feathers and pelicans!

we went

to the beach for a week without internet, cable, telephone..except the mobile whose number very few have... it was the best week ever... so many things to show. but i have to first talk about the pelicans... the brown pelican is not commonly seen along the northwest coast except near westport, wa. in the fall. they are not local breeders but are powerful flyers and travel great distances in search of food, especially after the breeding season is over. this is according to birds of the pacific northwest coast by nancy barron and john acorn.

we were lucky enough to see literally thousands of these fascinating birds. every night we would walk to the ocean and sit and watch as groups of fifty or more would come flying by, sometimes within inches of the ocean and sometimes diving down into the water. we were lucky when one night they were landed on a little spit in front of us so we wandered down to see if we could photograph some... neither of us have really long lenses but we were able to get some decent pictures. the brown feather is my inspiration for jude's feather project. anyone can contribute... she is making something that will go to benefit children.