Monday, April 26, 2010

Chuck will's widow

"Chip married the widow!"  That's what I heard along with the cardinals at 5:09 this morning.  According to my birder's guide, the chuck will's widow repeats his call endlessly at dusk.   I guess he's an early bird--there are plenty of bugs at dawn too.  It's a wonderful country sound, and these birds are terrific insect eaters.  We have nighthawks (another nightjar) in New Orleans.  I've seen them swooping low over ball fields--they have a white spot on each wing that's visible when they fly.

Finally finished coding the objective function for my ant colony project.  I'll be running test cases all day to finalize the data.  Most of the report is finished--just needs cleaning up and a conclusion.  When the data's complete, I'll make the powerpoint for my presentation which is at 12:45 tomorrow.

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