Day 233 - a Year by the Sea

August 21, 2007 by OrientSee.

These two fisherman are just a few of the hundred or so birds that were lurking about this pan. First off, the telephoto distorts their relative sizes. The Great Egret stands 3 1/2 feet tall. The Greater Yellowlegs is barely a foot tall. They are about the same business, looking for food. The other thing is that this pond is only about 80 feet in diameter. Yet these and all the others are finding plenty to eat. This pond is really a pan that gets filled only occasionally during the summer by rain or astronomical high tides. It dries up during a dry spell. Most of the time, it looks like an empty cupboard but not to a bird. I remember back in January seeing an ice rink surrounded by dead reeds but right now, it’s a cornucopia of avian goodies.

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