Friday, July 8, 2011

OBX: crazy weather

Bailed on the bird walk on pea island because of heavy rain and went to the roanoke aquarium instead with the whole gang.  In the afternoon,  the weather was a little nicer and I stopped at the bird refuge and did my own bird walk.  Lot's of birds - not sure what they all were yet, but I'll have to do some research.  In any case, I know I saw terns, swans, willets, herons, egrets - even a muskrat and some rabbits.  I'll have to go through all the pics. 

little blue heron

do muskrats have quills?

Later on the wind kicked back in and Mike, Jim and I sailed for a few hours.  Started on 5.2 then downsized to the 4.2 and the 85 litre quatro.  Shoulder is holding, so tried a few front loops/ er crashes - got the rotation wrong..got to work on that.  Hit my jaw on the booms pretty hard - that was a first.  I'll keep at it now until I get them right.



speed loop needs work...

2 comments:

  1. nice bird (looks like a little blue)
    *jealous*
    wonder what else you saw.

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  2. yep, little blue heron.. could use your eyes here

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