Day #3: If Hollywood is scouting a location for a remake of Hitchcock's The Birds, I'd recommend Fort Myers Beach. Like clockwork scores of crows descend on the mooring field at dawn. The picture doesn't do justice to their numbers but you get the idea by looking at the standing rigging of the sailboat. Jobs aboard boats are broken into watches: first watch; dog watch; anchor watch; etc. To this list we need to add bird watch. This watch requires one crew member, preferably with a loud voice and an deep understanding of what frightens crows, to stand vigil. Lacking someone with the requisite skills means that the entire crew will stand poo-patrol shortly after dawn. 0nm today and 42nm. DBH
