Saturday, May 22, 2010

Mallards Dancing




After Breakfast, paddled out to Ozone Beach with the kodak to try it out....by the Merced, took about 5 second clip...and out of memory....needs an sd card...well, I have some on order from amazon, so Shuttled over to check Mail...before I left Ozone, took note that the Snag Log had moved some more yards downstream....cards not in the mail pigeon hole, so went over to the Gallery to pick up a 2gig card....took note that the little pigeon hole shadow box that held different boxes of film for sale, is gone!!!.....I suppose there is still some film in the drawers, but the display on the wall is just gone!... sat out front, put the card in, took a clip, everything fine...but not much time and sleepy, so went to the Shuttle Stop....just missed one Shuttle, and the next was the El Cap, and the Third just rolled right by!...so sat a bit, and sighted Tanagers across the Road high in the Oaks....there was like a dozen, chasing about...tried for pics...some up in the clip, others for sometime....in fact, I'll go back tomorrow, looked to be a popular spot to Tanagers....let one Shuttle go by, and hopped on the Next, and to the Cabin and sleep in five and ten minute naps in the hour remaining--didn't want to miss time!...sunny blue with a few puffy clouds, warm, at lunch, a chill and breeze...at Lunch: sat awhile on Ozone Boulder...quiet...Sandpiper about...looked out over the Merced, and noted that the Snag Log is gone!!!...floated away....looksee tomorrow where it floated off to.....Sandpipers, Robins, Chickadee call, maybe one Female Tanager...pic too dark...time and picked up....when I got to the Path, between the Path and Rooms, Mallard Pair were courting...oh!...wish I had the 20x with and its video....took a sequence with the new camera...pics in slide show clip up.....very cool....some of the moves resemble Flickers' and Acorns'....and time, and left off reluctantly!!

Oil Spill: Nat Geo will have show on Thursday night, May 27...found that here at IBRRC blog.

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