This weekend, on information from redmed, is declared tomato sauce weekend. All who wish to sit around a very large pot of simmering tomatoes for many hours are welcome. I do not yet know whether the day will be Saturday or Sunday. Suggestions are invited.
Vacation continues to rock, but will soon be ending. I get on a plane tomorrow afternoon to return to the land of work and no beach.
This morning, I went on a little bird watching expedition. It was drizzling, which kept the people indoors. I was able to stomp around the south end of the island and sneak up on a number of interesting critters. The best was the bald eagle, who I saw from about 200 yards away. I had cut through a section of dunes, and I saw him as a sort of stump off in the distance. As soon as I got the binoculars on him, I saw that he was staring directly at me. He flat out saw / heard me from 200 yards away, and as soon as he saw me looking at him, he picked up the thing he had been eating (some sort of adolescent bird or small animal), and flew with it about 100 feet to the North, dropped it, looked at me, and then flew back South maybe twice that distance. He landed again and stared at me. As soon as I moved towards him (foolishly hoping for a better picture), he took off across the water. I wasn’t able to locate his food either. His ruse totally worked on me.
Also sighted a pair of Black Skimmers and a large group of mixed Terns (Royal and Sandwich).
Went to the Sea Turtle Hospital and saw the loggerheads and greens that they’re nursing back to health.
I love this place.
Yesterday, my sister showed us around her research lab at UNC Wilmington. She’s doing experiments on how drugs affect learning in rats. Apparently, drugs are bad kids. Drugs are bad.
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