Ocean birds at sunset!

The silhouette of this Tern (Thalasseus bergii) was too good not to share first here.

Late afternoons at the beach are special times, especially after a hard day's work of slog and strife. A time to let go in surrender to the whispers of the elements.
Come have a look at some of our feathered friends on their way home!

Far off they came, eight at the one side and six on the other side.

14 of them came flying over and I had an idea of what kind of birds they are.

Ah yes, They are "White breasted Cormorants" (Phalacrocorax lucidus) and during the day they spread out singularly and in pairs all along the beach. At night the leader will start from the far end of the beach and as he flies along, the others will rise up and join him until they form a group.

And there they go, homeward bound!

As I walked a bit closer to this "Black headed gull" (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) he took off and the reason why I posted him is that they are not always found over here.

Now we come to the reason why I love to spend time here!

A gull in flight, a man in a boat and the sun busy saying goodnight to the day.

I waited for the gulls to cross over the crest of the clouds above the sunset!

Finally, just another photo of the beautiful show.

There is a tide mysterious as the sea,
Dividing light and darkness endlessly,
West of the moment's own necessity.

A touch of sunset on a distant hill
Gives vividness a little music still.
It plays our song, my friend, against all will.

Wind plucks the lonely harp strings of the air.
Loss of the landscape is beyond compare.
Our solace is the humanness we share.

Sandra Fowler
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And That's All Friends!

Note: All photos are my own and taken with a Canon Powershot SX60HS camera.

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