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Every offshore post within sight is occupied this morning. Through binoculars, I see that all are brown pelicans, except for one great blue heron perched on a piling near the fishing pier. Pelicans have now returned to the mainland in record numbers, following their parental summer on the barrier islands. Last night at sunset, flocks of the birds flew in single file, as is their wont, above the beach, gliding with grace and power in the soft, evening air. — Diary, summer 2009
From the diary of beach walker George Thatcher, a retired banker, of Gulfport. E-mail: fishcrow@aol.com. A fourth volume of Thatcher’s work, “A Decade of Beach Walks,” is available in bookstores and gift shops or by calling 800-343-1583.
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