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Johnathan Livingston

A Seagull flies over Santa Monica Bay on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.



Posted on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 12:00PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

POW WOW

Three Pelicans bask in the sun  at Santa Monica Beach on Tuesday, March 2, 2010.

Posted on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 09:50PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

CLEAN BIRD

A pigeon preens its mate at the Santa Monica Pier on Wednesday, February, 10, 2010.

Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 06:10PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

FLYBY

A helicopter and a Seagull fly north above Santa Monica Bay on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.

Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 05:48PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

SINK OR SWIM

A Pelican perches on sink on the Santa Monica Pier on Monday, January 25. 2010.  Pelicans are a large, gregarious aquatic bird of warm regions, allied to the cormorants and gannets. They are heavy-bodied, long-necked birds with large, flat bills. Pelicans are graceful swimmers and fliers, often seen flying in long lines or circling at great heights. The pelicans are indeed famous for their beaks, which they fill with huge gulps of water, strain out the liquid, and eat the remaining fish or squid. The California brown pelicanis strictly an ocean bird.

"Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican!
His bill holds more than his belican.
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week.
But I'm darned if I know how the helican."

Dixon Lanier Merritt
(1879-1972)



Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 08:56PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

SOLAR GLOW

A Seagull flies over Santa Monica Bay amid the sunset on Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 04:33PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Great Egret

A  Great Egret (Ardea alba), eats a lizard at Will Rogers State Beach on Wednesday, January, 6, 2010.

Posted on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 09:16AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

HELLO BIRDIE

Goldie, a 3 year old blue-and-gold Macaw (Ara ararauna), sits atop a girls arm at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Macaws can be trained to talk and live between 30 to 50 years.

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 12:00PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint