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Category: Birds

  • Nature’s Diversity

      The diversity found in nature is sometimes mind boggling.     Pictured here are two black skimmers and a laughing gull. Skimmers are apparently the only species of bird with the lower mandible longer than the upper.  Watching them as they fly so close to the water to capture small fish and insects near…

  • Pelican Sets Sail

      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.      

  • The Returning River

      Matanzas inlet… a gull with a broken wing walks confidently to the edge of the spit, hitches a ride on the incoming tide and joins a gang of gulls on the other sandbar. Fish are jumping out of the returning river like skipping stones. The heron on the distant shore is quiet. With a…

  • Did I Smell Like Fish?

        The funniest gull sauntered up to me yesterday as I was sitting quietly alone on the beach. It was as if he wanted to tell me something. I am still trying to figure out what that was! He stayed for a good while, even tried to nibble my toes. Then he flew gracefully…

  • Welcome Home!

      Flamingos Seen Over Marsh in St. Augustine South on Christmas Morning!   Welcome home!  

  • May Your Day Be Warm and Filled With Kindness

      Flamingos Glide Into Times Square in New York City!   They seem to have regained their color. It appears that the hot chocolate the was so kindly shared with them in Baltimore has revived them.   It's Christmas Eve, how are you doing? Are you getting your color back and warming up to the…

  • Flamingos In Fells Point

       FLAMINGOS SEEN NEAR CITY PIER IN BALTIMORE'S FELLS POINT!   Are they turning blue?    

  • Pink Flamingos Spotted Again

      Pink Flamingos Spotted in Virginia!   They look as though they are about to land. They are probably looking for some goose down. If you see them, try to keep them calm and warm until help arrives.    

  • Taking to the Skies!

      Lawn ornaments take to the sky! (Seen here flying over the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, Florida.) They seem to be headed North, bad idea! It's cold up there you guys, it's a big mistake!    

  • Pelican – Simply Living

        According to some observers the pelican will actually enter the water upside down in order to catch the fish.   Imagine a pelican in the grocery store asking the pelican behind the counter, "Is that fish wild or farm raised?" The pelican behind the counter stands on his head and says, "They came…