By Lambert Strehter of Corrente
Good heavens! Patient readers, I got so absorbed writing a post that begins to disentangles Alvin Bragg’s “hush money” case that I lost track of time, and forgot to put up an open thread. Here it is! –lambert
Northern Scrub-Robin, Kutini Payamu (Iron Range) National Park–Cooks Hut to Rainforest Camping area, Cook, Queensland, Australia. “Calling from just off trail. Hopping between the ground and about 1 m up. Heavy canopy drip.” And the birder stomping about in the background.
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Frank Little writes: “First alpine wildflower of the year, Mountain douglasia (Primrose family), coming to life shortly after the snow retreats. Found while ridge walking in southwest Montana.”
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