We quite often have some pretty cool birds that follow us along. Some are true pelagic birds, the ones that live most of their lives at sea and only come to land to breed. Others make their appearance when we get a little closer to land. Either way, their gliding, swooping, and soaring around make them ideal subjects for Portraits! In no particular order (except some!) please find Birds of the Sea, here for your viewing pleasure!
They can stay up in the air for weeks, sometimes months(!) at a time. They boast the highest “weight to wing” ratio in all of birddom. They sleep while flying, mostly at night, and they shut down half of their brains at a time in order to accomplish this. (They are my heroes! I am taking lessons from them!)
(I guess we’re related)
“Oops! I mean Squids!”
(different hunting area)
“Nothing down there…. now where was I?“
“Oh yea…. Just flyin’ along, singin’….“
(Que Top Gun music) Maverick and Goose are testing, and teasing, the extent of the bogey’s nerve in a game if “Chicken.”
The enemy aircraft have now teamed up on Mav and Goose! Goose, with his head spinning from side to side, is trying in vain to look behind them, he yells to Mav…..
Maverick has just gotten back in the air after Goose died and he is reluctant to get into the fray…. but his flight-mates are depending on him…. finally realizing this, Maverick gets back into the fight….
And you all wondered what we do (Ok, just me) with our time when we have a Day at Sea!
4 replies on “Bonus Blog! Birds!”
Really cool. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Ina! Welcome aboard
Great shots, I normally end up with a smudge that I squint at while I rotate the phone until I finally say “oh yeah, a bird” Some of these ocean going birds are huge.
Get that telephoto lens Karen!