Saturday, May 8, 2010

Inlet # 4, Feathered Kings and Queens


10 comments:

  1. Crikey.......... absolutely breathtaking! After the week I've had, connected with birds and angels, i'm blown away by these spectacular photos. Thanks for posting them up.

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  2. They're pretty cool creatures, aren't they? I have a liking for the character of pelicans and their squadron habits. I'll write some more about the inlet, it was all I could do tonight to upload these pics of the last few days ...
    Thanks for your comments!

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  3. Breathtakingly gorgeous. Make me homesick.

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  4. If................? I come back. I hope it is as a pelican..............the fighter bombers of the bird world!

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  5. Wow, who saw who first? Did they know that you in your boat meant food? Pelicans are such wonder-filled beings! Bootalang was one Noongar word for them. Don't know what that words means. Angels... with great appetites...?? :) Thanks for these photos.

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  6. Thanks for your comments and enjoying the pelicans! Yes, Tim, they know where the fish are. It's quite common to see them soar in like that and skid to a halt right by the boat. just, normally, I have fishy, wet gloves on and can't find my phone camera. this morning I couldn't pass up the chance.

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  7. Ah..beautiful!

    Pelicans are about piety and a sense of buoyancy or optimism, riding the ups and downs...that kind of thing... or so I've read.

    Look like they make handsome companions en masse!

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  8. I think the buoyancy and optimism is spot on, Sontag, and perhaps the piety comes from their supercilious looks. I always wonder which library book I've forgotten or lost under the couch, when I look into their eyes.

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