R.L. Swihart's Blog, page 77
December 18, 2020
Bolsa Chica: Searching
Bolsa Chica. Heron. Always searching for something.
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#TGIF

December 17, 2020
Bolsa Chica: Egrets
Bolsa Chica. Egrets.
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December 16, 2020
Pickleball in Seal Beach
Seal Beach CA. Waiting for my pickleball partner.
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Hariett Wieder: Hummingbird
Bolsa Chica. Hariett Wieder Park. Not great (I was afraid if I got any closer I'd lose the little guy) but it's my first hummingbird. Hariett Wieder was a bit of a letdown (nice playground but very little access to Bolsa Chica) but I think it's a work-in-progress re birds and the reserve.
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December 15, 2020
Bolsa Chica: Killdeer
Bolsa Chica. Kill-deer Kill-deer Kill-deer.
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More Buffleheads
Bolsa Chica. Trinity of Buffleheads. If you zoom in you might glimpse some of the iridescence in the black.
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Bolsa Chica: Osprey
Bolsa Chica (first time in weeks). Mr. Reliable. Didn't get a lot of action because I got there late-morning. And yet he was there: same spot, highest perch. Not very good pics -- from Best to Sleepy Hollow Routine -- but I'll blame it on the sun and his preening time.
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Bolsa Chica: Bufflehead
Bolsa Chica. Bufflehead. (Faraway and didn't get the iridescence on the head.)
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December 14, 2020
The Gnawing Mouse
Poem by Ezra Pound. Even when I forget the exact wording (my mind always changes "full" to "long"), the gist is there. I think I also connected (long ago) the field mouse to Michelangelo's gnawing mouse. Anyway ...
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December 11, 2020
Evening Walk
Long Beach. Evening walk: Colorado Lagoon (coots = mythological earth-divers) and Marine Stadium (sunset).
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