We went out for a brief stroll last evening. As you can see from the following pics, it grew dark while we were out. This first one was more or less a test to see how the pic would come out since it was actually darker than it appears here. If you look really, really, really close, you can see some white specks in the distance on the water. These are American white pelicans--probably at least 20 or more.
Still the pelicans are a long distance away. You can also see the evening lights reflecting across the water.
Next, you can see that one of the pelicans swam over closer to us. I was a bit more excited than usual, because while I've seen brown pelicans before, I've only seen pictures of the white variety.
Meanwhile, the city provides some fountains in the lake and at night these are lighted. This particular fountain has colored lights. And the pelican (from previous pic) swam into the reflection of the light (below).
Then it was back to our room and time for sleep. And by popular demand, I've included another pic of bw!
Today we are off to Ashland. We will forego any more bird searches. It's about a 6 hour drive to Newport. But we should have not trouble making that. Hope to report back from there later this evening.
Thanks for reading!
2 comments:
I love pelicans, and all the more since I've encountered it in iconography as a symbol of Christ and His atonement. See http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast244.htm
The pictures are lovely! Wow! The pelicans look great! And thanks for appeasing your fans and adding that extra BW picture! :) We love seeing our aunt! -S
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