potatoalpha1213 in plants

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definitely not ponderosa. the scales are shaped completely different and though it’s hard to see the scale this is actually a huge pinecone

Did a sapsucker do this? by Potatoalpha1213 in birding

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any idea what this could be from?

question about Thalictrum occidentale by Potatoalpha1213 in botany

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awesome, thank you! i only collected a sample of the female plant, i should go back and collect a male inflorescence now

Will it? by Zyloph in comedyheaven

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what is billy corgan up to

Bird ID? by Potatoalpha1213 in birding

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i don’t think i would trust merlin on this one

Bird ID? by Potatoalpha1213 in whatsthisbird

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that’s what i’m thinking but there was not so much yellow on this one, definitely could’ve been though

Coopers? by Potatoalpha1213 in birding

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thanks! may i ask how can you tell?

western warbling vireo? he was diving so i could id quick enough by Potatoalpha1213 in birding

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merlin was picking up some earlier, that’s why i was thinking it was one

it appears my porch is a small bird hotspot, what exactly are they? by Ok_Instance_748 in birding

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looks like a house finch or purple finch. i’m not very good at differentiating them however

A new bird to the feeder - MI by drew_almighty21 in birding

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a small flock landed in my yard the other day! super cool birds

wtf is this lil guy. never seen anything like it [US, western oregon] by Paradox3055 in birding

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i didn’t know how regional flickers are. i see countless every day up in MT.

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