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Tag: Pelicans

  • P is for Pelican

    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. …

  • Bird Fever

    Bird Fever

    Things right themselves – sometimes. A few weeks ago, while exploring a trail at the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, we came across a group of beautiful Roseate Spoonbills feeding in a mangrove marsh. Their pink feathers always remind me of peonies in the early summer. It is a quirk of nature…