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CWilbur

@CWilbur@sfba.social

Nope. This isn’t science fiction; no dystopian future. This is here… now. I’m past opining, but willing to converse on any subject that improves lives. #Volcanology, #Petrology, #SW #Engineer, #System Architect, and #SciFi #writer; I really dig #butterflies. Especially the tiny ones. Walker in the Rain. #CowboyBebop

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CWilbur, to HashtagGames
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People in the south seem to have a hard time growing up.

CWilbur, to random
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Who the hell makes a cover of the Ramones’ “I wanna be sedated”?

usluck, to facepalm
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https://www.usluck.com/284873/no-diddy-%f0%9f%98%82%f0%9f%a4%a6%f0%9f%a4%a6%f0%9f%a4%a6%f0%9f%a4%a6%f0%9f%a4%a6%f0%9f%a4%a6/ No Diddy 😂🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

CWilbur,
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@usluck Yeah! Fck Women too! Fck little kids (after they’re born), fck people who don’t look like me, and fck the environment too!
If this guy is really committed he’d get that as a neck tattoo.

VeroniqueB99, to random
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CWilbur,
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@VeroniqueB99 “The Rapture “

18+ VeroniqueB99, to random
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They're just boobs. Get over it.

CWilbur,
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@VeroniqueB99 I think he needed that. 😸

bartholin, to random
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Computer programmer at work

CWilbur,
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@bartholin uh-uh. Where’s the spiced chai latte? 😁

CWilbur, to random
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Interesting day in land. Not a record day, but some nice early afternoon sightings.

Lorquin’s Admiral keeping steadfast watch over his section of trail, very close to the creek.
Buckeye rests on trail rock between patrols. He likes trail sections and is also water-adjacent. His territory seemed to overlap the Admiral’s, but they overlap in different planes, so the two interacted rarely.
Male Orangetip hustles by, near ground level mostly. There were several of these today.

CWilbur,
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More action. Overhead, the Tigers battled for airspace. I saw several, and three at one time.

Another shot to battling Swallowtails.

jds, to HikingPics
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My nephew said he wanted to climb a mountain this visit. He said he wanted to be challenged. So I took him to Mt Whitney.

A climber ascending a steep snow slope on the side of a mountain
A climber resting on a rock on a steep slope on the side of a mountain
A climber resting on a rock on a snow covered high alpine trail

CWilbur,
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@jds @KrajciTom Very clean!

ton, to random
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Somebody decided to fuck around.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-nypd-cop-appears-to-accidentally-pepper-spray-himself-during-pro-palestine-protest

CWilbur,
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@ton Reminds me of this.

CWilbur, to random
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Today’s Calavera Part 1

California Ringlet perched on dry grass.
Checkered White hanging with the Sunflowers with an interesting iridescence on the upper wing surface.
Female Marine Blue perched on a dry twig near the top of the Volcano.

CWilbur,
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Today’s Part deux. These are all hilltoppers.

West Coast Lady resting briefly between engagements. Lost a few bits of wing.
Painted Lady rests open-winged on the ground. Though fading in color, this one’s wings are still largely intact.
On the other hand, this Red Admiral has seen better days. As you can see, it’s still flying.

CWilbur,
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Today’s Part 3. Yes there was a Gray Hairstreak. Possibly more than one. But it was really hard to photograph.

Another shot of our Gray Hairstreak, resting briefly on his Sagebrush bud.
From the top, even though out of focus you can clearly see he’s lost one of his hindwing orange patches. Battle damage.
What looks to be an American Lady, perched in a Buckwheat blossom patch.

CWilbur,
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Annnnnnd…. Today’s part 4 - the movie!

The battle of the tinies. Small butterflies wage a pitched and seemingly never-ending battle for control of the hilltop. Several species join the fray, including hairstreaks, ladies, blues, admirals and swallowtail. Also duskywings when they’re around.

CWilbur,
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@perfect_brains It's my phone cam. I can do slo-mo, but that doesn't solve the focus issue. Supposedly you can put your finger on the place you want to focus on, but the phone seems to insist on the background in critical moments. The butterbirds like to perch on lone sticks, where nothing else is in the immediate vicinity that could affect focus.
I'm not yet ready to incorporate an actual SLR. For the time being it's too much weight and, frankly, too slow to respond when the flier is right there.

CWilbur,
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More pics.

Ringlet
Marine Blue
Sara Orangetip.

CWilbur, to random
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The display cabinets. One minor change coming in the next month will be two nice specimens from the recent Tourmaline King Mine finds.

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Speaking of , have a look at this guy! Not a mark or blemish anywhere this Tiger must be newly emerged, because it was kind of docile and clearly hasn’t seen any combat.

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New Blue today

Pictures of a Blue close-up with outer wing pattern.
Pictures of a Blue nectaring on white flowers.
Pictures of a Blue wings open on low foliage.

CWilbur,
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I think it’s a male Orange-Margined Blue, and if so that’s a new species for me.

Butterfly nectaring on unknown white flower (lupine?)

CWilbur,
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@Pollinators I love the Blues! So gorgeous, and people just walk by them because they are so tiny and mostly fly low to the ground.

CWilbur,
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A couple other sightings today. Buckeyes I saw all along the trail. Saw a few unknown Whites and some Orangetips. Usual stuff, but in a different locale.

Male Orangetip passing by.

CWilbur,
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Verified!!! It's new species day! Plebejus melissa

selzero, to random
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Did Flash Gordon really save every one of us?

I know Freddie claims he did. As much as I love Freddie he also claims to be a champion and I never saw him compete in anything. Not as reliable a source as we assume. This could be fake news.

CWilbur,
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@selzero Oh great white guy, save us from the not so white guy!

Yeah, not buying it either. 🤭

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Rudy Giuliani goes to Church Pilgrimage Missionary and Baby Shower Christening
to Part the Red Sea for You and Me

Blessed Bee the Genius of America (and a cheap apartment near Palm Beach in the Sunshine State with Ron Desantimonius of Dizzyland Time Share Complex

MAGA New Orlando Pastor of Paradise for Homeless Children

(and Born Again Giuliani After Life)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rudy-giuliani-on-being-disbarred-for-trump-that-will-help-me-in-heaven/ar-BB1k9lt7?ocid=BingNewsSearch

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CWilbur,
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@Bakersm11 As long as Rudy's zipper is up.

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