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The reason I made the 2.5 hour drive! Halfway there I realized I forgot my scope, but thankfully there were plenty of people around with theirs. The picture was digiscoped and the best I could do. Pretty amazing duck though.
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Cool, glad you saw it!
Hey, I was up at Colusa yesterday. If only you had worn your hardhat I might have recognized you.
I thought about wearing the hard hat. You never know when a dry docked cargo ship might present itself!
Twittered
Maybe we should have an iNat meetup where we all look exactly like our user icons. I think my face would start hurting after 30 seconds.
LOL! No doubt. Kueda, that's a good idea.
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