three little birds, beside my doorstep, singing sweet songs, of melodies pure and true, this is my message to you,,,

yesterday we had several birds (small, warblers or sparrows?) join us
on our voyage. they will probably die out here... and then a falcon
joined them (second hand, i did not see this) and ensued to predate...

this morning, three were still stuck indoors in our main lab,,, they
have been flying around. sooo cute, but they are probably doomed. we
are so far offshore they are unlikely to make it to land. one, who was
the most tired of them all, would come land on us, on our heads and
shoes (not on mine). eventually the crew came in and caught that slow
moving one, to send it outside. poor little birds... they are so cute,
but doomed.

seas are rough. we have a low pressure moving in. seas will reach
11-14' on monday and maybe up to 18' on tues. never really know until
it happens, but we are lucky to have had good weather till now. people
are really going to get sea sick now. Handoko is already back to pray
to the porcelain goddess. wish me luck as i imbibe more ginger
capsules... ok, time to get back to geophysics watch...

blessings, jay