By Vladimir Brezina
This synchronized team puts in a pretty impressive performance—
— and they leave the stage triumphantly!
Others are pretty good too…
but their synchronized diving still needs some work.
From a recent visit to St. Pete Beach, Florida.
... 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.
... 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.
 | CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
 | Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
 | Marilyn Albright on The First Leg! |
| CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on Looks Like They Made It! |
 | Pit on Looks Like They Made It! |
| Johna Till Johnson on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
 | Larry Jensen on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| Johna Till Johnson on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
 | Frank Winters on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
| Johna Till Johnson on Halfway There! |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
| Johna Till Johnson on And They’re Off! |
Wind Against Current 
Wonderful photograps!
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Thank you!
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Wonderful :)
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Thanks, Jenn!
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Quick! Sign those birds up! I hear Busby Berkeley is planning a new musical. :)
In all seriousness, though, those birds are super-fun.
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They are! These kinds of sandpiper-like birds, especially, that hurry busily around, are super-comical :-)
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Beautiful photos, and such well behaved models :-)
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That always amazes me in Florida, how the birds and the beach-goers—and it was a pretty busy beach—coexist peacefully within a few feet of one another, each doing their thing and ignoring the other:
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That is amazing….oblivious of each others presence maybe?
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Well, actually not oblivious at all—many of the people passing by stopped to admire the birds, and the birds clearly would not have allowed anyone to come really close without flying away. But the people kept their distance. So not oblivious, actually quite aware and curious about each other, but kind of respectful… :-)
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That’s lovely…mutual curiosity and respect :-)
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Okay, Vlad, you just couldn’t wait until “synchronized” came up as word-of-the-week :-) But these were SO adorable! Can’t wait until you post the rest of the pics…..
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Yes, I thought about holding these photos in reserve for “Synchronized”, but the people who set these photos challenges are so unpredictable ;-)
Still sorting out the thousand photos—but there are some other good ones…
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What a great set of shots, Vlad, made me laugh out loud!
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Success! Thanks, Lynn… :-)
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What a beautiful act! Impressive both the birds and the photography.
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Thank you!! :-)
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love the pics. vibrant red yellow leaves against the emerald green water. Opps that’s the other post sorry.
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No problem—two parts of the same whole :-)
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I hope they got standard union pay. They really performed and put on a great show for you!
(Just this afternoon had a conversation about synchronized behavior in the bird world with a friend — she telling about drumlines or some other small silvery birds that made magic flying carpets in the air, folding and changing directions in unison on a dime away from predators — My memories of the great strings of birds winding and unwinding, leaders winging ahead and falling back, over San Miguel de Allende twice a day. The bird world is really amazing.)
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Well, starlings are famous for such murmurations—here’s a lovely video that went viral last year—
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Such lovely pictures; such beautiful creatures; such fun being had by all (including you!) Like this post very much indeed.
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Yes, indeed, much fun was had by all—or at least by me, since I am the only one I really know about… Thanks, Pamela!
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(laugh) the commentary is priceless!
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:-) Glad you like it!
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