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marching on

In the thin early-morning light, the birds are not yet on the move. The water is still. The rhythms of the utility poles (and their reflections) seem to be timeless and endless.

Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge, California
photographed 2.12.2022

bird/flight

I never like to get up before dawn to get out and make photos. But when I do, I am always happy to have made the effort. There’s some kind of a lesson there, probably.

Anyway, on a trip to the Salton Sea with Keith Skelton and California Photography Workshops, we were at a viewing platform at the Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge to photograph the birds taking first flight. See what I mean? Totally worth setting the alarm for 4:45 a.m.

Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge, California
photographed 2.11.2022