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This post is dedicated to Erika Rogers, a real estate agent with Stout & Associates Realty in St. George, Utah. I have known Erika for several years through a real estate professional networking site and highly recommend her for anyone buying or selling a home in the St. George, Utah, area. If she can’t help you with your specific real estate needs, I know she can refer you to someone (almost) as good as she is.

Dedications are my way of trying to provide a little extra Google juice for people I have come to know and respect over the years.

On my birthday trip last Sunday to Santa Catalina Island, my main goal was to see some American bison, more popularly known as buffalo. They are on Santa Catalina Island courtesy of William Wrigley Sr. of chewing gum and Chicago Cubs fame.

I failed.

However, I did see a lot of wildlife which I’ll share in my next few posts.

Today I’ll introduce you to synchronized birding. First….

Synchronized sitting, presented by two California gulls:

Synchronized standing, presented by the same two California gulls:

Synchronized swimming, presented by two brown pelicans:

I tried to get two California gulls swimming together but had to settle for the brown pelican substitutes.

By the way, the California gull is the state bird of Utah, but I’m pretty sure Erika Rogers, to whom this post is dedicated, knows that.

This post is dedicated to Susan Haughton, a real estate agent with Long and Foster Realtors in Alexandria, Virginia. I have known Susan for several years through a real estate professional networking site and highly recommend her for anyone buying or selling a home in the Alexandria, Virginia, area. If she can’t help you in your specific locale, I know she can refer you to someone (almost) as good as she is.

Dedications are my way of trying to provide a little extra Google juice for people I have come to know and respect over the years.

When I went out birdwatching with a birding group last month, it was a dreary gray and rainy morning. I thought I would skip it but then decided that since the birding location was 45 miles from me, and this is Southern California where it rarely rains for more than an hour, I thought I would head on up there, especially since it was in an area of San Diego County that I had not been to before:

I was glad I went because it stopped raining about 15 miles from my house. I also got to see some acorn woodpeckers (see San Diego: A bird lover’s paradise) which totally made the trip worthwhile.

I also got there about 45 minutes earlier…. no traffic on a Saturday morning at 7:00. Since no one had arrived yet, the air was fresh, and everything looked clean, I went exploring and got four pictures of peace and serenity in San Diego County, population 3.3 million:

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Santa Catalina Island — Synchronized birding

Peace and serenity in San Diego County, population 3.3 million

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