I took a camera that is pretty good for still shots, with a built-in zoom of amazing capability. However, it was cheap enough that I chose it for the trip because I wouldn't mind if it was "misplaced." However, its ability to focus and shoot quickly is pretty limited, so I wasn't able to get shots of pelicans fishing. They fly a few feet over the water, then brake, fold their wings and drop bill-first into the water, nearly end-over-end as the water catches the open bill. They then settle on the water and gulp down the fish they catch nearly every time they go through this.
Here's a shot of pelicans stooping to dive for fish. I took this shot from Google images.
As you've probably surmised, I don't have much to say about anything important these days, like which poseur is going to be the Republican nominee for president. I am so baffled by the City of Rapid City's prosecution of the landfill-conspiracy folks that I don't know what to think about that. The city ruined Randy Meidinger's life after an extensive investigation which led to a trial at which Glenn Brenner's crack investigators apparently couldn't produce any evidence. WTF?
Therefore, I propose to post more bird pictures soon.
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Great shots, Bob, especially the last one of the four diving. It's a masterpiece. Nice work.
p.s. Perhaps you and Mike would care to comment on this editorial about Ron Paul?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ron-pauls-quest-to-undo-the-party-of-lincoln/2011/12/30/gIQAOrlyUP_story.html
Really like the photos. Your comments about the landfill debacle are spot on, but let's not forget that the whole fiasco began as a distraction-defense from the censure.
Well, Bill, as the sentence preceding the masterpiece mentioned, it was not mine.
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