hitchhiker from Cuttyhunk to Newport..

[S.V. Airlie]

Wish I had a picture of this white throat sitting on C'dog's head.. Just didn't grab it in time..

[IMG]http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq92/tancookisland/IMG_0297.jpg

[bamamick]

The detail is amazing. Neato, Jamie.

Mickey Lake

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Nice shot Jamie!

[rbgarr]

Geez that's a big bird! Fat, too.

[Russ Manheimer]

Hi Jamie,

Nice pic. How's the Newport weather?

Russ

[ishmael]

I'm guessing, there's a good reason for the name.

The only complaint v. cats is that they go after birds. Rode with you that whole time, eh? May the force be with you Luke Skywalker.

[S.V. Airlie]

Geez that's a big bird! Fat, too.

What do you expect Dave, it ate my bacon..

Russ.. not too bad.. A lot of wind out of the west so a little rocking and rolling.... So far, have been lucky..

[S.V. Airlie]

here it is after just arrivi9ng on board.. please note, it is thinner and note also the gas grill button behind..

Also a shot of C' dog just because...

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq92/tancookisland/IMG_0295.jpg


http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq92/tancookisland/IMG_0240.jpg

[SchoonerRat]

When making long passages, I would occasionally get little travelers like that guy. They were exhausted after being blown offshore by a squall and finding themselves out of reach of land. I tried nursing a couple back to health but they never made it.


http://homepage.mac.com/irvheller/ranger/12.jpg

This guy hung around for a couple of hours. I had about 30 passengers aboard but he didn't seem to be bothered at all. He allowed people to approach to within about 2 or 3 feet, then slowly backed away to maintain his buffer. When he left, he turned to face the wind, spread his wings and stood majestically for a moment. As he got his wings adjusted for maximum lift, you could see his body seem to lighten. In one smooth movement he lifted his feet, gave a couple of powerful flaps with his wings and he was off---without even a "thanks for the lift."



A funny old bird is the pelican.
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can live for a week,
on the food in his beak,
And I can't understand how the hell 'e can.

[S.V. Airlie]

When making long passages, I would occasionally get little travelers like that guy. They were exhausted after being blown offshore by a squall and finding themselves out of reach of land. I tried nursing a couple back to health but they never made it.


http://homepage.mac.com/irvheller/ranger/12.jpg

This guy hung around for a couple of hours. I had about 30 passengers aboard but he didn't seem to be bothered at all. He allowed people to approach to within about 2 or 3 feet, then slowly backed away to maintain his buffer. When he left, he turned to face the wind, spread his wings and stood majestically for a moment. As he got his wings adjusted for maximum lift, you could see his body seem to lighten. In one smooth movement he lifted his feet, gave a couple of powerful flaps with his wings and he was off---without even a "thanks for the lift."



A funny old bird is the pelican.
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can live for a week,
on the food in his beak,
And I can't understand how the hell 'e can.

Well, never that far from shore really. I'd say an easy flight. I think the white throat just wanted a ride.. Could not care less about C'dog. Checked out below.. Sat on my arm, made itself at home basically.

[rbgarr]

What do you expect Dave, it ate my bacon..

Russ.. not too bad.. A lot of wind out of the west so a little rocking and rolling.... So far, have been lucky..

About ten years ago I sailed my boat from Gloucester (where I bought it) to here over a weekend. As we were crossing Portland Bight out of sight of land I was taking a nap. A small bird landed on my chest. It stayed there and rested for about two hours until land hove up again. Then he took off in the direction we were going. It was a Savannah Sparrow, we learned later by comparing the photos my crew took with Peterson's drawings. Pretty funny because I lived in Savannah at the time.

[SchoonerRat]

Well, never that far from shore really. I'd say an easy flight. I think the white throat just wanted a ride.. Could not care less about C'dog. Checked out below.. Sat on my arm, made itself at home basically.
Seemed like the same thing with the pelican. I was coming home from a weekend at Catalina. No more than 15 miles from shore (as if he needed shore.) He didn't really make himself social; but with a whole ocean to land in, he picked the one spot that was already occupied by a boatload full of pepes. He didn't seem tired, he didn't seem hurt, he just sat around like he owned the place for a couple of hours. He was pretty oblivious to us running the boat around him. The one thing that got his attention was the centerboard windlass. I think it was the noise--lots of clickity and clangy pawls.

[johnw]

When making long passages, I would occasionally get little travelers like that guy. They were exhausted after being blown offshore by a squall and finding themselves out of reach of land. I tried nursing a couple back to health but they never made it.


http://homepage.mac.com/irvheller/ranger/12.jpg

This guy hung around for a couple of hours. I had about 30 passengers aboard but he didn't seem to be bothered at all. He allowed people to approach to within about 2 or 3 feet, then slowly backed away to maintain his buffer. When he left, he turned to face the wind, spread his wings and stood majestically for a moment. As he got his wings adjusted for maximum lift, you could see his body seem to lighten. In one smooth movement he lifted his feet, gave a couple of powerful flaps with his wings and he was off---without even a "thanks for the lift."



A funny old bird is the pelican.
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can live for a week,
on the food in his beak,
And I can't understand how the hell 'e can.

That's the Oden Nash verse that named my family's second boat. It was a Barnegat 20, with a big cockpit and a small cabin. On the theory that 'its beak can hold more than its belly can' my folks named it Pelican.

[CAPNBIL]

Funny to see this thread. We've had a hitchhiker in our last two races on the St. Lucie River. On our last outing we came in from the race, and brought out the outboard motor cover and lo and behold there was a bundle of fur inside it which turned out to be a tiny bat. Apparently he had snuck in at night prior to the event and slept through the whole race. Saturday we raced again and one of the crew glanced up and there he was again clinging to the sail fabric just below the headboard. When we lowered sail coming in to the dock he was still hanging in. He slept through the whole event near the masthead. We assumed he found that perch by getting in under the sail cover. I got some photos but haven't found a way to get them to the WBF. We turned him loose and I imagine we may see hm again for a cruise.