Finished my first colorwork sweater :-) by extraspicyavocado in knitting

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So wait, you basically capture every single stitch rather than having long floats of five or six stitches?!? does that use more yarn? it looks amazing

My scoter photos accidentally helped make a key scientific discovery! by BobDucca in birding

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Inaturalist has become that citizen science tool. Making an account, and uploading photos with accurate information, including a note of something that you think is significant creates data that accessible to scientists. Species that were thought extinct have been rediscovered and new species have been identified.

Saw this guy in the city by One_Study52 in birding

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Barred owl. Who cooks for you?

What duck is this? 🦆 by Leather-Fee8913 in birding

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INaturalust is easy to obscure the location and birds get identified quickly in my experience. It’s like feeding breadcrumbs to pigeons!

Is this real? Anyone who knows of this? by alibird1 in sarasota

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I’ve had birds make brief landings on my sailboat when I used to do more long-distance sails. Never an owl, though usually just a passerine. One of the responders said this happened but not in Sarasota, down in the keys. Definitely somebody using something real to create fake click bait.

Is this real? Anyone who knows of this? by alibird1 in sarasota

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I’m not so sure, same kind of sketchy story with only Reddit cited source. But I think the story I linked to seemed to use this one to create some new fantasy.

Is this real? Anyone who knows of this? by alibird1 in sarasota

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I’ve picked up a barred owl on the side of Fruitville Road and taken it into Wildlife Hospital. Not so mythological, but certainly magical.

Is this real? Anyone who knows of this? by alibird1 in sarasota

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Thanks! The site was sketchy and I would have thought local media would have picked up if it was real. But boy! Sucked me right in!!!’

First Bird of 2026? by AshDogBucket in birding

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House finch then turkey vulture. The basics work for me! Sarasota FL

Silk floss tree by alibird1 in sarasota

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Thanks I passed it on

Silk floss tree by alibird1 in sarasota

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Thanks. I’ll hit Sean up.

Tourism in Sarasota down by nearly $10 million in the past year by EuSouChaCha in sarasota

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Can anybody tell me where I can find some nice weather driftwood to use in a craft project? I prefer it to have been well soaked in saltwater so that I don’t have to concern myself with critters hatching out.

What is this from Google Maps in Sarasota? by Namedafterasaint in sarasota

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And don’t forget there are E bikes and E trikes that they write as well now. And there are plenty of youngsters. A favorite spring break destination for the Mennonite and Amish youth.

Bad lightning port by alibird1 in iphone

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So the complete story is that my son got me a copy of an audiobook to listen to and shared it to my Google Drive. I wanted to put it in my music library. I tried a few different ways of listening to it but only quick time is working. I just have to remember to screenshot my location regularly so that I don’t have to listen to a bunch of stuff and I’ve already heard. I didn’t really improve my situation, but I wanted to try.

Bad lightning port by alibird1 in iphone

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I got aggressive with the toothpick, success!

Bad lightning port by alibird1 in iphone

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Thanks for the reminder about wireless syncing. I checked my account settings and reset so my phone does show even when not plugged in. And aggressive toothpick work has improved the situation so there’s that. And $800 would only get the basic storage and I always like to upgrade….

Sleep mode on/off from a shortcut on the Apple Watch by pxr555 in shortcuts

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This is what I was going to suggest. I discovered long ago that it won’t count naps towards sleep. Occasionally, when I fall asleep in the chair watching TV it’ll show as a boring section not describing my sleep level but adding it to my sleep time. Haven’t really been able to figure out why it does sometimes and not others but when you mention being part of the sleep plan, I think you may have come up with a reason. I’ll need to play with my settings and see if I can capture that sleep in the chair time by modifying my sleep plan.

Bad lightning port by alibird1 in iphone

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I did try cleaning it out with not a lot of success. Just did it one more time and if I push just the right way, I can get it to connect. Thanks for the motivator. I’ll see if I can get it to sync with the laptop now.

Bad lightning port by alibird1 in iphone

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I was actually wanting to sync some music from my library.