To be fair, they are very common birds in many places!

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!

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!

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

https://bouldercolorado.gov/trail/crown-rock

Indeed it looks like a bug. I finally found a solution, though. Check the main post edit for details.

I will very likely migrate to BTRFS on my next install. I’m reading Snapora’s repo now, looks like an awesome tool. Thanks for the tip!

I did check it, yes, but the page doesn’t appear to be relevant or contain much information. Another comment above (or below) mentioned that KDE Plasma can’t run without a compositor.

You are right, I should have made this clear. I am not on Nvidia, I am using an old Thinkpad on Intel Haswell.

I’m glad to know my problem isn’t completely new. I’ll look into it further online. If you ever find a link to a report of a similar issue, I would be happy to see!

Edit: I found this link, the issue reported appears to be very similar to what I’m seeing here https://libreddit.tux.pizza/r/kde/comments/jhqbnz/kde_plasma_rendering_problem_black_squares/

Edit 2: I finally solved my problem! It was indeed an old problem already reported somewhere.

You are absolutely right. I just tried apt purge kde* plasma* libkf* and apt install kde-full followed by a reboot. But sadly, the problem persists.

I agree with that. I suspect you might be right. SDDM (Breeze) is also weird with transparency. However, I just installed materia-kde but unfortunately the problem persisted (screenshot attached). Before that, I ran apt purge kde* plasma* libkf* and apt install kde-full. That too didn’t solve my problem.

Tasksel seems to be correctly set,

~$ tasksel --list-tasks
i desktop       Debian desktop environment
u gnome-desktop GNOME
u xfce-desktop  Xfce
u gnome-flashback-desktop       GNOME Flashback
i kde-desktop   KDE Plasma
u cinnamon-desktop      Cinnamon
u mate-desktop  MATE
u lxde-desktop  LXDE
u lxqt-desktop  LXQt
u web-server    web server
u ssh-server    SSH server
i laptop        laptop

I tried apt reinstall kde-full, but unfortunately nothing changed.