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Category: Birds
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Primitive anxieties in a "modern" world. Simpler when you can see the predator, and not some elusive shadow from the past. How to cope? Trust what you have learned, what you know is true. Wait it out. Look around you and believe what you see, not what you feel. …
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The other day at the beach, there was a pelican sitting in the water minding her own business, who would stretch her long neck and reach into the water. Then she would point her beak up to the sky revealing a full gullet, swallow and go on minding her own business. …
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Check. Landing gear up… Check. These Brown Pelicans, up close enough to see the accordion wings against the sky, are proof positive that we live in a very beautiful, complex, and fascinating world. You are clear for takeoff! Saint Augustine Beach Pier, once again hosting the…
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To Breakfast? First reaction was to shoo them away which turned out to be ridiculous. So I pulled out my camera and joined in the fun! (Anyone who went to St. Anthony of Padua Church in Baltimore, might recognize the Holy Ghost in this shot!) They cleaned…
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This pelican and cormorant were a familiar sight at the Budapest Zoo. Not exactly like our pelicans, but very familiar, like the people were familiar. They may have spoken a very different language, but they looked just like us! There's a line from a U2 song: There is no them, there's…
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What if you are here on this beautiful, physical, gravity based planet, simply because you want to be here? You like a challenge! In our smallest moments and our largest, and everywhere in between, this is it, the stuff of our lives. Are you having fun yet? …
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Three Egrets, again… no regrets. Vail Point, Moultrie Creek, St. Augustine, Florida.
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Pelicans against a sunise stripe, Christmas morning. Vilano Beach, St. Augustine, Christmas morning 2014.
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A pink flamingo on top of a makeshift Christmas tree, wearing a set of miniature pearls. Christmas is such a mixed bag of tricks, and then it's over! Doing something fun with the people you love seems to be the very best thing to do. May you find…
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It's difficult to capture the atmosphere of a misty morning, but the shore birds set the stage, for peace and tranquility, amid a crazy season. Vail Point, Great Blue Heron over Moultrie Creek. Related articles Let the Light Find You…
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