Day 45:Going Pro

Hello friends, I apologize for my late posting! I actually recorded this video for day 45 last weekend but have not had the time (or the battery power) to post it yet. It has been busy, busy, busy since everyone else has arrived. There are now 20 people on the island! Luckily, I don't think I was 'too far gone' on the crazy spectrum to behave like a proper human being upon their arrival. Having a cook and social interaction so far has been great. However, now that our prior 'shower room' is occupied, we have switched to using the actual shower house, which is little more than a trickle of water at best. The bucket method is preferred.

So, some exciting news: I got a GoPro! This should make videos a little more interesting from here on in. I've only had time to play around with it a little bit, and I attempted to make a video tour of the northern tip of the island... However, I did not realize until later that the audio wasn't picking up very loudly because I had the waterproof casing on it. Alas, I am going to post this video anyway, because it will be more fun to watch than me sitting in front of the computer, even if you can't hear me very well. I will give you the gist of what I said below:

So if you weren't able to hear any of that, the main points are: got a GoPro, views of the northern tip of the island (whoa!), birds, me trying not to break an ankle on rocks, people are here and it's crazy, saw petrels (!), level 5-6 dirty, more fun with GoPro to come! That's about it.

In other news, I finally took my first trip off the island! Mind you it was only a short boat trip to the next nearest island which is much smaller than this one, but it was very liberating none-the-less. Also we saw this:

Holy crap WHALE

And this:

I risked my life to take this photo, so ENJOY IT.
And no, I didn't get pooped on... this particular time.

We have also had a friendly visitor hanging out around the main buildings over the past week:

I can feel him Mocking me. Get it? Anyone?

Since this is a week-behind post, I will try to post another entry soon. Today is another day off, so possibly another journey with the GoPro is in store! Perhaps featuring more birds!

As a final note, my outhouse birdlist is sadly lacking. In addition to my previous entries, I have also acquired Canada goose, Song sparrow, Black-capped chickadee, and Eastern Towhee. I might need to spend more time hanging out in there to improve this list... but then again, that doesn't really seem worth it...

Also, here's me goofing around on the wharf at sunset!




Until next time...!