By Vladimir Brezina
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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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Wind Against Current 
Do the birds wonder what all the people are doing there?
Thanks for sharing.
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The birds have probably been coming to that beach much longer than the people have…
Thanks, Bill!
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That’s quite a gathering! Lots of people, too. :)
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Everyone has to coexist somehow. And I didn’t even show the turtles! ;-)
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Hilarious juxtaposition!
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Thanks! :-)
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Nice to see so many birds as well as people. They look very expectant.
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They were taking their babies down to the water for the first time…
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Oh, wow, how special. That explains the different plumage.
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Yes—more photos to come! :-)
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Totally tolerant terns!
I like the fisher-woman looking at her bait bucket as if thinking:
“Do I have enough to get past this mob?”
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Getting past them was not easy. They defended their turf!
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People aren’t used to having the tables terned on them are they?
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Good one! :-)
And yes, having a flying tern aiming its sharp beak directly at your head can be a bit unnerving…. pictures to come! ;-)
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Terns have an arc all to their own, looking all ahead full.
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Quite so! :-)
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I’m particularly fond of terns, they have a sophistication that the gulls lack.
:)
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Yes, it’s elegant sophistication versus brutal effectiveness…
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Hahaha! Great capture
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Thanks! :-)
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Me toooooo!
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:-)
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What great beaks they have!
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Yes, and the lower half is quite a bit longer than the upper half. More photos to come :-)
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Love it – everyone needs to enjoy the beach!
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For the most part, there was good coexistence between the two groups of beach-lovers… :-)
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That is a lot of birds on the beach :)
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Strength in numbers! :-)
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oh wow! that’s a lot of birds. looks like they have their own space :)
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Yes, they were defending it against all comers :-)
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Two sets of creatures from two different worlds —almost looks like a put-together of two separate photos.
Someone has a poem with the line in it, leaving no tern unstoned —
But you didn’t, did you. Not at all.
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No, we didn’t, of course! People were mostly respectful, although a few blundered through and one small child was a distinct menace…
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WOW! And I was always excited to see ONE black skimmer. I love those birds! Cool! Once in a while I would see one over on Staten Island, skimming the surface of the water, close to shore, late on a summer afternoon.
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I’ve never seen them in NYC—or at least I am not aware of having seen them, because I did not know what they were until this day in Florida.
But there were plenty on that Florida beach. Another post with more photos to come! :-)
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