David Gorsline
@topazcufflinks.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
Participatory scientist/citizen naturalist in Reston (Fairfax County), Virginia USA. he/him. Opinions: mine alone.
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Listening to the Beatles' "It Won't Be Long" in the pre-show music mix at Studio Theatre, it occurred to me that the "Yeah-Yeah"s in the chorus are a simple example of hocketing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hocket). #discountmusictheory
Hocket - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Listening to the Beatles' "It Won't Be Long" in the pre-show music mix at Studio Theatre, it occurred to me that the "Yeah-Yeah"s in the chorus are a simple example of hocketing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hocket). #discountmusictheory
I am training my LLM on the works of Kurt Cobain, Tristan Tzara, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce, particularly _Finnegans Wake_.
October 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I am training my LLM on the works of Kurt Cobain, Tristan Tzara, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce, particularly _Finnegans Wake_.
Found a new (for me) dipteran at Occoquan Bay NWR. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317847474
Transverse-banded Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa)
Transverse-banded Flower Fly from Occoquan Bay NWR Easy-Fox loop on September 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM by David Gorsline
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October 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Found a new (for me) dipteran at Occoquan Bay NWR. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317847474
Calling All Hikers: You Can Be an Eco-Hero! Blue Ridge PRISM of #Virginia presents a webinar on the latest #nonnative #invasive plant threats, and how hikers can help by spotting and reporting them. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/calling-all-hikers-you-can-be-an-eco-hero-tickets-1681118252949
Calling All Hikers: You Can Be an Eco-Hero!
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September 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Calling All Hikers: You Can Be an Eco-Hero! Blue Ridge PRISM of #Virginia presents a webinar on the latest #nonnative #invasive plant threats, and how hikers can help by spotting and reporting them. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/calling-all-hikers-you-can-be-an-eco-hero-tickets-1681118252949
A lucky observation, just as we were wrapping up a field trip to the National Arboretum: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/313662714 Thanks for the donuts, Rick!
Common Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius communis)
Common Checkered-Skipper from Northeast Washington, Washington, DC, USA on September 13, 2025 at 02:23 PM by David Gorsline
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September 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A lucky observation, just as we were wrapping up a field trip to the National Arboretum: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/313662714 Thanks for the donuts, Rick!
Closing out reports for the #woodduck and #hoodedmerganser nesting season at Huntley Meadows Park:
#wodus started 1 more clutch than 2024 (11 vs. 10), but lost 5 of them (3 to predation, 2 to abandonment). 111 eggs laid, 61 hatched, 55% est. fledging success.
#homes started 2 more clutches […]
#wodus started 1 more clutch than 2024 (11 vs. 10), but lost 5 of them (3 to predation, 2 to abandonment). 111 eggs laid, 61 hatched, 55% est. fledging success.
#homes started 2 more clutches […]
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August 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Closing out reports for the #woodduck and #hoodedmerganser nesting season at Huntley Meadows Park:
#wodus started 1 more clutch than 2024 (11 vs. 10), but lost 5 of them (3 to predation, 2 to abandonment). 111 eggs laid, 61 hatched, 55% est. fledging success.
#homes started 2 more clutches […]
#wodus started 1 more clutch than 2024 (11 vs. 10), but lost 5 of them (3 to predation, 2 to abandonment). 111 eggs laid, 61 hatched, 55% est. fledging success.
#homes started 2 more clutches […]
Another successful bioblitz! Wolf's Milk from RR rivers on July 12, 2025 at 02:50 PM by David Gorsline · iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297720569
Wolf's Milk (Lycogala epidendrum)
Wolf's Milk from RR rivers on July 12, 2025 at 02:50 PM by David Gorsline
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July 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Another successful bioblitz! Wolf's Milk from RR rivers on July 12, 2025 at 02:50 PM by David Gorsline · iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297720569
Did you find a #tick ? Are you in the western Maryland panhandle or nearby Pennsylvania or West Virginia counties? Pop the specimen in the freezer for 24 hours, then submit it to the TickTalk research project) out of Frostburg State Univ.
July 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Did you find a #tick ? Are you in the western Maryland panhandle or nearby Pennsylvania or West Virginia counties? Pop the specimen in the freezer for 24 hours, then submit it to the TickTalk research project) out of Frostburg State Univ.
Well, we managed to find a few butterflies on this misty morning. #appalachianbrown #letheappalachia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293520622
Appalachian Brown (Lethe appalachia)
Appalachian Brown from Julie Metz Wetlands on June 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM by David Gorsline
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June 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Well, we managed to find a few butterflies on this misty morning. #appalachianbrown #letheappalachia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293520622
Nesting activity in our boxes for #home #hoodedmerganser #lophodytescucullatus and #wodu #woodduck #aixsponsa is starting to wind down, with 7 boxes successfully fledged. But we still have 3, maybe more, boxes active.
May 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Nesting activity in our boxes for #home #hoodedmerganser #lophodytescucullatus and #wodu #woodduck #aixsponsa is starting to wind down, with 7 boxes successfully fledged. But we still have 3, maybe more, boxes active.
I got lucky with this photo and captured a #commonbaskettail #epithecacynosura in flight. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/280439486
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Common Baskettail from Sunnyside upper on May 10, 2025 at 05:20 PM by David Gorsline
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May 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I got lucky with this photo and captured a #commonbaskettail #epithecacynosura in flight. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/280439486
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Update. The #openaccess Biodiversity Heritage Library (#bhl) needs a new home. The #smithsonian will stop hosting it next January.
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
#biodiversity #defendresearch #takedowns #Trump #uspol #uspolitics
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
#biodiversity #defendresearch #takedowns #Trump #uspol #uspolitics
April 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Update. The #openaccess Biodiversity Heritage Library (#bhl) needs a new home. The #smithsonian will stop hosting it next January.
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
#biodiversity #defendresearch #takedowns #Trump #uspol #uspolitics
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
#biodiversity #defendresearch #takedowns #Trump #uspol #uspolitics
Odonates are popping in the DMV. My botany team spotted #hylogomphusabbreviatus #spinecrownedclubtail in western Fairfax County, a new species for me. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271067832
Spine-crowned Clubtail (Hylogomphus abbreviatus)
Spine-crowned Clubtail in April 2025 by David Gorsline
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April 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Odonates are popping in the DMV. My botany team spotted #hylogomphusabbreviatus #spinecrownedclubtail in western Fairfax County, a new species for me. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271067832
Is it just me, or does this white paper from the U.S. Trade Representative smell of AI slop? https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations
April 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Is it just me, or does this white paper from the U.S. Trade Representative smell of AI slop? https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations
Target species photographed: #greaterroadrunner #grro #geococcyxcalifornianus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263094599
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Greater Roadrunner from Mesilla Valley Bosque SP on February 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM by David Gorsline
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March 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Target species photographed: #greaterroadrunner #grro #geococcyxcalifornianus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263094599
A couple of snapshots from the VNPS Potowmack Chapter's "grass bunch" first visit to the #Herbarium in the botany department of the National Museum of American History: http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2025/03/10/working-in-the-herbarium-1/
Working in the herbarium: 1
Folks have sometimes commented that there are no people in my photos, and no action. So here ya go, with a little of both: the VNPS Potowmack Chapter’s “grass bunch” inspecting specimens in the botany department of the National Museum of American History, with the kind assistance of Rob Soreng.
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March 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A couple of snapshots from the VNPS Potowmack Chapter's "grass bunch" first visit to the #Herbarium in the botany department of the National Museum of American History: http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2025/03/10/working-in-the-herbarium-1/
Nesting season for cavity-nesting ducks has begun at Fairfax County's Huntley Meadows Park. One nest box has 6 new eggs of #home #hoodedmerganser #lophodytescucullatus.
March 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Nesting season for cavity-nesting ducks has begun at Fairfax County's Huntley Meadows Park. One nest box has 6 new eggs of #home #hoodedmerganser #lophodytescucullatus.
If you haven't been burned out by #givingtuesday solicitations and would like some recommendations, check out my schedule of contributions made in 2023: http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2023/12/21/my-year-in-contributions-2023/ Of particular interest to this community is the #biodiversity […]
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December 3, 2024 at 5:06 PM
If you haven't been burned out by #givingtuesday solicitations and would like some recommendations, check out my schedule of contributions made in 2023: http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com/2023/12/21/my-year-in-contributions-2023/ Of particular interest to this community is the #biodiversity […]
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November 18, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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Spotted in the parking lot of Virginia DWR, where Virginia Herpetological Society met Saturday: 9 cars (including mine) with SA series Wildlife Conservationist license plates (the one with a #salamander in the design) (and with Kalmia latifolia).
November 10, 2024 at 5:21 AM
Spotted in the parking lot of Virginia DWR, where Virginia Herpetological Society met Saturday: 9 cars (including mine) with SA series Wildlife Conservationist license plates (the one with a #salamander in the design) (and with Kalmia latifolia).
Nohow less. Nohow worse. Nohow naught. Nohow on.
November 6, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Nohow less. Nohow worse. Nohow naught. Nohow on.
Connections
Puzzle #496
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Puzzle #496
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October 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Connections
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refreshed #introduction
#citizenscientist in Reston, VA in the suburbs of Washington, DC · coordinator for long-term project at Huntley Meadows Park, monitoring #nestbox activity of #woodduck (#aixsponsa) and #hoodedmerganser (#lophodytescucullatus) · http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org · […]
#citizenscientist in Reston, VA in the suburbs of Washington, DC · coordinator for long-term project at Huntley Meadows Park, monitoring #nestbox activity of #woodduck (#aixsponsa) and #hoodedmerganser (#lophodytescucullatus) · http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org · […]
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September 18, 2024 at 9:40 PM
refreshed #introduction
#citizenscientist in Reston, VA in the suburbs of Washington, DC · coordinator for long-term project at Huntley Meadows Park, monitoring #nestbox activity of #woodduck (#aixsponsa) and #hoodedmerganser (#lophodytescucullatus) · http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org · […]
#citizenscientist in Reston, VA in the suburbs of Washington, DC · coordinator for long-term project at Huntley Meadows Park, monitoring #nestbox activity of #woodduck (#aixsponsa) and #hoodedmerganser (#lophodytescucullatus) · http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org · […]
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