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Pretty lousy bird video? (Well the end is kind of cool when the oriole flies away...) But I really didn't shoot it for the bird, but rather for the feel of the weather itself. It's rainy, windy, raw - in short it's an ideal day to hit the mud flats and scratch some clams.

There's a peace out there... In weather like this I'm usually alone. Oh, there are gulls, ducks, crabs and whatnot, but usually no humans. (Though on really stormy weekends, Mrs. CapeCodAlan loves to join in on the solitude, the drenching, and cold.) And it is cold... I haven't got around to fixing my old boots, so my feet will take a briny bath, but that's OK. As long as a person keeps working, he'll be fine. (I've only been really cold out there once. One miserable February day, a fellow scratcher forgot his gauntlets, so I gave him one of mine. After a while our exposed hands and arms would go numb from the constant immersion, and then we'd trade gloves and keep digging. Needless to say that there was some mighty fast quahogging that day!)

But I gotta' tell ya... There's nothing like coming home with a plethora of bivalves, washing and putting away all the gear, taking a hot shower, then settling down with a cold beer and some spicy chili. That'll make you sleep.

Ahhh... I'm probably just daydreaming... The odds of me actually getting out there are "zipoid"... Still miracles do happen.

See you by the feeders,

CapeCodAlan

P.S. I was just kidding about Mrs. CapeCodAlan enjoying 'hogging when it's stormy - in reality, she can't stand it!

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