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| Yeah, she likes me. |
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| Pelicans in Illinois! |
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| The yellow tipped seagull |
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| Now that's hot! |
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| OK, she likes her, too. |
Blog S/V Visitor N 40 41.29 W 89 35.27 16 Sept. 2011 Peoria, IL
It seems that the birds have all the riparian rights to the river bank down here. We have seen beaucoup buzzards, beaucoup blue heron, soaring bald eagles, the great white heron or maybe egret, golden or maybe juvenile baldies, scores of seagulls, wary wild turkeys, many mallards, some kind a big white duck, maybe a king fisher, murders of crows (ravens), schools of swarming blackbirds, a squawking parrot on a trawler, and, much to our surprise a white pelican. In Illinois. In Illinois. And then we saw an islet covered with them. Whoa. Peterson's Field Guide (thanks Ann Decker) tells us that this is a "casual straggler". Harold asked, "There's no good -ism, right?" Well, I've got one for ya, or maybe just a boat name: Casual Stragglerism. Chuck can be the Dominie, you can be an elder, and we'll be coming late and sittin' in the back. Check out the pic of the gulls. Among the ring bills and glaucous gulls is a new species: the yellow tipped gull. What is that? A piece of plastic or some kind of tag?
Down here in Illinois, along the river, we have found the people to have an endemic sweetness, without fail. Plus, it's October Fest in September! Whadda Deal!!
Just a footnote. Jan's getting tired. ADM has quite a presence here along the banks of the Illinois. How are you doing boys? If genetic engineering works for corn, wouldn't it be fun to do homo sapiens? Huh? Huh? How are you treating the little guys? The guys with cow shit on their shoes?
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