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Paul Foth

@paulrfoth.bsky.social

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Sparrow, lichen, music fan account Bird guide in the BC Cariboo Occasional scholar of of religious history Exile from the Salish Sea

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1h

I don't want to leverage anything unless I get to use ramps, pulleys, or levers.

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 4h

Take that, CDs

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 18h

Side-questing for God knows what

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 20h

Haha, yeah, I barely touch mosses. I stick to learning one or two new things at a time. I'd say that field guides for a lot of organism groups are not as user-friendly as they are for birds or plants.

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, the suggested IDs aren't great for a lot of lichens. Identification can be tricky, and species-level identification is often not possible from photos alone. I don't know exactly what's expected in your area, but U. perplexans is the most common Usnea species where I am in the BC Interior.

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1d

It wouldn't be Usnea hirta/Bristly Beard, as this one has obvious soralia and lacks dense isidia. Possibly Usnea perplexans/Lapland Beard.

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1d

And they* said getting a kinglet photo couldn't be done.

Golden-crowned Kinglet, 108 Mile Lake, BC

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Photo of golden-crowned kinglet--tiny greenish songbird with black, white and yellow face pattern, on small bush.

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 2d

More federal funding cuts

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 3d

My opinion (since you asked) is that I love the new sound directions, but I find the songwriting wanting apart from a few highlights.

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 4d

If Methodism was not part of the 18th & 19th century Evangelical revivals, what is? Or if going by the narrower scope of 20th century neo-evangelicalism, Methodists have been involved, even if not at the centre.

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 4d

and send it to Oklahoma

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 4d

Or take it away

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 4d

We have a local three-legged Red Fox that I've seen a few times.

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 4d

By a user, not by the suggested identifications (unless that is where the user got the suggestion).