Open Wide
My friend caught this little guy at 6:00 pm on February 15, 2012, while dock fishing on Captiva Island, Fl.
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razor sharp
Category: Coastal
in the eyes
On the 10th tee, I stood quietly waiting on a sunny warm February day. Golf carts whizzed by and I could hear the thwacking of golf balls. I paid little to no attention to the golfers as they came and went. I was completely focused on watching this heron stalking his prey. His hunting game was much more interesting to me. The intensity of the eyes, and there was a quivering in his throat as he made a guttural sound with each methodical and slow step towards the fish of his dreams.
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medieval or hood ornament
Down a heavily forested road an opening to the Chesapeake Bay emerges. Here as the sun was slowly setting on Havens Beach my companions and I came across the Great Cormorant also known as shags. The golden light made the old pilings glow and the birds majestic.
Cormorants feature quite commonly in heraldry and medieval ornamentation, usually in their “wing-drying” pose, which was seen as representing the Christian cross.
On a lighter note the cormorant served as the hood ornament for the Packard automobile brand.
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everyday life captured by the lens 