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Digging crabs

Annie is a determined crab digger. She digs and digs, stops and sniffs to determine the direction of the crab, then goes back to digging. It looks like this:

..and this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALAlSS7C_s4

Henry watches everything.

He’s a total mimic. He picks a spot in the sand and digs. He stops and puts his chin down. He bites the sand. He digs again. He has no idea what he’s doing.

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Birding results

 I’ve put all my 2010 sightings into eBird.  390 species.  I checked how I’ve come out on the Top 100 list.  Today, for the country, I’m most prolific ebirder number 101.  That means that, for today, I’m the first person to not get their name listed. I’ve got to go find another bird………  
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Update

 I’ve been running this imaginary race in my head.  Grandson Tony ran a 6:53 mile.  My original goal was to run a mile in less than twice the time it took him.  I managed that a while back.  Now I’ve run an 8:31 mile.  If we were running on a quarter mile track (and I was barefoot on the hard sand at sea level) I would have been on the same lap as Tony when he finished!