Category: Birds
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COVID Spring
Watching birds has been an escape and a guilty pleasure almost, in these COVID-stricken times. As we all try to fight the chaos – social connecting and social distancing to pass our precarious days, Spring dawned on us and with it all the delights that it inevitably brings. Nature takes its course. Flowers bloom, birds…
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P is for Pelican
We are now snowbirds. Like thousands of other “baby boomers” we escape the northern winter each year to thaw out in warmer climes. In our case, the Sunshine State, Florida. There are things about Florida that remind me of my birthplace – Singapore. The lush green vegetation, the hot weather, the blue water all around. …
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Florida Gallery
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Skim, Skim, Skimmin’
Florida has interesting coastal birds. One particular kind, the Black Skimmer with its long bright red scissor-like bill was intriguing to me because this is the first time I’ve seen such a bird. A distinctive feature is that it’s lower bill juts a third beyond the upper. And its black and white wings are long…
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