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Enjoying the Orange Peril

10,000 Birds

I’ve never quite understood why so many people wrap their scopes up in little jackets, (but nor do I understand why it’s so popular to dress dogs up in coats, too, as they are already wrapped in fur. Perhaps it’s a basic human desire to dress things up.) Dalmatian pelicans : digiscoping flying birds is a challenge.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. Brown Pelicans are not an unusual sight on the California coast. But within a couple of decades, it’s effects on both wildlife and humanity became apparent. Half Moon Bay, CA.

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