Feeding seagulls and feasting our eyes on pastel sunsets in late December light is soul-nourishing.

I spent about ten minutes photographing our Inverness seagull, who I named Nessie (wouldn’t you?), and this was truly a microjoy.

Seagulls and brown pelicans in Bay St. Louis give me a lesson in mindfulness reminiscent of Thoreau’s experience at Walden

A very expressive seagull at the Santa Monica pier deserves a caption.

I thought this picture was about the birds, until I saw the sky.

I’m a gull watcher. Aberdeen is a good place for it.

A haiku for yesterdays, with images from the enigmatic Bolivar Peninsula of my childhood.

Birds and more birds enjoying the mild winter in Gilchrist, Texas on the Bolivar Peninsula: herons, sandpipers, brown pelicans and seagulls. A great day trip from Houston.