Potluck Bird Photography and Random Hooey
Ah... 'tis time for another NovaBird remote camera crapshoot. You can see the setup in the pic below. (The NovaBird is mounted on the tripod.)
As the camera is motion-activated and has a fixed focal length, the quality (or even existence) of photos snapped is a matter of "by gosh and by God". I'm hoping for some decent crow images, but honestly, I have no idea what I'll get. I'll keep you posted as to the success or failure of this mini-adventure as the day goes along.
Other mundane stuff while we wait...
Lots of vitamins and supplements to take:
- A "one daily" vitamin for men
- There's a bunch of fish oil for my heart health... (Gee, does that mean I can keep my salt lick?)
- Can't forget the loperamide hydrochloride... Fussy guts will accept no less.
- Who can forget the glucosamine chondroitin and msm? (This is what happens when you spend your youth as a runner. (You ain't a runner if something as trivial as having your big toenail ripped off stops your run.))
As always, there's real stuff to do... Grrr...
Just checked the Nova'... The birds really don't like it.
Yet more grind...
Intersperse the usual workout... Boring.
I wonder how the camera is doing? The crows seem to be particularly skittish around the tripod...
I might finally make another stab at building a model of Bolger's 1964 "Surfmaster 19" boat. The model build is pretty much a duplicate of the real thing only in the realm of the tiny and fussy. This will be my 5th model. That and four real boat assemblies pushes me squarely into the category of dangerous.
Alrighty then... Let's see how the camera did!... I'll just bring it in,... And take out the memory card... And... D'oh! Double D'oh!
All I got was 17 lousy shots, the best of which was that of a grackle's tail section?!? Stupid crows... Ten minutes after I brought in the NovaBird, all the scraps were gone.
I'll be grumbling by the feeders when I get a chance,
CapeCodAlan
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