A Better Blog App?

I hate this iBlogger app. It really sucks compared to the Wordpress app for iPhone and iTouch. Any recommendations out there? Look at the way the pics got cropped! I did my best to avoid that but to no avail. I can't even go back to correct it. This sucks.

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The Sadness of a Purple Finch

Purple Finch

This tiny bird did not make it. One of my shipmates, Mike El Mobdy, found this purple finch a day out of Oakland and while washing down the ship's bridge wings. The first bad sign was that it was so easily caught. I tried feeding it water and some crackers, but it wouldn't take. After an hour or so, it fell over in a seizure and died. Kind of bleak.

Though I identify this bird as a Purple Finch, there were some odd differences from the description I found in my Sibley's field guide. Though the indicative "eye lashes" and the split lobed tail were present, this bird was at least an inch smaller and the tail length was clearly shorter than depicted in the illustration. Odd.

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Weird Stuff Part 3

Murrelet?

I found this bird in the same hold as the mystery fish. Seabirds often crash land on ships during the night. Since this particular cargo hold has no cover, it's not that surprising to find a dead bird down there. Not much runway to find the needed lift to get out of there--especially for an alcid.

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More Weird Stuff

Mystery Fish

I found these fish while sweeping out a cargo hold. Don't recognize the species. How did they get down there is a mystery to me.

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