Data Will Slowly Kill You

Had to do a few hours of data entry today.  For lack of anything better to do.  I started nodding off by the end.  This is a common data entry induced side effect for me.  After work, I went out by the runway where bird counters Diana and Kirstin found six Short-eared Owls on Christmas Day for the CBC.  All of them were there.  Sick.  They're hella hard to raph though, because they flush so easily.  Hopefully the photos will get a little better each time I go out.  By the time I leave I'll have something good.  There is an airplane tonight.  We will be losing some bird counters and gaining some complete strangers.  Should be fun...  Ima go to Brooks now and drank on something.

The cream of my Short-eared Owl crop.  It's sub-par at best.

ID all nine correctly and win a prize.  BTW, for a better look, right click the photo and open on a new tab.  You can zoom in hella.

Ducks And Moustaches

I shaved a moustache into my face.  Again.  I've had lots of staches over the years.  Mostly they were STMs (Short Term Moustaches).  They typically lasted a day or so.  Except for that one in Tahoe.  I held on to that little beauty for a few weeks.  I'm thinking about doing the same with this one.  We'll see what happens.

This is what my Wednesday mornings have become.  I frantically pedal my bike around the island trying to read as many of these Laysan Duck bands as possible.  Today I got 65.  A new record. 

It dawned on me that I haven't posted any Wigeon photos yet.  I dunno why.  Probably because they are the hardest of all ducks out here to get close to.  So this is about the best I've been able to do so far.  Pretty poor if you ask me.