Those have both always seemed completely fine to me

I was explicitly trained that introspective judgments are not valid data points but as a native speaker of New Zealand English I would often find the supposedly uncontroversially acceptable examples odd. I vividly recall when I encountered “in back of” in a paper on prepositions. Nuh uh.

A male Anna's hummingbird sits on a diagonal branch. His feathers are fluffed up (it was a cool morning).

A male Anna's hummingbird at Pier Park, New Westminster BC. I often see him early in the morning. He sits there having a moment of quiet before he heads off to start his work day.

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A starling emerges from a hole in a piling. It is carrying old nest material in its beak.

A starling cleaning out an old woodpecker nest in a piling at the New Westminster Quay, BC.

#birds #wildlifephotography 🌿 🪺

that'd be fun!

A Hooked Net-winged Beetle about to take flight. It's elytra (the coverings over the wings) are open and its body is curving upward as its legs lift of the stick it had been standing on.

Hooked Net-winged Beetle (Punicealis hamata) near Squamish BC just as it was taking off.

#insect #beetle #naturephotography 🌿 🪲

A vivid red beetle sits on a stick.

Hooked Net-winged Beetle (Punicealis hamata) on the Crooked Falls hiking trail in the Este-tiwilh/Sigurd Creek Conservancy near Squamish BC.

~15mm in size. Native to BC and rated "apparently secure".

#insects #beetle #naturephotography 🌿 🪲

A song sparrow clinging to a branch that cuts diagonally across the frame.

A song sparrow at the New Westminster Quay. Sometimes they actually sit still long enough for me to admire them.

#birds 🐦 🌿 #wildlifephotography

A Pacific tree frog is sitting on a log, hunched down with its front feet tucked in. We are viewing it from the front. It is looking straight at us.

PTFOTD: Pacific tree frog of the day. It's watching me skulking about on the edges of its bog with my camera.

Sugar Mountain above Sasamat Lake, BC.

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A Pacific tree frog in motion along a log in a pond. Its skin is lime green with dark green and rust colored patches. The frog's rear right leg is extended, its front legs are tucked in and its body is low to the log.

A frog on a log in a bog.

A Pacific tree frog on Sugar Mountain above Sasamat Lake, BC. It perked up when it heard another tree frog calling then started moving quickly along the log.

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A Northern red-legged frog. Its body is mostly in the water, with just its head sticking out. It is leaning against a green rock. It is in spot of light surrounded by dark shadows - I had to use 1/15 second exposure.

Northern red-legged frog (rana aurora) in a pond on Sugar Mountain above Sasamat Lake, BC. It was catching a ray of sunlight under the overhang of a glacial boulder on the edge of the pond.

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A green frog hidden among the reeds. You can clearly see the dorso-lateral ridge (the line that runs from its ear drum along the side of the body), which distinguishes it from a bullfrog.

A green frog in a ditch beside the trail at Burnaby Lake on Sunday. There were so many green frogs and bullfrogs out and active, enjoying the 20°C weather.

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A Western painted turtle basks in the sun on some dead brown leaves on the short of Burnaby Lake.

A passer-by asked me if this was "one of the good ones" so I told them that yes, it's a native Western painted turtle and not one of the invasive red-eared sliders.

Burnaby Lake, BC on Sunday.

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A signal crayfish, identified by the bright white fleck on its front left pincer is nibbling on an orange segment that someone (not me!) has dropped into the stream. I see this crayfish from time to time -- it is missing its right pincer.

Here's something I bet you've never seen before: a signal crayfish nibbling on an orange segment.

I suppose even crustaceans need vitamin C.

Burnaby Lake from the Piper Spit bridge.

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An infrared view of the forest on the hills around Buntzen Lake. Three crows are circling in some cloud that is rolling down one of the hills.

Buntzen Lake, BC again.

Seeing the forest differently in #infraredphotography @ 850nm

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An infrared view of the forest and hills surrounding Buntzen Lake. The water level is low, exposing the tree stumps in the marsh at the edge of the lake.

Buntzen Lake, BC today. The water level has finally gone down, exposing the old tree stumps at the south end of the lake.

#infraredphotography @ 590nm

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A close up of a few dozen Northwestern salamander eggs. One egg is bright white and solid -- possibly not fertilized. The others have little tadpoles that are beginning to take shape. They look like little manatees.

Northwestern salamander spawn. The little tadpoles are starting to take on a recognizable shape -- except that one bright white dot that never made it off the start line.

Mike Lake, Golden Ears Provincial Park, BC. This week.

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Yes. And it can easily end up as eye-spelling, which has a bit of a racist connotation

They were about 1cm tall

A ruby-crowned kinglet clings to a vertical branch.

A ruby-crowned kinglet. Widgeon Marsh Regional Park, BC today.

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Six mitrula fungus poking up thru green slime on wet leaves. The fungi have white stems and bright yellow caps that make them look like matchsticks.

Mitrula fungus growing out of some slimy decomposing leaves in a ditch at Widgeon Marsh Regional Park, BC today.

50 image stack. Canon R5+RF100, 0.5 sec, f8, ISO 100

#fungifriends #fungus 🌿 🍄

ID as barred owl confirmed thanks to the iNaturalist community

A female sooty grouse turns and looks back at the viewer.

Well, I ain't superstitious, b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶c̶a̶t̶ female sooty grouse just crossed my trail 🎶

I heard the booming call of a male shortly after but didn't see him.

Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, BC today.

#birds #wildlife 🌿

A barred owl looking down on me thru the branches.

I was hiking in Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. A hiker emerged from a side trail that I didn't even know was there, saw my camera gear and excitedly took me to see this barred owl (I think) sitting high in a tree.

#wildlife #birds 🌿

Could you please add me to the wildlife feed too. Great content!

Could you please add me 🙏

Large angular rocks left behind by the glaciers, with a coating of green moss among the gloomy regrowth of the forest.

The forest around Buntzen Lake is a beautiful, chaotic, brooding mess.

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A Pacific treefrog sits on a long leaf which has curved under its weight. The frog is a lime green, matching the foliage. There is a bright yellow flower behind it.

Endless rain so I thought I'd bring you something to brighten your day from the summer of 2024.

Here's a Pacific treefrog among the flowers at Burnaby Lake, BC.

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I am not aware of efforts to eradicate the invasive green frogs and bullfrogs. I think effort is focused on habitat restoration, since environmental issues have a profound impact on the native species.

Yes they’re cute but compete with the native species.