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Category: Birds

  • It’s been awhile, but I can explain…

        Little did I know that when I accidentally shot the door to this cottage in May, (while trying to find a bird in the oak tree at dusk that was making an unusual call), that 4 months later, I would be moving in there. That's most of the reason for my absence! Then…

  • “Hello!”

      Do you come here often?   Nice view, hey? What's your sign? Do I know you?             Pigeons on top of the Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse, St. Augustine, Florida. ©Laine Quinn 2018

  • In Between

        In between the sky and the sea. Rain clouds closing in from the south and the north. Whenever a boat takes to the water, there is a story to tell.   Storms, sea creatures, and the one that got away. There is always a story!       Crescent Beach, storms brushing by…

  • A Day, Like Any Other…

        One beautiful day after another… people go to the beach, the waves roll in and out again, pelicans fly in their lines.   Just another day in Paradise!         St. Augustine Beach, May, 2017.

  • Nestlings…just like us?

      Nestlings are so very vulnerable. This little one endured severe thunderstorms, only to be stalked by a crowd of noisy crows and survived that too.   Nature provides lots of drama for her creatures. Perhaps we all have a nestling within us…our inner hatchling.   It's the part of us that has come through…

  • Be Kind To Your Friends in the Swamp…

      Be kind To your web-footed friends, for a duck may be somebody's Mother. Be kind to your friends in the swamp, where the weather is very very damp….   The End!               Muscovy Ducks at Treaty Park being very friendly.    

  • Stillness

        Movement in the stillness, more in the woods behind us, squirrels and owls, and under the surface of the water.   A balance is struck at the end of the day as the light fades and we rush to beat the darkness home.         Sunset at Vail Point on Moultrie…

  • Egret

        Let the beauty that you love, be what you do.                                    Rumi      

  • Birds of a Feather…

      Fish together!               Vilano Beach, this morning! Human, Stork, Egrets.    

  • Life Goes On…

        Ducks still swim in ponds and the sky still reflects beautifully on the water. The sun rises and sets and the moon too.   And so we must also, rise and set with the rhythms of life.           Ducks at Treaty Park where a historic treaty was signed with…