The Day Of The Turtle

Well, it's time for bowling so I'm gonna get in and out of here as fast as I can.  Highlight of my day was a lovely snorkel down at the Cargo Pier.  I made friends with three turtles, and we followed each other around for about a half an hour.  It was awesome.  Turtles love me.  Now, watch this.  Ima go roll a 300.  God, I'm a talented bowler.

More A to M, as seen in TPAD's dragonfly photo on Wednesday, Jan. 4th. http://toophotosaday.blogspot.com/2012/01/isaac-asimov.html

After I got out of the water, this turtle hauled out and tried to follow.  When it realized it could not stay with me, it started crying.  

Isaac Asimov

Stuff flies around hella fast sometimes.  This makes stuff super hard to see.  This sometimes annoys the shit out of me.  Today, I flushed a Snipe from one of the seeps.  This is the second time I have flushed said Snipe from a seep.  Both times, the bird has blasted off, flying away from me very quickly and completely ruining my chances of identifying it safely.  Lima India Papa.  Long story short, I may have gotten a Life Bird today, but I will possibly never know for certain.  

The most epic photo of the snipe.  You can see white on the trailing edge of the wings, but is it a lot? I dunno.  I saw nothing of the underwings, causing me to sink further into utter despair.  I will keep trying.  Never give up.  Never surrender.

These Green Darners are doing it.  Ass to mouth for some reason.  This is probably the only reason I was able to get a shot of them.  Normally they fly around much faster than even a Common/Wilson's Snipe.