Category: Birds

  •     Out of nowhere, the first robins of the year, today!   Woohoo!      

  •     When warm(ish) salty water meets the cold night air, there is a mist that calls to the soul like the sirens of myths and fantasy.   No danger to the land lubber, just a reminder that this is heaven now.       Yesterday's sunrise, caught lovingly by David Gardner © 2014. Thanks…

  •     Does a pelican in the water ever doubt that he can raise his sails and take to the air? In three powerful strokes, this huge bird is airborne and glides away.         From the archives, January 2012.

  •     Remember to have fun today. Even if you are doing something really really serious, have fun. Make an inside joke just for you to smile at!       A couple of kids and a bunch of sea gulls on a pretty misty gray day, having fun! St. Augustine Beach.    

  •   Nobody likes me, Everybody hates me, Think I'll go eat worms…   Remember this song? It gets side tracked about the worm and loses the focus of the pity party, but it could be the first (of many) pity party lyrics penned for m-m-m-my generation!   The photograph that I have of a worm…

  •     Lots of vultures in the neighborhood. Owls at night, vultures by day.   Scavengers and hunters and   humans?   Thrifty scavengers and  smart shoppers!             Related articles In Praise of Vultures

  •   December 3, 2001 C-Scape Dune Shack, evening.   Walking back toward the shack today after hiking & scketching & napping – I was planning on some lunch – However there was a group of clouds over the shack in an otherwise cloudless sky. These clouds looked like stylized – Beautifully stylized dolphins in the…

  •     At the end of a beautiful day, the sun sets early, and the town illuminates the night with millions of white lights!   Thanksgiving was late and Christmas will be early, and before you know it, the new year is upon us.   The seasons come and go, and we're still here, older…

  •     Never too gnarly for these avian surfers, and always a joy to behold.           More wind in St. Augustine with the Brown Pelicans making the best of it.  

  •     Little Blue Heron, patiently watching, waiting for this intruder to go away.     Oh, nevermind, I'll leave. G'day!   Says the Little Blue Heron.