JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Saturday November 5, 2005 [PC (5/365) LW(2/365) SH(1/365)]

November 2005 Total:
PC-partly cloudy (5/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (2/365)
SH-slightly humid (1/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (28/365) C-cloudy (39/365) PC-partly cloudy (89/365)
D-drizzle (9/365) R-rainy (5/365) SR-scattered rain showers (16/365)
W-windy (49/365) LW-light winds (81/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (66/365) SH-slightly humid (75/365)

Friday November 4, 2005 [PC (4/365) ]

November 2005 Total:
PC-partly cloudy (4/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (1/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (28/365) C-cloudy (39/365) PC-partly cloudy (88/365)
D-drizzle (9/365) R-rainy (5/365) SR-scattered rain showers (16/365)
W-windy (49/365) LW-light winds (80/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (66/365) SH-slightly humid (74/365)

My “gentleman visitor” came a callin’ again this mornin’.

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You can view a new video of the visitor here.

Thursday November 3, 2005 [PC (3/365) LW (1/365) ]

November 2005 Total:
PC-partly cloudy (3/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (1/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (28/365) C-cloudy (39/365) PC-partly cloudy (87/365)
D-drizzle (9/365) R-rainy (5/365) SR-scattered rain showers (16/365)
W-windy (49/365) LW-light winds (80/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (66/365) SH-slightly humid (74/365)

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – the name of one type of edible rice field snail (for those of you who like escargot)

Japanese – tanishi (???)

Hogen – taanna (????)?

Wednesday November 2, 2005 [PC (2/365) W (2/365) ]

November 2005 Total:
PC-partly cloudy (2/365)
W-windy (2/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (28/365) C-cloudy (39/365) PC-partly cloudy (86/365)
D-drizzle (9/365) R-rainy (5/365) SR-scattered rain showers (16/365)
W-windy (49/365) LW-light winds (79/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (66/365) SH-slightly humid (74/365)

After having so much difficulty with getting my videos uploaded at YouTube, I checked into other free video sharing services. I ran across one called JussPress. It allows drag and drop uploading directly to the site from your PC. (However, you should know videos are limited to two minutes and it is a family site.) The site also supports photo sharing and posting to blogs. After signing up, use the help section for a complete rundown of how to accomplish all tasks.

If you want to view the full length video of the hawk below, click here.

Here is a short version of the video that I captured the picture of the hawk (below) from:

(It takes a few moments to load. To rewind and play, right click.)

I’ve been trying to get YouTube to upload a version for almost 4 hours, with no luck. I don’t know if they are too busy or are just having some server difficulties.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, around this time every year we get visited by a hawk or two. This is one of them.

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