Here's a picture of one of the little creatures on my boat.

Cherie

s/v Karma

Baba 40

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-baba-l@ballreich.net [mailto:owner-baba-l@ballreich.net] On
Behalf Of Cindy Ballreich
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:05 AM
To: Baba Mailing List
Cc: paulherrick@earthlink.net; Maggie; Diane de Witte; Karen Reed;
Janice Linden-Reed; Marty Reed
Subject: [Baba-L] Birds of a feather flock - to a Baba?

Two weeks ago, Mandisa made a trip to Catalina. The trip over was

overcast, foggy and windless. We've had these conditions before and we

expected it to be very boring. However, about a third of the way over,

we were surprised by a little bird landing on the boat. Then another.

Then two or three more...

http://www.ballreich.net/mandisa/photos/lifeline_birds_small.jpg

At one point there were about seven birds on the boat. This was a mixed

flock of Wilson's Warblers and Yellow Warblers. They came and went, but

one little yellow guy stayed with us for most of the trip...

http://www.ballreich.net/mandisa/photos/cockpit_bird_small.jpg

He seemed almost tame and was quite curious about us - hopping around

the cockpit, flying down below (he left a mint on my pillow!), and even

landing on us from time to time...

http://www.ballreich.net/mandisa/photos/arm_bird_small.jpg

http://www.ballreich.net/mandisa/photos/foot_bird_small.jpg

The excitement of the day must of worn him out because he stopped

several times to take a nap...

http://www.ballreich.net/mandisa/photos/napping_bird_small.jpg

He was with us until we were about a mile from Catalina when he flew
off.

We've never had this happen before and it didn't happen on the trip

back. Several friends have had warblers visit their boats, and one of

them thinks that this population may have learned to use sailboats as

rest stop when they're out eating bugs over the water. I don't know much

about birds, but I sure hope it happens again.

Cindy

s/v Mandisa

Baba 30

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