By Vladimir Brezina
Fierce eagles on top of poles are a grand imperial convention
but in Florida every pole has on it a bird
that is not an eagle, but (usually) a pelican.
They perform, preen
or just sleep.
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Wind Against Current by Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Authors
Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.Johna Till Johnson
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.Recent Comments
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Great to see some pelicans again! I take my camera out kayaking and have a bunch of gulls sitting on the poles here in the Thimble Islands in CT. I feel the best pictures come from the water to land. Thanks for sharing these.
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Most of these photos were actually taken from land. Photos taken with a 300mm lens from a kayak bobbing in the waves are usually not quite as sharp… But during this last visit to Florida I did capture a number of acceptable photos that way nevertheless—forthcoming!
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last summer i was snorkelling in the dry tortugas when suddenly a huge splash happened right next to me. my heart lost a few beats, i’m sure, til i realized that a pelcan sleeping on a pole decided he needed to eat one of those fish right next to me. memorable . . . to be sure. see you saturday.
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Yes, they do that :-)
See you Saturday!
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eagles! I love to watch the eagles up on the palisades. They are the most amazing fliers. How I would love to find an eagle feather! Other than up by the palisades, do you encounter any on your wide scan of the harbor?
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Not really much in the New York Harbor, although I am sure there are some on Staten Island or in Jamaica Bay. Eagles are actually not the most conspicuous birds—not like pelicans or egrets!
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Wonderful photos, as usual.
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Thanks, Melissa!
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This is a terrific entry. And, you’re right, there is a bird on nearly every post in Florida!
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Glad you liked it, Kerry!
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I’m really enjoying you pelicans.. : )
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Next up: herons and egrets!
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