Penetrating eyes,
miss nothing.
The most intelligent,
successful birds,
are often resented.
I wonder why?
Are we jealous they are free, and fly?
Cheers to you from the free-flying gulls~
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Oh, my !!!!! Jonathan Livingston Seagull ! I wondered where he’d gone.
Wise guys
with golden eyes
ply the summer’s azure skies
and ride the vaults on silvered wings
to sing of joy and other things……
Happy day, Cuz ! 🙂
That is so beautiful Paul, as are you my friend. Be well & cheers to you cuz~ <3
What a stately bird! I never saw a gull like this. Thank you for showing their beautiful side 🙂
Thank you more for seeing it!
Wish I have wings like that….⋋║ ՞ ▽ ՞ ║⋌
Me three! ⋋║ ՞ ▽ ՞ ║⋌
Liebe Cindy super tolle Nahaufnahme von den Möwen hab einen schönen Mittwoch mit vielen lieben Grüßen Klaus in Freundschaft
Gluckliche Woche zu Ihnen mein lieber Freund Klaus und vielen Dank! <3
Bonjour CINDY très beau
Mon passage sur ton joli blog
Ce sont mes 2 mains sur mon clavier
Sur un profil une belle image
Qui derrière cet écran se trouve une personne de gentille
La ou je retrouve une de mes meilleurs amies ou amis
Je te fais un énorme sourire même si tu ne vois pas
Dans le fond de mon cœur je te l’offre
Passe une agréable journée
Surtout ensoleillé ,chez moi le temps pas extra
Bise amicale Bernard
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Vous ecrivez magnifiquement Bernard. Merci beaucoup mon ami. Passez une merveilleuse semaine! <3 <3
Again amazing pictures! Showing every detail! so cool!
I am very happy you like them and Happy Wednesday Lyn!
Happy Wednesday x
<3
That is so beautiful!
Liebe Gruesse Monika
Vielen Dank und alles Gute fur Sie! <3
My parents had a seagull that came knocking on their sliding glass door one day. They gave it some bread and it kept coming back. Eventually the bread turned into catfood sandwiches and the seagull came around for about 20 years – kind of frail towards the end. They always knew it was the same one because it had a hole in one foot.
Oh, that is so touching and nice of your parents~
Excellent pics, dear Cindy!… well caught in motion… Sending love. Aquileana 😀
Buenos noches mi amiga y muchas gracias y abrazos! <3
Son of a gun! When you first open your page and that beak and yellow eye greet you, it’s a little startling, LOL We live very close to the river and the gulls make good use of a sandbar there. Squawking and carrying on. They seem to have a lot to say. I’m often glad they’re not closer because they drown out the robins, buzzing bee’s and other things I like about summer. Like listening to the breeze in the flittering green leaves or the sound of the fountain, x b
This is synchronistic. I saw your name in comments. So I immediately went to your blog to tell you how much you remind me of the talented aspects of author Mary Kay Andrews who I am reading a lot of now. You are different though, you are not hamstrung by the American south.
I never saw this comment, but I am more than pleased we were apparently thinking about each other at the same time.
“Like listening to the breeze in the flittering green leaves or the sound of the fountain.”
Brilliant writing.
Be well my friend~ <3 <3
Birds of a feather…pun intended, ha! I’ve Googled Ms Andrews so I might get some insight on the writer who’s using my schtick (LOL). Her books look like fun reads with silly dilemma’s going on, that really does sound familiar. I swear my life is one big ‘oopsy’ after another. This week I twapped my forehead on a tree branch while doing some landscaping. So now I must travel round London and Paris with a rather obvious pink scratch across my noggin’ LOL. Very Chic…not! We leave on Monday evening. So for this month, I’m following your lead and seeing the world. Cheers! x B
Oh good for you! Not for the knock on the noggin, but for the travel. I look forward to hearing about your esperiences and hope your scratch heals with nary a trace. Have fun my friend~
Amazing set of photos with nice text 🙂 I love it! Have a nice rest of week Cindy. Bye. K
Have a wonderful weekend Kamila & cheers to you~
Fantastic photographs, Cindy!
Happy Friday and glad you enjoyed!
Thank you! Truly enjoyed!
<3
Free-flying may be a lot to be jealous of, but I’m happy to enjoy the view. What terrific camera equipment you must have to get such stunning photos!
Yes, I am grateful for being able to see too! My camera is not expensive, but I do love it so and thank you~
SuperB <3
Merci beaucoup mon ami~ <3
Lovely pictures, Cindy. 🙂 — Suzanne
Very pleased you enjoyed & Happy Friday!
Such amazingly sharp photos I can see into that gull’s soul Cindy. I think it is their raucous squawk and greedy habits that make them unloved, but they are certainly survivors.
A person who can see a gull’s soul, has a beautiful soul herself Pauline, but I already knew that about you~ <3
Amazing photos Cindy… I just love the one with the seagull flexing his wings on the railing..
Aren’t the wings beautiful! They remind me of angel wings~
Gorgeous shots, Cindy! It’s funny that we have a bit similar motive this week 🙂
Not so surprising to me. We have very similar interests! Happy Friday my friend~ <3
Lol….actually I saw an article today regarding a greedy seas gull that dive bombed an innocent beach goer eating fish and chips…With a view to pinching them lol end result – man has lip torn open by a gull and was covered in blood😲 Oopsy!!
I remember in Patagonia gulls were killing whales methodically and rather terribly. Still they can’t even begin to emulate the destruction we humans wreck upon our fellow creatures, including of course, each other.
Gee whizz, Cindy, I was feeling proud of my latest bird shots and then I looked at this! Fantastic!! I remember trying to sleep in a hotel in Aberdeen but the herring gulls were clomping about on the roof endlessly and screeching, too… I rescued a juvenile with a broken wing once (and they are really big birds)!
They are really big birds! I spent some time among the Albatross though and Coleridge was right, those are really BIG sea birdies! So cool you rescued a gull with a broken wing! I have never rescued or cared for a gull but I have heard they become quite tame~
I should have said that I rescued it until the animal officer came and they repaired the wing… 🙂 It was right in the middle of the main street of Aberdeen, in danger of being run over so I fed it bread until he arrived.
You did two good deeds that day, fed it, and responsibly rescued it. <3
Beautiful captures!
Abrigada Kendall~
De nada!
She is amazing
You are a wonderful blogging friend~ <3
Incredible close ups Cindy!! they look so dignified!!
The do don’t they and intelligence in those eyes~
Great shots deep into their eyes. You have a great hold on that camera or tripod?
Thanks you and I love their eyes! I never use tripod except for moon and star shots because I like to move when taking photos~
I think I need a more modern camera it seems the stabiles are so much better. I’ll save up!
Remarkable photos!!
Merci beaucoup mon ami!
🙂
¡Qué bellas fotos! Los primeros planos de las blancas gaviotas, con su penetrante mirada, me han encantado. Un abrazo y buen fin de semana, Cindy <3
Tan bien a tu, mi amiga, un buen fin de semana y abrazos y besos~ <3
So very beautiful, Cindy. Whenever I see gulls, I always think of the beautiful stories of the Salt Lake City seagulls! 🙂
Yes! We are going to Mono Lake soon where most of the California Gulls nest, the only larger nesting area I know of in the western US is Salt Lake. I would love to see this!
Amazing pictures:)
So pleased you enjoyed them and cheers to you John~
Striking eyes and striking beak of first two pictures. I would not want to be pecked by that beak though! All the photos are beautiful.
They won’t peck you if you treat them nicely, which I know you would! <3
Okay, how many hundreds of blurred and blank digital images did you delete while getting thes fabulous in-flight moments! Well, I would be sending lots to the digital trash bin.
Oscar
Laughing, I actually had a limited amount of time with these gulls. I was at the back of the boat, throwing bread at them, waiting to be told to stop. I probably took around 50-60 pics, so you can do the math! The digital trash can is my friend! 😉
Every nature one you have done lately is wonderful, of course. I think this is the one I’d like to use in the newsletter. 🙂
Awww, the seagulls and I thank you! They have a very unfair bad-rep~
Well hopefully having it in the newsletter will extend your attempt to change that!
A gull tried to pull my sandwich right out of my hands once. Came in from behind me, giving me only a split second warning. Being a New Yorker at the time, I didn’t let go. I didn’t resent him, though. It was a good sandwich. LOL
Right he was a smart New York gull, and he knew a good sandwich when he saw one!
LOL Absolutely! Jones Beach had stiff winds. He was a New Yorker, too.
He was probably more assertive than the laid back Caly gulls! 😉
Beautiful shots, Cindy! Actually, I think many fear them. (I’ve been working nights for days now…just exhausted, but going home in early July!)
That is so hard on your mind & body when your circadian rhythms get turned around. Looking forward to you having a break and be well my friend~ <3
Wow! How did you get so close to his face? I love it! Reblogging.
Bread! I was feeding them! Food hath charms to calm the wild beasts! Thank you Suzanne & be well my friend~
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beautiful seagull.
He appreciates your appreciation and so do I! 😉
they are smart and beautiful creatures x
Yes! I am so happy you know this. <3
Beautiful photo
Thank you!
Indeed!
<3
Powerful and pure beauty. I love birds.
So glad you do and that makes two of us!
Oh Cindy, as a very young child I wished so hard to be a bird, to fly free…
Your photos are inspiring as always. xx
Sometimes, I still wish that! <3
Awesome photos! I am an avid bird lover. I especially love those closeups.
All bird lovers are my kin! <3
Lovely portrayal of freedom in the air great photos CIndy
So pleased you enjoyed them and cheers!
Essas fotos são uma verdadeira poesia!
Você é muito gentil. Obrigada! <3 <3
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