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Numenius is a geographer by training and temperament. He is a Bay Area native, and grew up roaming the East Bay hills. Pica takes her cue from Pica nuttalli, the endemic magpie of central California, chatty and alighting on gleaming things. Pica has another blog, Bird by Bird, in which she records her sketches of birds.

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25 September 26

Stumbling Across Treasures

I was walking home from the café near our house the other day and came across this dead butterfly. Painted ladies migrate collectively, several successive generations getting them to where they need to go. I picked it up and brought it home so I could draw it.

Posted by Pica at 02:27 PM in Nature and Place | Link

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