One seagull I did manage to take a photo of today () at the Seawall picnic area (part of Acadia National Park, in Maine). Sure, I could have taken that shot, but if the powers that be didn’t want me to take a picture of one seagull kissing another, then I’m sure the same powers that be didn’t want me to take a picture of her waiting for him to come back. She tried to kiss him again, but he resisted and flew off, and she stayed on that rock even as I was driving away several minutes later. I don’t know if she heard me or not, but I said to her, “Go on, get over there! Go get him!” And, after about a minute, she did follow him there. The younger gull kissing the Herring gull happened a few times, before the Herring flew off to a neighboring rock. ![]() And yes, all of this was happening while I was without my camera for the first time today, dammit! But, then I thought, “well, maybe I just wasn’t supposed to capture this with a camera…” Both of them took turns drinking water from a small pool in the boulder, then the darker-colored (maybe younger?) seagull started kissing the other by taking the upper and lower parts of her bill and wrapping it around the closed bill of the the other gull. It joined another seagull (perhaps a Herring Gull) who was already situated directly in front of me. With my nose in my new book, I saw in the corner of my eye the shadow of a seagull (my favorite bird) flying over my head. In my last hour there, before trekking to the rest room one more time, I put my camera in the car, and started reading again when I got back to my spot. I started the afternoon by sitting in the late (and still quite warm) summer sun, then the shade, and found my way back to the sun again, sitting in my lawn chair facing the sea, camera at the ready, and a large boulder (a natural part of the seawall) in front of me to stretch my legs out on. Taken at the Seawall picnic area (part of Acadia National Park, in Maine), enjoying a Mexican glass bottle of Coca-Cola (the real thing!) and HANG THE DJ, the new book by one of my first radio heroes, Duane Bruce! (Photo by Ron Raymond, Jr.)
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