Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
Northern Flicker at my feeder the other day.
These are beautiful birds — and they are even more colorful in flight, because they have yellow-shafted feathers and a yellow underside.
I’ve only seen them at my feeder twice, and they got scared off pretty quickly when they saw me both times.
Apparently this guy is watching his cholesterol — doesn’t want to eat any of these hard-boiled egg yolks…
Saw this in my back yard on Monday.
Man, people around here really over-feed their dogs!
The pumpkins I carved for Halloween yesterday. My son picked the general designs and left me with the trivial detail of executing them. 😅
Not bad considering I can’t remember the last time I carved a pumpkin. 😀
(Note the “Easter egg” shadow behind the kitty 😺)
The workbench has taken its rightful place as a work station for electronics and such (though some of the components migrate to the main desk if I need to program a microcontroller…)
This is likely the last picture of a tidy workbench I’ll get for a while.
Some steps in the evolution of my workstation:
- Workbench as desk
2-3. Switched to standing desk - Added monitor arms
Next steps: Get at least one bigger monitor, setup up my cable management game.
Three different kinds of woodpecker in my back yard today. Yellow-bellied sapsucker (male, then female), hairy woodpecker (male), then downy woodpecker (female).
You can tell the hairy and downy woodpecker apart because the hairy woodpecker has a longer beak, and the downy woopecker has black bands on her white inner tail feathers.
Some Eastern Bluebirds at the feeder the other day. Male first, then female.
Male and female northern cardinal.
Possibly a breeding pair? They showed up together, and I didn't see any other cardinals around.
TFW a tufted titmouse tries to photobomb you.
Looking at some old pictures of baby starlings waiting to get fed and something jumped out at me...
Spoiler alert for my PyTexas talk.
Ah, so we're at that stage of the talk preparation process...
Went to feed the geese at the river this morning and I saw this bald eagle!
It was tough to take a picture of it, but I got a reasonably clear one.
Excuse me, Mr. Goose, you seem to have a little something on your beak...
More #birding photos, some Blue Jays that stopped by the feeder the other day.
Putting up LED strips to improve the lighting in my #workspace; the strips are long enough to run 4 of them along my ceiling and 3 joists to reasonably hang them on. What do y'all think, should I double up the middle one, the one in front of me or the one behind me?
Anyone know what kind of bird this is at my feeder?
Pictures don't really capture it well, but it's got some yellow-brown feathers on its back and head, very muted (I suspect this bird is a much brighter yellow during breeding season) a brown beak, white underbelly.
They seem to like thistle seeds.
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
