Ended up with some nice pics of the Sandhill Cranes, a mediocre (but recognizable) photo of the Hooded Crane, and a really, really poor (marginally recognizable) photo of an immature Whooping Crane.

In the five hours(!) I was wandering around CC looking for the bird I saw the following (in completely random order):

1. Canada Goose
2. Common Loon
3. Double-crested Cormorant
4. Tree Swallow
5. Common Grackle
6. Brown-headed Cowbird
7. American Crow
8. Mourning Dove
9. Red-winged Blackbird
10. European Starling
11. Song Sparrow
12. Chipping Sparrow
13. Field Sparrow (heard only)
14. American Goldfinch
15. Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard only)
16. Prothonotary Warbler
17. Eastern Kingbird
18. Belted Kingfisher
19. Great Blue Heron
20. American Robin
21. Northern Mockingbird
22. Brown Thrasher
23. Eastern Bluebird
24. Eastern Meadowlark

I also added to my life mammal list with a cute little Deer Mouse. Also picked a not-so-cute little Dog Tick off me.

1. Holiday (1938, George Cukor) – 10/10
2. Rollerball (1975, Norman Jewison) – 5.5/10
3. Crazy Love (2007, Dan Klores) – 7/10
4. Gun Crazy / Deadly is the Female (1950, Joseph H. Lewis) – 7.5/10
5. Flying Down to Rio (1933, Thornton Freeland) – 6.5/10
6. Drag Me to Hell (2009, Sam Raimi) – 7/10
7. Jailhouse Rock (1957, Richard Thorpe) – 6/10
8. * The Book of Eli (2010, Albert Hughes / Allen Hughes) – 6/10
9. The Hurt Locker (2009, Kathryn Bigelow) – 7.5/10
10. * The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009, Terry Gilliam) – 7/10

Shorts

1. Pigeon: Impossible (2009, Lucas Martell) – 7/10
2. Statuesque (2009, Neil Gaiman) – 7/10
3. Alma (2009, Rodrigo Blaas) – 8/10
4. Bars and Stripes (1937, Joseph Sherman) – 6.5/10

TV
Firefly (2002-2003, Joss Whedon)

1. 1.1 – Serenity – 8.5/10
2. 1.2 – The Train Job – 8/10
3. 1.3 – Bushwhacked – 8/10
4. 1.4 – Shindig – 8/10
5. 1.5 – Safe – 7/10
6. 1.6 – Our Mrs. Reynolds – 8/10
7. 1.7 – Jaynestown – 8.5/10

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986-1988)

1. 2.4 – The Bruce-Partington Plans – 7/10

Movies

1. Detour (1945, Edgar G. Ulmer) – 7/10
2. Cape Fear (1962, J. Lee Thompson) – 7/10
3. In & Out (1997, Frank Oz) – 7/10
4. Du rififi chez les hommes / Rififi (1955, Jules Dassin) – 8/10
5. The Blue Gardenia (1953, Fritz Lang) – 6/10
6. Orphée / Orpheus (1950, Jean Cocteau) – 8/10
7. Elf (2003, Jon Favreau) – 7.5/10
8. Whirlpool (1949, Otto Preminger) – 6.5/10
9. For All Mankind (1989, Al Reinert) – 7.5/10
10. Christmas in Connecticut (1945, Peter Godfrey) – 6/10
11. Un conte de Noël / A Christmas Tale (2008, Arnaud Desplechin) – 8/10
12. Le samouraï (1967, Jean-Pierre Melville) – 8.5/10
13. The Last Picture Show (1971, Peter Bogdanovich) – 7/10
14. Django (1966, Sergio Corbucci) – 7/10
15. The Accused (1949, William Dieterle) – 6/10
16. Toy Story 2 (1999, John Lasseter) – 8/10
17. Tonari no Totoro / My Neighbor Totoro (1988, Hayao Miyazaki) – 8/10
18. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950, Otto Preminger) – 8/10
19. The Singing Revolution (2006, James Tusty / Maureen Castle Tusty) – 7.5/10
20. Ben-Hur (1959, William Wyler) – 7.5/10
21. The Trip to Bountiful (1985, Peter Masterson) – 6/10
22. Prelude to War (1943, Frank Capra / Anatole Litvak) – 6.5/10
23. Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009, Steve Carr) – 7/10
24. To Be or Not To Be (1942, Ernst Lubitsch) – 7/10
25. Up in the Air (2009, Jason Reitman) – 8/10
26. Black Angel (1946, Roy William Neill) – 5/10
27. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939, Alfred L. Werker) – 6/10
28. Meet John Doe (1941, Frank Capra) – 7.5/10
29. Conflict (1945, Curtis Bernhardt) – 6/10
30. Christmas in July (1940, Preston Sturges) – 7/10
31. 42nd Street (1933, Lloyd Bacon) – 7/10
32. The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944, Preston Sturges) – 8/10
33. Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau / Iron Monkey (1993, Yuen Woo-ping) – 7/10
34. The Nazis Strike (1943, Frank Capra / Anatole Litvak) – 7/10
35. Shadow of a Doubt (1943, Alfred Hitchcock) – 9/10
36. Il mio nome è Nessuno / My Name is Nobody (1973, Tonino Valerii) – 6.5/10
37. Divide and Conquer (1943, Frank Capra / Anatole Litvak) – 7/10
38. Calgary Stampede (1948, Saul Elkins) (short) – 6/10
39. Aventure malgache (1944, Alfred Hitchcock) – 6.5/10

1. Snow Goose - Pea Island NWR–South Pond NC - 24-Nov-09
2. Brant - Ocracoke Island–North End NC - 22-Nov-09
3. Canada Goose - Wright Brothers National Monument NC - 23-Nov-09
4. Tundra Swan - Pungo Lake – Pocosin Lakes NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
5. Gadwall - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
6. American Wigeon - Mattamuskeet NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
7. American Black Duck - Mattamuskeet NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
8. Mallard - Ocracoke Island–Silver Lake NC - 22-Nov-09
9. Blue-winged Teal - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
10. Northern Shoveler - Bodie Island Lighthouse & Pond NC - 23-Nov-09
11. Northern Pintail - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
12. Green-winged Teal - Pea Island NWR–North Pond NC - 25-Nov-09
13. Bufflehead - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
14. Hooded Merganser - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
15. Ruddy Duck - Pea Island NWR NC - 26-Nov-09
16. Pied-billed Grebe - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
17. Northern Gannet - Avon, North Carolina NC - 24-Nov-09
18. American White Pelican - Pea Island NWR NC - 26-Nov-09
19. Brown Pelican - Ocracoke Island NC - 22-Nov-09
20. Double-crested Cormorant - Mattamuskeet NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
21. Great Blue Heron - Pungo Lake – Pocosin Lakes NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
22. Great Egret - Mattamuskeet NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
23. Snowy Egret - Bodie Island Lighthouse & Pond NC - 23-Nov-09
24. Little Blue Heron - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
25. Tricolored Heron - Bodie Island Lighthouse & Pond NC - 23-Nov-09
26. Cattle Egret - Ocracoke Island NC - 22-Nov-09
27. Black-crowned Night-Heron - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
28. White Ibis - Ocracoke Island–Silver Lake NC - 22-Nov-09
29. Turkey Vulture - Pungo Lake – Pocosin Lakes NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
30. Bald Eagle - Mattamuskeet NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
31. Northern Harrier - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
32. American Coot - Mattamuskeet NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
33. American Avocet - Pea Island NWR–North Pond NC - 25-Nov-09
34. Greater Yellowlegs - Pea Island NWR NC - 24-Nov-09
35. Willet - Avon, North Carolina NC - 21-Nov-09
36. * Marbled Godwit - Pea Island NWR–North Pond NC - 25-Nov-09
37. Ruddy Turnstone - Avon, North Carolina NC - 22-Nov-09
38. Sanderling - Avon, North Carolina NC - 21-Nov-09
39. Laughing Gull - Avon, North Carolina NC - 22-Nov-09
40. Ring-billed Gull - Avon, North Carolina NC - 23-Nov-09
41. Herring Gull - Ocracoke Island NC - 22-Nov-09
42. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Avon, North Carolina NC - 23-Nov-09
43. Great Black-backed Gull - Avon, North Carolina NC - 22-Nov-09
44. Forster’s Tern - Avon, North Carolina NC - 23-Nov-09
45. Royal Tern - Avon, North Carolina NC - 23-Nov-09
46. Mourning Dove - Avon, North Carolina NC - 23-Nov-09
47. Belted Kingfisher - Mattamuskeet NWR NC - 21-Nov-09
48. Northern Flicker - Bodie Island Lighthouse & Pond NC - 25-Nov-09
49. Blue Jay - Nags Head Outer Banks NC - 23-Nov-09
50. American Crow - Bodie Island Lighthouse & Pond NC - 25-Nov-09
51. Northern Mockingbird - Ocracoke Island NC - 22-Nov-09
52. European Starling - Avon, North Carolina NC - 23-Nov-09
53. Yellow-rumped Warbler - Ocracoke Island–Silver Lake NC - 22-Nov-09
54. Song Sparrow - Pea Island NWR–North Pond NC - 25-Nov-09
55. Red-winged Blackbird - Bodie Island Lighthouse & Pond NC - 25-Nov-09
56. Eastern Meadowlark - Bodie Island Lighthouse & Pond NC - 25-Nov-09
57. Boat-tailed Grackle - Pea Island NWR–North Pond NC - 25-Nov-09

Film noir

1. Where Danger Lies (1950, John Farrow) – 7/10
2. The Unsuspected (1947, Michael Curtiz) – 6/10
3. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938, Michael Curtiz) – 8/10
4. Act of Violence (1948, Fred Zinnemann) – 7.5/10
5. The Big Heat (1953, Fritz Lang) – 8/10
6. D.O.A. (1950, Rudolph Maté) – 6/10
7. Suddenly (1954, Lewis Allen) – 7/10
8. Born to Kill (1947, Robert Wise) – 8/10
9. Border Incident (1949, Anthony Mann) – 7.5/10
10. Thieves’ Highway (1949, Jules Dassin) – 7/10
11. I Wake Up Screaming (1941, H. Bruce Humberstone) – 7/10
12. Dead Reckoning (1947, John Cromwell) – 7/10
13. Clash by Night (1952, Fritz Lang) – 7/10
14. Berlin Express (1948, Jacques Tourneur) – 6.5/10
15. Vicki (1953, Harry Horner) – 6/10
16. Scarface (1932, Howard Hawks) – 7/10
17. The Racket (1951, John Cromwell) – 7/10
18. Underworld U.S.A. (1961, Samuel Fuller) – 7.5/10
19. Undercurrent (1946, Vincente Minnelli) – 6.5/10

Non-noir

1. I’m All Right Jack (1959, John Boulting) – 7/10
2. A Night to Remember (1958, Roy Ward Baker) – 7/10
3. Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914, Mack Sennett) – 6/10
4. They Won’t Forget (1937, Mervyn LeRoy) – 6/10
5. Mon oncle (1958, Jacques Tati) – 7/10
6. Gigi (1958, Vincente Minnelli) – 6.5/10
7. Batman & Robin (1997, Joel Schumacher) – 4/10
8. Thunder Road (1958, Arthur Ripley) – 7/10
9. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, John Sturges) – 7/10
10. Black Christmas (1974, Bob Clark) – 7.5/10
11. A Serious Man (2009, Joel Coen / Ethan Coen) – 8/10
12. A Matter of Life and Death (1946, Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger) – 8/10
13. Now, Voyager (1942, Irving Rapper) – 8.5/10

Shorts

1. Jammin’ the Blues (1944, Gjon Mili) – 7.5/10
2. Thriller (1983, John Landis) – 7.5/10
3. The Snowman (1982, Dianne Jackson) – 6.5/10
4. The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928, Thomas Chalmers) – 6/10
5. President McKinley Taking the Oath (1901) – 6/10
6. New York the Magnificent (1921, Charles Sheeler / Paul Strand) – 7/10
7. Let’s All Go to the Lobby (1957) – 8/10
8. Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (1937) – 8/10
9. Gus Visser and His Singing Duck (1925, Theodore Case / Earl I. Sponable) – 6/10
10. Duck and Cover (1952, Anthony Rizzo) – 6.5/10
11. Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894, William K.L. Dickson) – 7/10
12. Muppet*vision 3-D (1991, Jim Henson) – 7/10
13. Validation (2007, Kurt Kuenne) – 8/10
14. Lonesome Lenny (1946, Tex Avery) – 7/10

October 1st –
1) Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974, Theodore Gershuny) – 81 min. 5/10

October 2nd –
2) Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979, Werner Herzog) – 107 min. 7.5/10

October 3rd –
3) Braindead / Dead Alive (1992, Peter Jackson) – 97 min. 8.5/10
4) The Blob (1958, Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.) – 82 min. 6/10
5) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956, Fred F. Sears) – 83 min. 6/10

October 4th –
6) Quella villa accanto al cimitero / House by the Cemetery (1981, Lucio Fulci) – 84 min. 7/10
7) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez) – 108 min. 8/10

October 6th –
8 ) Vargtimmen / Hour of the Wolf (1968, Ingmar Bergman) – 90 min. 7/10

October 7th –
9) The Company of Wolves (1984, Neil Jordan) – 95 min. 6/10

October 10th –
10) Alligator (1980, Lewis Teague) – 91 min. 5/10
11) The Innocents (1961, Jack Clayton) – 100 min. 7/10

October 11th –
12) Zombieland (2009, Ruben Fleischer) – 80 min. 7/10
13) Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988, Tony Randel) – 97 min. 6/10

October 13th –
14) Bunhongsin / The Red Shoes (2005, Kim Yong-gyun) – 103 min. 6/10

October 14th –
15) [Rec] (2007, Jaume Balagueró / Paco Plaza) – 75 min. 7.5/10

October 15th –
16) Cat People (1942, Jacques Tourneur) – 73 min. 7/10

October 16th –
17) Curse of the Cat People (1944, Gunther von Fritsch / Robert Wise) – 70 min. 5/10

October 17th –
18) The Jacket (2005, John Maybury) – 103 min. 6.5/10

October 18th –
19) I pugni in tasca / Fists in the Pocket (1965, Marco Bellocchio) – 105 min. 6/10
20) The Lodger (1944, John Brahm) – 84 min. 7.5/10
21) TerrorVision (1986, Ted Nicolaou) – 83 min. 5/10

October 21st –
22) The Return of the Living Dead (1985, Dan O’Bannon) – 91 min. 7/10
23) The Stepfather (1987, Joseph Ruben) – 89 min. 7/10

October 22nd –
24) Peeping Tom (1960, Michael Powell) – 101 min. 7/10

October 23rd –
25) The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton) – 92 min. 8.5/10
26) Freaks (1932, Tod Browning) – 64 min. 8/10

October 25th –
27) The Devil-Doll (1936, Tod Browning) – 78 min. 7/10
28) Repulsion (1965, Roman Polanski) – 105 min. 9/10
29) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959, Terence Fisher) – 87 min. 7/10
30) Zombi 2 (1979, Lucio Fulci) – 91 min. 6/10

October 26th –
31) The Thing from Another World (1951, Christian Nyby) – 87 min. 8/10

October 27th –
32) Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920, Carl Boese / Paul Wegener) – 91 min. 6/10

October 28th –
33) The Legend of Hell House (1973, John Hough) – 95 min. 7.5/10
34) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982, Terry Hughes / Harold Prince) – 140 min. 6.5/10

October 29th –
35) Ravenous (1999, Antonia Bird) – 101 min. 7.5/10

October 30th –
36) The Devil Commands (1941, Edward Dmytryk) – 65 min. 5/10
37) Isle of the Dead (1945, Mark Robson) – 71 min. 5.5/10

October 31st –
38) Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922, F.W. Murnau) – 81 min. 7/10

Optional Challenge Bonus
Shortest Movie: Freaks (1932) – 64 min
Longest Movie: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) – 140 min
Busiest Day: Oct 25th – 4 movies, 361 min
Average Length: 90 min
Total Length: 3420 min (2 days, 9 hrs)

1920s (2): Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam // Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1930s (2): Freaks // The Devil-Doll
1940s (5): Cat People // Curse of the Cat People // The Lodger // The Devil Commands // Isle of the Dead
1950s (5): The Blob // Earth vs. the Flying Saucers // The Night of the Hunter // The Hound of the Baskervilles // The Thing from Another World
1960s (5): Hour of the Wolf // The Innocents // Fists in the Pocket // Peeping Tom // Repulsion
1970s (4): Silent Night, Bloody Night // Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht // Zombi 2 // The Legend of Hell House
1980s (8): House by the Cemetery // The Company of Wolves // Alligator // Hellbound: Hellraiser II // TerrorVision // The Return of the Living Dead // The Stepfather // Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1990s (3): Braindead // From Dusk Till Dawn // Ravenous
2000s (4): Zombieland // The Red Shoes // [Rec] // The Jacket

Non-horror films watched in October
The Naked Spur (1953, Anthony Mann) – 7/10
The Whistler (1944, William Castle) – 4/10
Ne le dis à personne / Tell No One (2006, Guillaume Canet) – 7/10
Tin Toy (1988, John Lasseter) (short) – 7/10
Toy Story (1995, John Lasseter) – 7/10
High Noon (1952, Fred Zinnemann) – 7/10
Dead Ringers (1988, David Cronenberg) – 7.5/10

…and now most of the snow has melted, the birds are singing, and the bugs are emerging…

Some other photos from the past week…