Mission Control... We Got Us a Rose-breasted Grosbeak on Video
Check out the video below...
Yup, orioles, a catbird, a cardinal, and (of all things) a rose-breasted grosbeak. Now is the latter truly cool or what? I've never even seen one before... Here's the story behind the "film" above...
As always, it was another grumpy Sunday on Cape Cod - the weather was overcast and trying to rain (and that's not to mention a major computer rehab in the works). In general - just "Boresville". So the wife and I were zombie shuffling around computer files when a sudden whim compelled us to put out our little Flip Video camera. We trained it on the oriole feeder, hoped for the best, and watched for the rain. We spent all of a few minutes hooking it up and went back to our mindless rumba.
Sure as tides and temptation, right at the 60 minute mark it began to sprinkle. So we brought the cam back in, hooked it to our mini computer, started the download process, and went back to the Land of Drudgery. But shortly thereafter, I heard a heartfelt "WooHoo!" It turns out we had stumbled upon a rose-breasted grosbeak - a first for both of us. No monumental event, but fun and a nice break in the day to day.
And so it goes. Back to missing device drivers, printers that won't print, a network that simply won't recognize a particular machine, anti-virus programs that don't want to update... Blah, blah, blah...
But for a brief time, we got a chance to see a new bird. Not bad. Not bad at all.
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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