Post B2tIQSCmujIbXZpH8K by pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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(DIR) Post #B2tHiwyLA6ESDlK9g0 by JulianOliver@mastodon.social
2026-02-01T21:04:41Z
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Some sorely overdue time offgrid. Hiked into the Tararua rainforest on a fine summer day and found a spot that had been eyed before as a possible campsite: no clearing needed, close to water, sheltered, no flood plane. It was perfect.
(DIR) Post #B2tHiyxLmkd2NGsOPY by JulianOliver@mastodon.social
2026-02-01T21:24:13Z
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Some shots from the walk-in.
(DIR) Post #B2tHizfJ9Jn4ZbRUvY by JulianOliver@mastodon.social
2026-02-01T22:01:32Z
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Some summer cicada buzz for you in the other hemisphere (you can get me back when it's cold and wet here). Incidentally Aotearoa New Zealand has 42 unique species and subspecies of cicada.
(DIR) Post #B2tHj0kf6tfRwUxHua by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-02-01T22:04:51Z
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@JulianOliver yes, I always look forward to this time of year.
(DIR) Post #B2tHqqaslCcKku7L8q by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-02-01T22:06:19Z
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@JulianOliver incidentally, wondering if you've ever encountered this: I have a friend here in Ĺtautahi who is incapable of saying a proper 'sssss' sound when she's among loud cicadas. It always turns into a 'sssh' no matter how hard she tries.
(DIR) Post #B2tIQSCmujIbXZpH8K by pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2026-02-01T22:07:57Z
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@JulianOliver I miss cicadas in the summer. We had them in New Jersey. In 2003 I was able to watch one of the largest broods emerge there. The sound was amazing. It sounded like 1950s flying saucers. Sadly, the U.K. doesn't have them. I need to dig up that photo I took of one in 2003.
(DIR) Post #B2tIQTqApmOkc1GFA8 by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-02-01T22:12:43Z
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@pertho @JulianOliver nice - I had the same experience growing up in north New Jersey, back in about 1985 or 1986, with 17 year cicadas. They were ankle deep in some streets in our town.
(DIR) Post #B2tJyc4movPlxFw4OW by JulianOliver@mastodon.social
2026-02-01T22:30:04Z
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@lightweight Yep! It wipes out the "sss" in human voice, the effect of a lisp. It seems to me that those with a lower tone or more textured "sss" are more readily heard against our particular summer wall of noise.
(DIR) Post #B2tNiZqXk5YQDrsluq by pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2026-02-01T23:12:00Z
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@lightweight Oh wow. What town? I used to live in Morristown.@JulianOliver
(DIR) Post #B2tNkZyeE9iRCuczlQ by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-02-01T23:12:14Z
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@pertho Montclair @JulianOliver
(DIR) Post #B2tPGktDI5ngGvzbRw by pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2026-02-01T23:29:24Z
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@lightweight The '03 emergence I caught down in Princeton where there was a lot of really old trees so there were many more cicadas. @JulianOliver
(DIR) Post #B2tPLz0sCuRVWW4IN6 by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2026-02-01T23:30:23Z
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@pertho yep, the areas of Montclair where we had the drifts of cicadas were those with lots of established oaks and other big trees... @JulianOliver