So about the egret… we were at ~9,500 in the eye and the pilot spots this egret. It’s not so close we are gonna hit it but it does go right in front of us at a slightly lower altitude. I’m busy with the radar and don’t have time to grab my camera but I did have the GoPro Max going. It’s not great footage but you can see the white speck going from right to left. I tell the weather officer he has gotta put it in the VDM for reasons… sure enough ten minutes later there are posts about it here on X.
It's been mostly Yellow-rumped Warblers around lately, but this Nashville Warbler was hanging out with a flock of the butter butts. They are both late migrants, with the Nashville Warblers heading for Mexico.
Cerulean warbler
Scientific name: Setophaga cerulea
Cerulean warbler is a small songbird in the family Parulidae. It is a long-distance migrant, breeding in eastern North American. It winters on eastern slope of the Andes in South America. about 11 cm long, weighing 8 to 10 g.
Now while I agree he can’t be doing this gimmick in year 3 and it’s annoying as hell, Bo Nix will play better than he has in Weeks 1-4 over the rest of the season because that’s just what he does.
Bo Nix career splits, Weeks 1-4 | Week 5 and later
Games: 12 | 28
Record: 6-6 | 21-7
Completion %: 62% | 64.8%
Total YPG: 212.8 | 259.9
Total TD: 17 | 57
Turnovers: 13 | 17
Passer rating: 76.9 | 94.7
EPA/DB: -0.041 | +0.116
CPOE: -3.19% | +0.19%
DB success rate: 40.5% | 45.8%
ADOT: 6.66 | 7.39
Yards per attempt: 5.71 | 6.80
Adjusted net yards per attempt: 4.85 | 6.51
He’s going to be fine, the Broncos are going to be fine, this is just annoying when the Broncos have a 60 million dollar decision to make in the offseason.
Wildlife photographer Deborah Sandidge filmed a roseate spoonbill fixing her feathers in a Florida wetland.
That pink is not paint. It comes from the shrimp and crabs she eats. Juveniles stay pale for about three years, then the color shows up. The bill is a spoon. She sweeps it side to side and snaps shut on whatever moves. People keep saying she looks dressed. She is just eating well.
[📸: Deborah Sandidge via IG]
Bo Nix had 42 attempts today. His aDOT was 5.3 yards (3 yards worse than the NFL average). He was 5-for-13 against the blitz for 32 yards. He was 2-for-10 on passes beyond 10 yards. One of those was a coverage bust.
Unethical hoops. Not my America. Can't win with that.
Merlins are migrating through here in Michigan, and the Blue Jays are not happy about it. There were quite a few brave Blue Jays that would bop the Merlin and then fly away while being chased. At one point the Merlin flew right over my head.