Are any of your Observations ones where the focus of the Observation seems to disappear into the background? If so, please share. Here on the Peninsula we have a type of butterfly called Cracker Butterfly (Hamadryas). When they rest on the trunks of trees or the stone walls you almost cannot not se…

We need to find a way to hide the solution behind a link. Help @tiwane or @carrieseltzer ?

Like this? ▶ THE PLOVER IS HERE

Hahaha, yes! (also you totally got me!)

[image] oksanaetal: I give up. Where is it? About 10 cm down from the top and 15 cm from the right side.

It is quite a challenge to find which is why I want to put a pictorial, circled version behind a link like @oksanaetal ’s because once you see it, it seems quite apparent but goodness, the distance/perspective makes this one a doozy. I feel badly for people not able to find it but I also don’t want t…

Arrggh! I still can’t see it. Reminds me of those “magic eye” pictures that were supposed to make sense if you looked at them in just the right way. I never could figure those out, either…

Those Magic Eye ones take a little practice. If you try to find something by staring at the actual plane of the image, you’ll probably end up seeing what I did: an INVERTED 3D image. The secret is to really relax your gaze and focus on a point about twice as far away.

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pnwcoasthiker December 21, 2024, 3:29am 54

Thank you. I could not find it. Your directions and DianaStuder’s comment bout the bright beak finally helped me find it!

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