I will miss them all

I Know!

Not a bird picture, right!

But I just had to throw in this sweet pup.  Look at those eyes!

His human was skimming for bait near the pier.  

He spied the pelicans

as they went about their preening

and couldn't take his eyes off of them.

I think if his leash didn't tie him to the boat,

he would have jumped in after them.

Probably why his human leashes him INSIDE the boat!

 

So, as far as bird pictures, well, let's just say since I have been down here,

I have taken 1,345 photos.

That is as of today.

That continuous shooting mode on my camera

is nice

but then one must, SHOULD, go and delete delete delete.

I really don't like doing that exercise.

But I will ... maybe on the plane home.

 

 I always get a bit melancholy when it's time to leave.

I miss observing innocent moments like a father teaching his children to fish...

or a baby's joy running barefoot in the sand

or just the solitude of an evening walk at sunset.

 But what I will miss the most 

will be

the pelicans

terns

plovers

spoonbills

sandpipers

yellowlegs

sanderlings

oystercatchers

herons

egrets

ibises

comorants

ospreys

wood storks

and the 

ever present

gulls.

Yes, I will miss them all!

All the beautiful beautiful birds.

~sigh~