On 1/20/2026 3:02 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051403854/in/album-72177720331552117 > > It was my boss's birthday yesterday, we went on a walk at Heaps Peak Arboretum and then to Lake Gregory in Crestline. There were a lot of birds at the Lake. Unfortunately I didn't get any decent ones of the cormorant. > > I think that like most of this list, several of the birds are coots. I recognized the Mallards, not sure what sort of heron (great blue maybe?) > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720331552117/ > > __ > Larry Colen from Lothlorien > lrc@red4est.com Looks like a Great Blue, but obviously one that can't read. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

If you say so ... On 1/20/2026 3:27 AM, Bob W PDML wrote: > Anas spadicicapiti cenamferanta, I believe > > >> On 20 Jan 2026, at 08:03, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051403854/in/album-72177720331552117 >> >> It was my boss's birthday yesterday, we went on a walk at Heaps Peak Arboretum and then to Lake Gregory in Crestline. There were a lot of birds at the Lake. Unfortunately I didn't get any decent ones of the cormorant. >> >> I think that like most of this list, several of the birds are coots. I recognized the Mallards, not sure what sort of heron (great blue maybe?) >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720331552117/ >> >> __ >> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >> lrc@red4est.com >> >> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

Or maybe it can read and just doesn't give a duck. It lives in the heron now and has no egrets. On 2026-01-21 10:56, John Sessoms wrote: > On 1/20/2026 3:02 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051403854/in/album-72177720331552117 >> >> It was my boss's birthday yesterday, we went on a walk at Heaps Peak >> Arboretum and then to Lake Gregory in Crestline. There were a lot of >> birds at the Lake. Unfortunately I didn't get any decent ones of the >> cormorant. >> >> I think that like most of this list, several of the birds are coots. I >> recognized the Mallards, not sure what sort of heron (great blue >> maybe?) >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720331552117/ >> >> __ >> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >> lrc@red4est.com > > Looks like a Great Blue, but obviously one that can't read. > > -- > Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- Larry Colen LRC@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc

Google Translate says it's "A spade-headed duck bringing dinner" ... after you tell it that the phrase is Latin instead of the Indonesian it detects ??? On 1/20/2026 2:28 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I suspect that this is a multilingual pun, but my google fu isn't up to > the task of deciphering it. > > Anas is a type of duck. > > My guess is capiti has to do with hat or head. > > I did figure out Mike's "golden eye" reference. > > Looking up the heron, I think it might be a grey > https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray_Heron/id > > by contrast here's a great blue > https://www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/birds/great-blue-herons > > And it's not a green > https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Green_Heron/id > > judging by this, it's about 2' tall > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051499695/in/album-72177720331552117 > > > On 2026-01-20 00:27, Bob W PDML wrote: >> Anas spadicicapiti cenamferanta, I believe >> >> >>> On 20 Jan 2026, at 08:03, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051403854/in/album-72177720331552117 >>> >>> It was my boss's birthday yesterday, we went on a walk at Heaps Peak >>> Arboretum and then to Lake Gregory in Crestline.  There were a lot of >>> birds at the Lake.  Unfortunately I didn't get any decent ones of the >>> cormorant. >>> >>> I think that like most of this list, several of the birds are coots. >>> I recognized the Mallards, not sure what sort of heron (great blue >>> maybe?) >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720331552117/ >>> >>> __ >>> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >>> lrc@red4est.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

Yea, well, don’t bet your life on Google just yet. spadix (genitive spadicis) is Latin for chestnut-brown. The Latin for spade is pala, or rutrum. My invented, and probably incorrect, species name meaning brown-headed has obviously confused Google (machinatio servilis indoctus), though sadly not to the point where it implodes and puts an end to its misery. > On 21 Jan 2026, at 19:02, John Sessoms <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Google Translate says it's "A spade-headed duck bringing dinner" > > ... after you tell it that the phrase is Latin instead of the Indonesian it detects ??? > >> On 1/20/2026 2:28 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I suspect that this is a multilingual pun, but my google fu isn't up to the task of deciphering it. >> Anas is a type of duck. >> My guess is capiti has to do with hat or head. >> I did figure out Mike's "golden eye" reference. >> Looking up the heron, I think it might be a grey >> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray_Heron/id >> by contrast here's a great blue >> https://www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/birds/great-blue-herons >> And it's not a green >> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Green_Heron/id >> judging by this, it's about 2' tall >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051499695/in/album-72177720331552117 >>> On 2026-01-20 00:27, Bob W PDML wrote: >>> Anas spadicicapiti cenamferanta, I believe >>> >>> >>>> On 20 Jan 2026, at 08:03, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051403854/in/album-72177720331552117 >>>> >>>> It was my boss's birthday yesterday, we went on a walk at Heaps Peak Arboretum and then to Lake Gregory in Crestline. There were a lot of birds at the Lake. Unfortunately I didn't get any decent ones of the cormorant. >>>> >>>> I think that like most of this list, several of the birds are coots. I recognized the Mallards, not sure what sort of heron (great blue maybe?) >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720331552117/ >>>> >>>> __ >>>> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >>>> lrc@red4est.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. > www.avg.com > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

I like Google Translate. It's one of the few parts of Google's online empire that doesn't get on my nerves. I hope you DON'T manage to implode it. On 1/21/2026 3:00 PM, Bob W PDML wrote: > Yea, well, don’t bet your life on Google just yet. > > spadix (genitive spadicis) is Latin for chestnut-brown. > > The Latin for spade is pala, or rutrum. > > My invented, and probably incorrect, species name meaning brown-headed has obviously confused Google (machinatio servilis indoctus), though sadly not to the point where it implodes and puts an end to its misery. > > > >> On 21 Jan 2026, at 19:02, John Sessoms <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Google Translate says it's "A spade-headed duck bringing dinner" >> >> ... after you tell it that the phrase is Latin instead of the Indonesian it detects ??? >> >>> On 1/20/2026 2:28 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> I suspect that this is a multilingual pun, but my google fu isn't up to the task of deciphering it. >>> Anas is a type of duck. >>> My guess is capiti has to do with hat or head. >>> I did figure out Mike's "golden eye" reference. >>> Looking up the heron, I think it might be a grey >>> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray_Heron/id >>> by contrast here's a great blue >>> https://www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/birds/great-blue-herons >>> And it's not a green >>> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Green_Heron/id >>> judging by this, it's about 2' tall >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051499695/in/album-72177720331552117 >>>> On 2026-01-20 00:27, Bob W PDML wrote: >>>> Anas spadicicapiti cenamferanta, I believe >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 20 Jan 2026, at 08:03, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051403854/in/album-72177720331552117 >>>>> >>>>> It was my boss's birthday yesterday, we went on a walk at Heaps Peak Arboretum and then to Lake Gregory in Crestline. There were a lot of birds at the Lake. Unfortunately I didn't get any decent ones of the cormorant. >>>>> >>>>> I think that like most of this list, several of the birds are coots. I recognized the Mallards, not sure what sort of heron (great blue maybe?) >>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720331552117/ >>>>> >>>>> __ >>>>> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >>>>> lrc@red4est.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >>>> -- >>>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> >> -- >> Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. >> www.avg.com >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

Live, love, learn. On 1/20/2026 9:49 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > that should be "lord love a duck"  I didnt see a heron.. > ann > > On 1/20/2026 8:48 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> duck with brown head = REDHEAD duck  and he had his mrs with him , I >> believe >> "lord live a duck" >> ann >> >> On 1/20/2026 3:02 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/55051403854/in/album-72177720331552117 >>> >>> It was my boss's birthday yesterday, we went on a walk at Heaps Peak >>> Arboretum and then to Lake Gregory in Crestline.  There were a lot of >>> birds at the Lake.  Unfortunately I didn't get any decent ones of the >>> cormorant. >>> >>> I think that like most of this list, several of the birds are coots. >>> I recognized the Mallards, not sure what sort of heron (great blue >>> maybe?) >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720331552117/ >>> >>> __ >>> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >>> lrc@red4est.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email topdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. >> > -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com