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Laughing Gull – Vigorously Splashes Away

Vigorously Splashes Away There was quite a bit of noisy activity taking place in a small shallow pool of water that was recently born from a not-long-past storm. It contained a ‘scold of gulls’ … more precisely a group of energetic and very noisy Laughing Gulls taking advantage of the cooling medium on a warm spring day. Here one member of the flock vigorously splashes away. ~ Anecdote and Laughing Gull capture, Vigorously Splashes Away © Jerry L. Ferrara

Coming and Going A pair of Great Egrets ethereally traverse the sky near their rookery … one coming and one going. ~ Anecdote and Great Egret capture, Coming and Going © Jerry L. Ferrara

A Golden Moment A golden moment, caught in the golden hour of morn as a regal Great Blue Heron elegantly swims the open sky. Arriving at the heron rookery and setting up the camera before the sun conquered the earth’s horizon proved to be a good strategy. ~ Anecdote and Great Blue Heron capture, A Golden Moment © Jerry L. Ferrara

Nature’s Sanitation Corps The Turkey Vulture employs both keen eyesight and a well-developed sense of smell for locating its carrion meals. They are Nature’s sanitation corps. Along a southern Texas shore Death lies on the coastal floor Disease from rot won’t have a chance Nor may we call this happenstance For the vultures’ prowess lies Not just with its acute eyes Detects its meal when odors swell Through its superb sense of smell So what does all this really mean? The vulture keeps the landscape clean ~ Anecdote, poem and Turkey Vulture capture, Nature’s Sanitation Corps © Jerry L. Ferrara

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Laughing Gull – Vigorously Splashes Away

Great Egret – Coming and Going

Great Blue Heron – A Golden Moment

Turkey Vulture – Nature’s Sanitation Corps

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