Shocky Rorebirds

I went out and took breathtaking photographs of some of our wintering shorebirds today.  Currently on island are some incredibly famous and influential people.  Sylvia Earle, who is the planet's greatest female oceanographer, is here with me.  If you want to know who she is, click this: 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle 


There is also a mural artist here named Wyland who is apparently hella famous.  He did something for the Olympics I think.  Now he's supposed to paint one here, but I haven't seen any brushes come out yet.  Here's Wyland:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyland


Well, it's time for dinner.  Then I'll be attending a talk by an awesome photographer, whom I may showcase on tomorrow's TPAD.  After that, raging.  It's another Chugach Band performance tonight, and the whiskey will flow.

Wandering Tattler.  You can tell by the nasal grooves and apparently the scaling on the bird's tarsi (legs).  Breathtaking.

Ruddy Turnstone.  Look at it glisten.

Cowardly Tired

I PTFO after work today.  Almost missed dinner.  Not really sure why I'm so cowardly and tired.  In any case, I have in my possession Season 4.5 of Battlestar Galactica.  They have reached Earth, which is a barren wasteland.  What will happen next, who knows?  I intend to find out.  Tonight.  Here are some most excellent photographs of birds:

To study the differece in nasal grooves, compare this photo of a Wandering Tattler with the Gray-tailed photo I posted on November 26th:  http://toophotosaday.blogspot.com/search?q=gray-tailed+tattler

This is a female Laysan Duck.  I had to take a photo of her because her head is much whiter than the rest of the ducks.  So she looks cooler.

Bam.

Yesterday was mostly slow.  Super foggy.  A few warblers still cruising around.  Nothing crazy.  Then while I was fixing dinner, Matt found a Painted Bunting on Corm Blind Hill.  I ran outside and finally got on it after about an hour, just as it was getting dark.  No usable photos of the thing, but hopefully it is out there right now and I can go snap a few off for tomorrow's TPAD.  Here's some marginal stuff in the meantime.  This morning looks very promising, by the way.  Could be a Mega Wave.  Keep fingers crossed for Asian Goodnes.

Wandering Tattler, yelling.

Spizella.  But which one?  I will mail a gold star to the first correct responder.  Just send your name, answer, and a self addressed stamped envelope to:

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