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One of the reasons I really like seeing your posts is that the birds are so exotic to me!
Shout out to @snlug@lemmy.ca and @adjjjj@lemmy.world too!
I am half-joking because I know if I go to a different area I will spot other birds. But also I went to a place where there are (in theory) roughly 75 bird species inhabiting the space this month, and it’s clear that the vast majority of animals you see there are from the same species. You need to be consistent, persistent, and diligent to spot something “rare”. But that’s the joy of it, so it’s all good!
Thanks! I didn’t have the icc profiles correctly set, which might be one of the problems with my setup.
I was initially having issues with the Raster2CanonIJS
and Command2CanonIJ
binaries (that I copied to /usr/lib/cups/filter
): cups was raising some errors when executing the scripts. But after fixing those, I wouldn’t get any further errors or warnings, although the printer would simply be unresponsive while the job was set as “completed”. I will check if the problem was the lack of icc profiles under /usr/share/color/icc.
Thanks for the recommendation! I tried both, but sadly it didn’t work.
I could extract the ppd file from the MacOS driver, but I still need to substitute some OS specific paths that lead to executable files and icc profiles, like *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 0 /Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter/Filters/Raster2CanonIJ/Raster2CanonIJS.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Raster2CanonIJS"
. Not that many, just two or three. I will most likely try to install the drivers on a MacOS VM and see if I can extract those files and place them in a Linux-specific cups directory (/usr/lib/cups
or something). I think so far the odds are even.
Update: It looks like I have all the binary files with me. Raster2CanonIJS, Command2CanonIJ, the ICC profiles and whatnot. I’m now looking for some guidance on where I should place those files on Linux, that would belong in /Library/Printers/Canon/...
, etc. on MacOS.
I can post more photos of that specific tree later this week
That’s awesome! Thank you for sharing that, because I actually looked it up and look what I found: https://www.lib.montana.edu/acoustic-atlas/acoustic-atlas-blog/posts/can-robins-hear-worms.html
I don’t know what science has to say about how smart they are, but they definitely seem to always know what they are doing. They have such complex behavior and are extremely efficient at eating and nesting. Indeed really fun to watch!
Oh, then I’m glad that I posted it! What a coincidence.
Great photo, thanks for sharing! I love the background, too.
Haha, nailed it! I can hear this picture, too!
Thanks! I also like the geometry and colors of the playground in the background, it gives the photo a nice effect. That’s why I picked this one to post here.
Happy to hear that! I love those little guys, even though they can make a lot of noise sometimes. They are common here, but their colors are so gorgeous, so it’s always nice to spot one. I was actually trying to photograph a gang of male red-winged blackbirds (~10, also common but gorgeous) around that same area, but they were too rowdy while this northern flicker was just chilling, so I couldn’t miss the opportunity. Glad you liked it!
Definitely. I was so happy to hear a red-winged blackbird earlier this week. Couldn’t get a good photo of it, but I still got home feeling happy about it somehow. As he would phrase it, “it ain’t much, but it’s honest work”.
Thanks, I’m glad you like it! “Bird portraits” are beautiful, but in my opinion birds free in open space are cool, too!
True! There was a time my father would get home from work and just listen to bird songs CDs. Just seeing his joy and enjoying hearing nature myself made me consider field recording too
Oh nice! There’s some great content there. I just subscribed to the community. Thanks!
You’re right. That rock in particular is the third Flatiron
Yes, I’m glad they live in Colorado, too! Such a beautiful bird
Crown rock, Boulder CO. May 4th, 2024. I saw three or four of them together that day
To be fair, they are very common birds in many places!