One thing I noticed this afternoon was that there sure weren’t a lot of birds to be seen on the camera. And it wasn’t that we weren’t trying — there were lots of users on the system. Just not many birds. I wonder if there was some kind of noisy construction going on that was keeping them away.
In fact, the following shot of the Western Scrub-Jay taken by robin54 at 1:15 p.m. turned out to be the last bird photo taken today:
If the camera isn’t running tomorrow morning, that could end up being the last bird shot taken from Craig’s deck. I guess that would make me happy; it’s a beautiful shot.
It would have been pretty ironic if the bird shot taken before that one (also by robin54, at 1:04 p.m.) had turned out to be the last one:
I say “ironic”, because (as you probably remember), some 44,000 shots ago a Golden-crowned Sparrow was also the first bird recorded in the game, back on April 20. patti got that image:
Nice pair of bookends, eh? I wonder if it’s the same bird.
The symmetry would have been lovely. It looks like vanilla has the honor of taking the last shot at CONE SUTRO.
Congratulations Vanilla!! see you in Texas next year. anyone can email me at kryptonkay55@sbcglobal.net. I’ve been taking bird pictures I would love to share with you all
Nertz! I messed up the symmetry…. It would have been novel to have started and ended with the Golden Crowned Sparrow….like bookends, as you suggested, elanus. 🙂
Would love to see your photos, kk, and will e-mail you soon.
Linda