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Name: Justin
Country: United States
State: Oregon
Metro: Portland
Birthday: 5/31/1978
Gender: Male
Interests: HOBBIES -
Anything Related to Japan, Bird Watching, Camping, Coin Collecting, Hiking, Sleeping, Surfing the web, Watching Movies.
BANDS/SINGERS -
Ayumi Hamasaki, D.C. Talk, Garth Brooks, Globe, Hikaru Utada, Kutless, Mini Moni, Namie Amuro, Newsboys, Rebecca St. James, Third Day, Tim McGraw, Toby Mac.
MOVIES - Edward Scissorhands, Gladiator, Groundhog Day, House of Flying Daggers, The Last Samurai, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix Trilogy, Nobody Knows, The Patriot, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Planet of the Dinosaurs, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Samurai Fiction, The Samurai Trilogy, The Seven Samurai, Shiokari Pass, Signs, The Sound of Music, Spirited Away, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy, The Twilight Samurai, Waterworld.
TV SHOWS - Alias, Quantum Leap, Jeopardy, Malcolm in the Middle, Star Trek (all series).
AUTHORS - Ayako Miura, God, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien.
ARTISTS - M.C. Escher
Expertise: Birdwatching, Computers, Origami, Random Arts/Crafts, Sand Scultpures, Sushi Making
Occupation: Computer related
Industry: Education/Research
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  postman498
MSN: jwrinn@juno.com
Member Since:
8/17/2005
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| Ridgefield NWR, Wash. - todaySHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER & ??? (the consensus was PECTORAL SANDPIPER, although it was considerably smaller than the sharp-tailed - perhaps a male sharp-tailed and a female pectoral?):  
A couple more shots of the SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER:  
Yawning DOWITCHER: 
RUFF: 
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| I haven't diedThere's just not much point in writing in here any more since no one reads it... | | |
| Bay-breasted WarblerAfter striking out in the dark, cold drizzle Thursday evening, I went back to the St. Helens Tree Farm today to look for the bay-breasted warbler that has been seen there for the past week or so. Fortunately when I got there some other birders had already located it, so all I had to do was wait patiently until it flew to an observable perch in the thick trees. I ended up getting a good look at it then, and then from another, nearby location later on as I was leaving. I've included a couple of photos below. I wanted to get more, but I was having trouble focusing through the trees, and the bird didn't stay put long enough.
(okay, so this last one is a baby bluebird, not a bay-breasted warbler...) | | |
| happy birthday to me!Since I don't have anyone to comment on my entries any more, I am not nearly as motivated to continue writing here. But I will try to keep up with it on a fairly regular basis. Today was my birthday. I turned 28. Why do I have to get so old? At least I got to eat 4 pieces of cake (not all at the same time though) and got to talk to my parents for awhile. I think I may be falling in love for real for the first time in my adult life. No, not with cake. I mean with the Japanese girl that I met on the internet a few months ago. Of course we won't know for sure until we meet in person, but things seem to be going very well, and God has really blessed me with the chance to get to know such a special woman. | | |
| CoastWow, I just realized that it's been over a month since I've written here. I just spent a wonderful weekend camping at the Oregon coast. Almost perfect weather, and really nice to get away for awhile. Unfortunately, better weather often means less birds, so my quest to add a red knot to my life list will have to continue at a later date. I did find an out of range sage thrasher in Newport, so it was nice to add something unusual to my Oregon list (check out the photos below...)
Sage Thrasher
Starling
Aww, isn't it cuuuute...
I had to take the pic and run before mama came after me...
(don't worry, I didn't get close enough to disturb the baby - I just have a really good zoom on my camera) | | |
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