Possum, Turkeys, iPhones, and Whatever
Hey, this is post #497. (Just figured I'd keep you updated...)
Let's see... First, our Backyard Night Fishing got a hit last night. The new cam is working like a champ, and we got a possum.
Not bad. Just a few minutes ago, a herd of turkeys rumbled through...
Coolness exemplified I'd say.
But such is the effect that technology is having on birding. Have you seen the new $20 - $30 iPhone app, "iBird"? (Hat tip to California Kathryn!) For both at home and in the field, this is the ideal fingertip reference source. Neato keeno, though I'll keep my "Smithsonian Handbook" thank you very much.
Let's see, what else is going on? Not too much really. I'm trying to finish up a cherry hutch for the wife... I've been promising completion for years, and this season it will be done. It doesn't help that this is a brute of a piece, and structurally it has to be bulletproof while at the same time it has to be visibly elegant. Oh goody... I'm about half done with the worst decisions behind me. Now it's just a matter of...
WAIT! WHOA! What was that?!? I always keep the streaming cam open in a re-sized window so I can keep an eye on the action, and something just ran by. I don't think it was the shuffling trot of a raccoon, and it certainly didn't look like a dog or cat. It might have been a fox, though it had sort of a galloping gait. Maybe Cape Cod is being overrun with by Eohippi... I mean jeez... We've got so many Coelacanth flopping around here that we have to sweep them off the deck with a broom! OK, seriously, something did run by the cam, and I can't ID it... You really should tune in to our web cam and watch the show... It's a ton of fun...
Watson, by the feeders! Great Scott!
CapeCodAlan
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