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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 07/08/2026

pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee pwee… duckling all alone

A duckling swims away from a concrete wall, leaving a lightly rippling wake.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 15/04/2026

These were millimeters apart in a stack of mostly postcards

The upper left corner of a forest-green, glossy print brochure is overlaid upon a post card such that the hypotenuse of a brown triangle accenting the upper left corner aligns with a bottom border of the photo on the post card below. An uncanny color match is found in that photo, which depicts ancient art from the Petrified Forest National Park. The brochure obstructs half of the text, leaving “Petrified Nation” visible. The brochure is titled “America the Beautiful.”

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 28/09/2025

Set them down and was struck by the pattern

A Micron pen, closed, rests on a Moleskine journal, green and also closed, on a blue-gray cushion. They are crossed by angular shadows from (unseen) blinds letting through much sun.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 17/08/2025

Shadow selfie at Hanwoori Garden, which opened in Federal Way, Washington, in June 2025. The space is impeccably designed, expertly crafted, and warmly inviting. It is the first traditional Korean garden in the state. Find it adjacent to Panther Lake.

Semi rectangular stone obelisk with a sloping top edge interrupted by a circle depicting a taegeuk. Letters spelling “we are one” are stacked on the left side. Shadows of tree leaves and the torso of a human figure are cast on the yellow-toned, sun-warmed gray surface.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 01/08/2025

Aptly named dragonfly: common whitetail #odonata

A dragonfly clings to a sun-faded fence board. It has black bands on clear wings and a pale chalk-blue abdomen. The top quarter of the image reveals glossy green leaves behind the board, some tinged yellow.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 28/07/2025

“SeaHorse” by Ben Dye, constructed from repurposed above ground oil tanks, installed in Covington, Washington in 2014 (2009).

The head and neck of a crafted seahorse against a gray sky. The sculpture rises above trees in the background.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 24/07/2025

“Unit 77” King Street Station, Lumen Field, and a touch of T-Mobile Park in the distance beyond a Seattle Fire station.

See post. An open door at the fire station reveals a fire engine with the number 77.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 20/07/2025

It is Suchitra Mattai whose show is nearly done. Hurry. Really. Get to SAAM.

Detail from suchitra mattai piece at Seattle Asian Art Museum. Vintage saris woven and ornamented. Brightly colored cool and hot.
Pappy’s house (detail), 2024, Suchitra Mattai, Guyana, b. 1973, worn saris, aluminum, beaded trim, tinsel, 216 x 110.96 x 81.38 in. Photo: Scott Richardson, 2025.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 19/07/2025

Ai Weiwei’s “Water Lilies,” on view for 1 more day at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, is almost 50 feet long and contains 650,000 toy bricks.

An abstract art piece dominates the frame with shades of blue, pink, and yellow shifting to black, red, and purple from left to right. At the far end, a person stands and looks at the art.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 17/07/2025

Setting down the Arrow after a couple of passes. CQd through MO-122 but no CW takers. Worked 3 on AO-91. #hamradio

A small antenna on a lawn: two series of aluminum tubes at right angles mounted on a square boom.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 08/07/2025

Wordle milestone reached at number 1480. Played about 150 games before this set, but the stats mysteriously disappeared. My average hovers around 3.9. Thanks for the fun, @josh.powerlanguage.co.uk

Cropped screenshot from Wordle showing statistics: 1000 played, 99 win %, 90 current streak, 181 max streak.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 26/06/2025

I’ll take this to be a fine demonstration of Morse code advocacy, even though that’s not what they meant. #hamradio

A chain link fence with large block letters (purple with gold outline) woven in that spell C W SOARS. Trees and partly cloudy sky form the backdrop.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 21/06/2025

#BlueskyArtShow These steps were added to Robert Morris Earthwork (1979) at Johnson Pit No. 30 in Kent, Washington, to help prevent erosion. Yes, they are #narrow. FMI: preservewa.org/most_endange...

Wooden steps set into a hillside, seen from the approach from above. The steps down lead through a dried-grass landscape with layers of roughly oblong terracing in the distance.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 18/06/2025

Detail from a mural, at St Helens and S Baker in Tacoma, by Natalie Oswald and Joel Barber, made as part of the Tacoma Murals Project. #crow #corvid

Artist’s rendition of a crow using opera glasses against a backdrop of blue sky and leafed tree branch.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 15/06/2025

My father when he was just a little more than half my age. Time flies.

Portrait of a smiling white male, mid 30s, with a butch haircut and a tooth gap, wearing a wide-plaid button-front shirt.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 15/06/2025

Positive vibes in Oly today

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 13/06/2025

It’s not just @npr.org and @pbs.org — the Corporation for Public Broadcasting supports myriad other stations, including the inimitable KEXP. Support @djjohnrichards.bsky.social and DJ Morgan in the final hour of their historic marathon at kexp.org.

Video screen mounted on wall is cropped but shows words “KEXP’s program” and “Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Nearby are photographs of musicians including Kurt Cobain.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 11/06/2025

“Make your world larger… by going slower.” This detail is from a statue, in Issaquah, Washington, of Harvey Manning, lifelong hiking advocate, who was instrumental in preserving wildlands within urban King County. The statue was created by Sara Johani and Tom Jay. It was dedicated in 2009.

Detail from a bronze statue showing a hand, resting on a knee, holding a small notebook. Words are inscribed on the notebook are difficult to read.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 21/05/2025

Into the void, angel aka F-winged Barklouse* flying from my knee *If the @inaturalist.bsky.social AI ID is 2B believed #BlueskyArtShow #texture

Translucent wings in motion around a gold-brown object against a black background. It appears to have launched from a domed, tan, textured surface.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 15/05/2025

Fantastic mix on The Afternoon Show with Larry Mizell, Jr., who with other KEXP DJs is honoring Brian Eno on his birthday

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 10/05/2025

Day trip to Seattle Center for a King Hannah appearance at KEXP And a periodic reminder 🦋

Photograph with strong vertical components. Shot through a forest-green painted metal fence, a second, similarly colored fence/cage surrounds weather station instruments on a white post. Beyond it are trees including a western hemlock with its drooping tip, and beyond that is Seattle’s Space Needle rising into a blue sky.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 01/05/2025

#cocorahs rainfall for April was 1.83", enough to keep the grass growing and green

Long lawn grass. Spiky shades of green. That is all.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 20/04/2025

Something goes wrong every time but they’re still great to have around #homebaked #bagels

5 bagels on a cooling rack: 3 plain, 1 sesame, 1 everything. They look tasty.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 19/04/2025

Tahoma Periodic reminder 🦋

A mountain — a snow-covered mound — towers above the distant horizon. Trees in varied greens crowd the foreground landscape.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 14/04/2025

Cornelia Cupp delivering a lesson on convergent evolution? I wanna go birding with Uzo Aduba. 🪶

Uzo Aduba as Cornelia Cupp. A woman holds binoculars with The White House superimposed on the objective lenses.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 16/03/2025

As I drove I listened to @npr. Scott Simon and Chuck Schumer. About the book. Antisemitism in America: A Warning. I parked and started my walk in the woods, hoping the rain would hold off. Within minutes I came upon this scene. Damn.

A forest scene of ferns, forbs, and scattered trees with blue sky and a mostly hidden building in the background. A large tree trunk in the left foreground bears a red spray-painted swastika.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 13/03/2025

Suggestions for a better name than skunk cabbage for this beautiful sign of spring?

A clump of bright green leaves and bright yellow flowrrs against a muddy background.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 04/03/2025

A bird with a profile so recognizable it can be identified from a phone photo taken 75 yards away. 🪶

A belted kingfisher stands on the arcing tubular arm of a streetlight.

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 01/03/2025

Precipitation measured in the yard in February was >4", including some light accumulations of snow. Reported through the #CoCoRaHS program at @nws.noaa.gov. The Cs are for community and collaborative. Will this mostly volunteer program survive the wrecking ball? “Roadmap of future plans.”

Screenshot from CoCoRaHS app including images of gauges installed outdoors. Text: “The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network is a fun way for volunteers of all ages across the U.S. and Canada to help track rain, hail, and snow. By contributing daily precipitation observations using standardized, easy-to-use rain gauges, members become part of a nationwide network of citizen-scientists making a big impact on weather data used by the National Weather Service. It's a simple, hands-on way to learn about weather, help your community, and connect with others who love weather, too!”

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 25/02/2025

I see you, heron (First bird photo with the new phone)

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 20/02/2025

The ARRL, one of 160 member societies of the IARU, is promoting Ham Radio Open House for World Amateur Radio Day, a stronger pitch than the IARU’s ho-hum theme. Coming April 18. Too bad ARRL appears absent on Bluesky (and asleep at the wheel on social media in general).

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Scott Richardson @aves-specta.com · 20/02/2025

The IARU slightly tweaked its World Amateur Radio Day web page with the theme for 2025: “Entering the Next Century of Amateur Radio Communications & Innovation.” 🥱 Coming April 18.

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