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Pelican, soaring, looking for the next fish

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Heading for a fish

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Contact

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Wildflowers along the Ventura beach

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Catching air

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Kite surfing

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Up

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And away

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Portrait of a gull

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Blue Heron at Lake Casitas, off to fetch nesting material

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Watching the arrival of the next stick

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Participating in rearranging the sticks

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An interlude before searching for the next stick

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Another male prepares to take advantage of the stick gather's absence

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After a 10-20 minute hunt, the male returns with the next branch

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Another mother-to-be, rearranging her nest

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A finished nest

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15 minutes before sunrise at the Ventura Pier