WHINE!!!

[jgrussell]

Mrs. Downy Woodpecker brought her fledgling to the suet feeder for the first time yesterday morning. The little one sat on a branch while Mama got a big load of suet and delivered it.

Today, all three members of the Cardinal family came by -- Dad, Mom and their not-so-little-any-more girl.

The blue jay and the red-bellied woodpecker were in the neighborhood as well.

Do I have a single solitary photo? Nooooooooooo. The weather has been so awful -- rainy and not just overcast but dark, truly dark -- that the only hope of any image is with terrible flash.

And they say we may not see the sun again until Thursday of next week.

And I foolishly replied to a thread asking if anyone wanted to be the Title Fairy by saying that I was looking around nervously while not wanting to be noticed by the Title Fairy. Note my new title.

W-h-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-n-e.

[Stealthy Ninja]

I replied to that thread and never got a new title.

The TF is scared of me I think...

[BradM]

Sorry to hear it JG, we are on our 23rd dry and sunny day with temps that have varied from the low 90's to a much more reasonable 70's but I just don't have the time to go out and shoot.

Have baby owls within 6 hours and less of driving for Burrowing or Great Gray and I can't get away. Have fledging Bald Eagles two hours away or baby hummers only 45 minutes away and I can't get away.

With a new pup in the house and a few other home priorities and the foolishness in accepting various photo gigs with differing clients through the last several and nest few weekends I have locked myself into not pointing the camera at the stuff I love to do.

[jgrussell]

Originally Posted by BradM

Sorry to hear it JG, we are on our 23rd dry and sunny day with temps that have varied from the low 90's to a much more reasonable 70's but I just don't have the time to go out and shoot. Have baby owls within 6 hours and less of driving for Burrowing or Great Gray and I can't get away. Have fledging Bald Eagles two hours away or baby hummers only 45 minutes away and I can't get away. With a new pup in the house and a few other home priorities and the foolishness in accepting various photo gigs with differing clients through the last several and nest few weekends I have locked myself into not pointing the camera at the stuff I love to do.

"23rd dry and sunny day"?? Waaaaaah! Send us some of that, will ya I'm sorry about the other commitments, I'd love to see the shots of the baby owls...

[jgrussell]

Originally Posted by Stealthy Ninja

I replied to that thread and never got a new title. The TF is scared of me I think...

I think the TF figures you already have a weird title.

[davebreal]

Yes, the weather is truly miserable here in Jersey. On the bright side, I'm getting caught up with uploads, and can maybe get motivated to burn some DVDs for my archives today.

It seems that no one in NJ is going out birding lately, our listservs are really quiet with sightings.

[jgrussell]

Originally Posted by davebreal

Yes, the weather is truly miserable here in Jersey. On the bright side, I'm getting caught up with uploads, and can maybe get motivated to burn some DVDs for my archives today. It seems that no one in NJ is going out birding lately, our listservs are really quiet with sightings.

It's hard to go out birding -- even in the backyard -- when there's just not enough light to shoot. The best shot I've had in days was the fog from my office window.

[Stealthy Ninja]

I heard New Jersey has deliberately made a turnpike to scare people away.

[jgrussell]

Originally Posted by Stealthy Ninja

I heard New Jersey has deliberately made a turnpike to scare people away.

It's designed to get you to keep on moving, just go right on through, folks, nothing to see here... That way we have a fighting chance to keep our beaches, Pine Barrens, mountains, lakes and other goodies to ourselves...

[Scottes]

Originally Posted by jgrussell

It's designed to get you to keep on moving...

Then what's with all the toll booths? I've been fifty-cented to death on that road a few times.

Even still, the end of that road can be worthwhile. Cape May is nice at the right times.

[T.D.]

Originally Posted by jgrussell

Mrs. Downy Woodpecker brought her fledgling to the suet feeder for the first time yesterday morning. The little one sat on a branch while Mama got a big load of suet and delivered it.

Today, all three members of the Cardinal family came by -- Dad, Mom and their not-so-little-any-more girl.

The blue jay and the red-bellied woodpecker were in the neighborhood as well.

Do I have a single solitary photo? Nooooooooooo. The weather has been so awful -- rainy and not just overcast but dark, truly dark -- that the only hope of any image is with terrible flash.

And they say we may not see the sun again until Thursday of next week.

And I foolishly replied to a thread asking if anyone wanted to be the Title Fairy by saying that I was looking around nervously while not wanting to be noticed by the Title Fairy. Note my new title.

W-h-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-n-e.

Uh oh...whining doesn't make it better. Just saying.

Originally Posted by Stealthy Ninja

I replied to that thread and never got a new title.

The TF is scared of me I think...

[jgrussell]

Originally Posted by T.D.

Uh oh...whining doesn't make it better. Just saying.

Dear TF, I was only whining about the weather. Honest. Promise. Cross my heart and hope to fly low under the radar...

[Stealthy Ninja]

Originally Posted by T.D.

What is it with mods and emoticons?!

[T.D.]

Originally Posted by Stealthy Ninja

What is it with mods and emoticons?!

The same thing could be asked about ninjas and inane posts.

[Stealthy Ninja]

Originally Posted by T.D.

The same thing could be asked about ninjas and inane posts.

This whole thread is inane...

but more accurately it needs an "s" inserted somewhere in the middle of "inane".