Paul Foth
@paulrfoth.bsky.social
Sparrow, lichen, music fan account
Bird guide in the BC Cariboo
Occasional scholar of of religious history
Exile from the Salish Sea
Bird guide in the BC Cariboo
Occasional scholar of of religious history
Exile from the Salish Sea
Eh, why not add Wish too?
January 25, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Eh, why not add Wish too?
Oh yeah, I used to listen to that band
January 24, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Oh yeah, I used to listen to that band
Another mule deer doe. These are basically more common than squirrels where I live.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Another mule deer doe. These are basically more common than squirrels where I live.
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Potential White-tailed Mule Deer hybrid doe
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January 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Potential White-tailed Mule Deer hybrid doe
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White-tailed Deer buck
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January 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
White-tailed Deer buck
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Mule deer faun in 108 Mile Ranch, BC
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January 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Mule deer faun in 108 Mile Ranch, BC
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What wants to see some deer?
Mule deer doe
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Mule deer doe
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January 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
What wants to see some deer?
Mule deer doe
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Mule deer doe
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The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 12: The finest in crustose lichens, the Rhizocarpon geographicum complex. This is one of several similar yellow and black Rhizocarpon species. Rhizocarpon geographicum (Yellow Map Lichen) is the most common.
From Enterprise, BC (south of 150 Mile House). 🪶🌿
Day 12: The finest in crustose lichens, the Rhizocarpon geographicum complex. This is one of several similar yellow and black Rhizocarpon species. Rhizocarpon geographicum (Yellow Map Lichen) is the most common.
From Enterprise, BC (south of 150 Mile House). 🪶🌿
January 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 12: The finest in crustose lichens, the Rhizocarpon geographicum complex. This is one of several similar yellow and black Rhizocarpon species. Rhizocarpon geographicum (Yellow Map Lichen) is the most common.
From Enterprise, BC (south of 150 Mile House). 🪶🌿
Day 12: The finest in crustose lichens, the Rhizocarpon geographicum complex. This is one of several similar yellow and black Rhizocarpon species. Rhizocarpon geographicum (Yellow Map Lichen) is the most common.
From Enterprise, BC (south of 150 Mile House). 🪶🌿
I saw some cousins.
Female Black-backed Woodpecker and male American Three-toed Woodpecker, both more or less near 108 Mile Ranch, BC.
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Female Black-backed Woodpecker and male American Three-toed Woodpecker, both more or less near 108 Mile Ranch, BC.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I saw some cousins.
Female Black-backed Woodpecker and male American Three-toed Woodpecker, both more or less near 108 Mile Ranch, BC.
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Female Black-backed Woodpecker and male American Three-toed Woodpecker, both more or less near 108 Mile Ranch, BC.
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The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 11: Ochrolechia upsaliensis (Tundra Saucer lichen). I find these little aliens coating moss and other surfaces near the ground in arid rocky sites. Watch out for prickly pears if you're looking for these.
Near Ashcroft, BC. 🌿
Day 11: Ochrolechia upsaliensis (Tundra Saucer lichen). I find these little aliens coating moss and other surfaces near the ground in arid rocky sites. Watch out for prickly pears if you're looking for these.
Near Ashcroft, BC. 🌿
January 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 11: Ochrolechia upsaliensis (Tundra Saucer lichen). I find these little aliens coating moss and other surfaces near the ground in arid rocky sites. Watch out for prickly pears if you're looking for these.
Near Ashcroft, BC. 🌿
Day 11: Ochrolechia upsaliensis (Tundra Saucer lichen). I find these little aliens coating moss and other surfaces near the ground in arid rocky sites. Watch out for prickly pears if you're looking for these.
Near Ashcroft, BC. 🌿
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 10: Lecidea lapicida (Gray-orange Disk lichen) I think. I think a few similar species can turn this kind of orange. Porpidia flavicunda is similar but seems to be out of range and differs in some ways.
On the top of the Lone Butte in Lone Butte, BC 🌿
Day 10: Lecidea lapicida (Gray-orange Disk lichen) I think. I think a few similar species can turn this kind of orange. Porpidia flavicunda is similar but seems to be out of range and differs in some ways.
On the top of the Lone Butte in Lone Butte, BC 🌿
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 10: Lecidea lapicida (Gray-orange Disk lichen) I think. I think a few similar species can turn this kind of orange. Porpidia flavicunda is similar but seems to be out of range and differs in some ways.
On the top of the Lone Butte in Lone Butte, BC 🌿
Day 10: Lecidea lapicida (Gray-orange Disk lichen) I think. I think a few similar species can turn this kind of orange. Porpidia flavicunda is similar but seems to be out of range and differs in some ways.
On the top of the Lone Butte in Lone Butte, BC 🌿
Owl warning
There's a Northern Hawk Owl that has been around for a few days not far away—a great first owl for the year.
Near Lac la Hache, BC. 🌿🪶
There's a Northern Hawk Owl that has been around for a few days not far away—a great first owl for the year.
Near Lac la Hache, BC. 🌿🪶
January 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Owl warning
There's a Northern Hawk Owl that has been around for a few days not far away—a great first owl for the year.
Near Lac la Hache, BC. 🌿🪶
There's a Northern Hawk Owl that has been around for a few days not far away—a great first owl for the year.
Near Lac la Hache, BC. 🌿🪶
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 9: Calicium tigillare (Yellow Soot lichen). This little raised yellow and black crust is is one of my favourites. I've found it on exposed dead stumps, sometimes over water or in high wind-exposed areas.
On a snag on top of a hill near 108 Mile Ranch, BC 🌿
Day 9: Calicium tigillare (Yellow Soot lichen). This little raised yellow and black crust is is one of my favourites. I've found it on exposed dead stumps, sometimes over water or in high wind-exposed areas.
On a snag on top of a hill near 108 Mile Ranch, BC 🌿
January 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 9: Calicium tigillare (Yellow Soot lichen). This little raised yellow and black crust is is one of my favourites. I've found it on exposed dead stumps, sometimes over water or in high wind-exposed areas.
On a snag on top of a hill near 108 Mile Ranch, BC 🌿
Day 9: Calicium tigillare (Yellow Soot lichen). This little raised yellow and black crust is is one of my favourites. I've found it on exposed dead stumps, sometimes over water or in high wind-exposed areas.
On a snag on top of a hill near 108 Mile Ranch, BC 🌿
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 8: Cowpie Lichen, baby! Diplostiches muscorum. That crusty white patch of whatsit in a desert or grassland near you is a lichen ecosystem. I'm not bullshitting you.
Clinton, BC. 🌿
Day 8: Cowpie Lichen, baby! Diplostiches muscorum. That crusty white patch of whatsit in a desert or grassland near you is a lichen ecosystem. I'm not bullshitting you.
Clinton, BC. 🌿
January 2, 2026 at 2:44 AM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 8: Cowpie Lichen, baby! Diplostiches muscorum. That crusty white patch of whatsit in a desert or grassland near you is a lichen ecosystem. I'm not bullshitting you.
Clinton, BC. 🌿
Day 8: Cowpie Lichen, baby! Diplostiches muscorum. That crusty white patch of whatsit in a desert or grassland near you is a lichen ecosystem. I'm not bullshitting you.
Clinton, BC. 🌿
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 7: This is one of a number of grayish map lichens (Rhizocarpon). I don't think I'm equipped to venture a species-level guess here. Similar gray and brown Rhizocarpon lichens are on rocks everywhere or, in this case, on an old yellow metal wreck.
In Yale, BC 🌿
Day 7: This is one of a number of grayish map lichens (Rhizocarpon). I don't think I'm equipped to venture a species-level guess here. Similar gray and brown Rhizocarpon lichens are on rocks everywhere or, in this case, on an old yellow metal wreck.
In Yale, BC 🌿
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 7: This is one of a number of grayish map lichens (Rhizocarpon). I don't think I'm equipped to venture a species-level guess here. Similar gray and brown Rhizocarpon lichens are on rocks everywhere or, in this case, on an old yellow metal wreck.
In Yale, BC 🌿
Day 7: This is one of a number of grayish map lichens (Rhizocarpon). I don't think I'm equipped to venture a species-level guess here. Similar gray and brown Rhizocarpon lichens are on rocks everywhere or, in this case, on an old yellow metal wreck.
In Yale, BC 🌿
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 6: The one and only Alpine Bloodspot (Ophioparma ventosa). This one was in alpine tundra on Big Timothy Mountain near Hendrix Lake, BC.
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Day 6: The one and only Alpine Bloodspot (Ophioparma ventosa). This one was in alpine tundra on Big Timothy Mountain near Hendrix Lake, BC.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 6: The one and only Alpine Bloodspot (Ophioparma ventosa). This one was in alpine tundra on Big Timothy Mountain near Hendrix Lake, BC.
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Day 6: The one and only Alpine Bloodspot (Ophioparma ventosa). This one was in alpine tundra on Big Timothy Mountain near Hendrix Lake, BC.
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The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 5 (a little late): going with those little orange specks I find on nearly every Aspen: Caloplaca cerina, or Gray-rimmed Firedot. Truly a classic.
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Day 5 (a little late): going with those little orange specks I find on nearly every Aspen: Caloplaca cerina, or Gray-rimmed Firedot. Truly a classic.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 5 (a little late): going with those little orange specks I find on nearly every Aspen: Caloplaca cerina, or Gray-rimmed Firedot. Truly a classic.
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Day 5 (a little late): going with those little orange specks I find on nearly every Aspen: Caloplaca cerina, or Gray-rimmed Firedot. Truly a classic.
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The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 4: Lecida tessellata (Tile Lichen) I think. This one is from Clinton, BC. 🌿
Day 4: Lecida tessellata (Tile Lichen) I think. This one is from Clinton, BC. 🌿
December 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 4: Lecida tessellata (Tile Lichen) I think. This one is from Clinton, BC. 🌿
Day 4: Lecida tessellata (Tile Lichen) I think. This one is from Clinton, BC. 🌿
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 3: This lichen on alpine rock on Big Tmothy Mountain, BC. Potentially this could be Bellemeria alpina, though I'm not confident. 🌿
Day 3: This lichen on alpine rock on Big Tmothy Mountain, BC. Potentially this could be Bellemeria alpina, though I'm not confident. 🌿
December 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 3: This lichen on alpine rock on Big Tmothy Mountain, BC. Potentially this could be Bellemeria alpina, though I'm not confident. 🌿
Day 3: This lichen on alpine rock on Big Tmothy Mountain, BC. Potentially this could be Bellemeria alpina, though I'm not confident. 🌿
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 2: Lecanora xylophila, or Driftwood Rim lichen. As the name suggests, I found this on driftwood in Mukilteo, Washington.
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Day 2: Lecanora xylophila, or Driftwood Rim lichen. As the name suggests, I found this on driftwood in Mukilteo, Washington.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The 12 days of crustose lichens
Day 2: Lecanora xylophila, or Driftwood Rim lichen. As the name suggests, I found this on driftwood in Mukilteo, Washington.
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Day 2: Lecanora xylophila, or Driftwood Rim lichen. As the name suggests, I found this on driftwood in Mukilteo, Washington.
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It's the 12 days of crustose lichens.
Day 1: Dimelaena oreina, or Golden Moonglow. Near Ashcroft, BC.
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Day 1: Dimelaena oreina, or Golden Moonglow. Near Ashcroft, BC.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It's the 12 days of crustose lichens.
Day 1: Dimelaena oreina, or Golden Moonglow. Near Ashcroft, BC.
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Day 1: Dimelaena oreina, or Golden Moonglow. Near Ashcroft, BC.
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Merry Christmas from the red and green creatures in your life
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December 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Merry Christmas from the red and green creatures in your life
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