Notices by Akkana Peck (akkana@fosstodon.org)

Fun day of R/C ski flying at the field this morning. Best snow conditions we've ever had here; the skis worked wonderfully in the deep fresh powder.

#SilentSunday

The #cranes are finally on the move! I counted about 625 sandhill cranes migrating past during a half-hour #bike ride around the neighborhood.

The close photo is from Bosque del Apache; the one of the flock is from my patio.

#BikeTooter #birds #NewMexico

#FallColors along Santa Barbara Creek yesterday.

#NewMexico #hiking

The view driving home from a nice dinner at La Cocina. That mesa on the left with the nice light on it is Shumo, aka Buckman Mesa (the bump on top is called Otowi Peak).

Sure beats the view driving home from dinner when we lived in San Jose.

#NewMexico

I was skeptical that I was seeing any #aurora last night (certainly there was nothing visible to the naked eye) but looking this morning at the cellphone photos I took, I'm more convinced because of the way the colors changed over time. No structure, but i like the colors.

Another #sunset for #sunsetsaturday

I liked this #cloud when we were out flying R/C today. One of the pilots called it a "shelf cloud". To me it looked like the illustration of a front from a textbook.

#SilentSunday

Spent the morning cutting and moving a big ponderosa that had fallen after standing dead for a few years. One section of the core had rotted out and was apparently being used by an ant colony. We let those sections sit after cutting. Hopefully the ants will find somewhere else to move their colony.

Another dead section had the remains of a baby bird who apparently didn't manage to leave the nest.

#SilentSunday #NewMexico #hiking

Capitol Reef. #Utah #hiking

Now I know it's #fall -- saw the season's first #tarantula yesterday evening.

#spiders #NewMexico

Wow, look at what appeared at the Bayo Canyon Trailhead! I've seen no mention of this in any of the trail groups I'm a part of, nor in any announcement by the county. It's very cool: a working pump and a wide assortment of tools one might want for working on a bike, plus a stand where you can hang the bike (at least if you're tall -- it's quite high up for me).

The ride out to the overlook was fun and beautiful, as always.

#NewMexico #MTB #bike #BikeTooter #BikeRepair

It's definitely #fall in the Jemez mountains. The aspens are turning, and so are all the other deciduous plants along the trail.

#NewMexico #FallColors #hiking

Spectacular shots from the Natural Landscape Photography Awards. https://naturallandscapeawards.com/2024-competition-results-gallery/

#Mastodon : Is there a way to search all my toots? My boosts? My favorites?

A solution requiring a little programming would be okay. I found an R package called rtoot, but it doesn't look like it does boosts/faves. Anything for #python?

I know I can download my archive zip file and can search my own boosts there. outbox.json has URLs for boosts, and likes.json has favorites URLs. But I can't fetch those URLs with wget or python-requests because I just get a "please enable JavaScript" page.

I'm so happy that the rufous #hummingbirds have finally arrived! They're a couple of weeks later than usual this year, and I was starting to wonder if they were going to skip us this year.

The APOD today is spectacular: the King of Wings from the Bisti badlands as foreground for the Milky Way. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240721.html

I've shot that formation too, but only during the daytime, when it's not quite as spectacular (but still pretty great). I love that area.
#NewMexico #AstronomyPhotoOfTheDay #badlands #milkyway #SilentSunday

So many #wildflowers blooming at Las Conchas right now! Plus, we found a horned #lizard ("horny toad") on the trail up to the pumice mine. It's always a good day when we spot a horny toad; they're not so common any more, plus they're hard to see with their excellent camouflage.
#hiking #NewMexico #reptile