Still drive "a stick". Everytime I rent a car, always automatic transmission, it reminds me why I like driving a stick.

That's very kind, thank you Alan.

Profile photo of a northern mockingbird on a branch surrounded by budding purple flowers.

This northern mockingbird has a few budding flowers nearby for #PetalsAndPerches in today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd Apr 2025 on Theo Roosevelt Island in #WashingtonDC.

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An American oystercatcher bird in the foreground digs for food in the sand, while a grackle in the background watches.

This American oystercatcher says #ComeEatWithMe, but the grackle in background ain't buying it. #BirdOfTheDay photo'd June 2022 in Cape May, NJ. #CapeMay #JerseyShore

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2026 Stanley Cup playoffs: Preview, X factors, predictions The postseason Thunderdome is about to open its gate. Which team will emerge as the 2026 Stanley Cup champion?

For #Buffalo #Sabres bulletin board, from ESPN: "Buffalo blitzes its way through the first round past Boston and takes a 3-0 series lead in the second. The Sabres then suddenly go cold and drop four straight to be stunningly cut from the postseason field ...."

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Photo of Randy Evans speaking at a lectern

Photo of Robert Evans speaking at a lectern.

University of #Iowa inducted two new members of the School of #Journalism and Mass Communications (SJMC) hall of fame Saturday (17 Apr.): Randy Evans and Robert Logan, PhD.

More #photos: technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photo...

Photo of a dark-eyed junco bird perched on a tree branch and looking straight at the camera.

I lost a staring contest with this dark-eyed junco, a species with a name starting in #ABCD for #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd Feb. 2026 in our #Arlington, #Virginia backyard.

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Photo of a wood duck standing at the end of a broken tree branch.

Not only is this #DuckOutOfWater, this wood duck is up a tree, for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd last month at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia.

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Thank you WABB. You're right. I did not notice the similarity.

Photo of a female grackle bird perched on top of a tilted lamp post.

This grackle is among our #FeederFriends, but she jumped from the feeder to the top of the lamp post where the feeder hangs. Photo'd June 2024. #BirdOfTheDay #Arlington #Virginia

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Photo of a northern cardinal bird with seeds in its beak, surrounded by leaves.

The framing in this northern cardinal image makes it a #HeadShot for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd along Four Mile Run in #Arlington, #Virginia, July 2022.

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Our #BirdOfTheDay leaders today call for photos with #LeafsAndLight, and this mockingbird visiting our #Arlington, #Virginia backyard last month complies.

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) speaks behind a lectern with a microphone.

Photo-shoot today: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) at the National Press Club. Khanna gave opening remarks that sure sounded like a presidential campaign speech, then answered questions from NPC president Mark Schoeff. More photos ... technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/National-Pre...

#Photography #NewsPhotography

I once took that train to Penn Station after a Buffalo Bills - NY Jets game. I was in blue Bills gear and the rest of the packed train was Jets green. The Jets won (it was a long time ago), and I can still hear the trash talking.

Vertical photo of a great blue heron standing and reflected in water in front of a tree.

You often need waterfowl for #reflections in today's #BirdOfTheDay, so here's a great blue heron photo'd last month at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia.

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Very kind, thank you Kat.

Many thanks Kat.

Thank you Kat.

Thank you Jonnie.

Good shots Jonnie.

If you see this post, post or quote repost a #bridge any bridge.. big or small ... new or old, structurally sound or a bit rickety.

Centennial Bridge over the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal, through the continental divide in Panama. Photo'd Feb. 2020. #photography #ECK #WestCoastKin #Nikon #DSLR

Our backyard as well.

Thank you Erin.

I grew up in Buffalo. Isn't beer-battered haddock the typical Buffalo Friday fish fry? That's the food from the 716 that I miss most (now in DC).

Photo of a ladderback woodpecker pecking at a rotted-out log.

Our #BirdOfTheDay leaders call for species starting with the letters #JKLMNOP. So here's a ladderback woodpecker at meal time, photo'd mid-Feb near #Sedona, #Arizona.

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Good blog.

Profile photo of a great blue heron standing on a broken log at the edge of a pond.

If you're looking for #LongNecks, here's a great blue heron checking things out at Huntley Meadows Park in Groveton, #Virginia for today's #BirdOfTheDay, photo'd Nov 2025.

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Front-view photo of an eastern bluebird on a tree branch ith a blurred background.

Photo'd this eastern bluebird yesterday in #woodland near Gulf Branch in #Arlington, #Virginia for #BirdOfTheDay, #SmallBirdSaturday, and #BirdsSeenIn2026.

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Thank you Rob.

Photo of the back of a female red-wing blackbird perched on a thin stalk.

Tail feathers on this female red-wing blackbird cover her #BirdButt, which we assume is there, for today's #BirdOfTheDay. Photo'd last month at Huntley Meadows Park in #Virginia.

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