I stumbled on a nice quote recently from the novelist, Saul Bellow:

		"Unexpected intrusions of beauty. That is what life is."


	Then today I got to experience this twice ~ at sunrise and sunset.

		At 8:30 AM I was at the Ocean City Inlet, nearly at HIgh Tide
	and trying to scope over the south jetty (from the balcony at the
	Oceanic Motel) to see if any ducks might be more visible than usual.

		The sun was very bright, the waves were not high and arriving 		 
slowly which provided me with long looks at a flock of common
	eiders.   It included 7 males in breeding plumage along with 9
	females.    The sunlight really highlighted them.    Hadn't seen
	anything like it in years.

		At 5:30 PM I was waiting for sundown at the end of Riley
	Roberts Road in Deale Island WMA, hoping to hear a bittern &
	see the black-crowned night-herons arrive.    Which they did right
	around 5:25 thru 5:40 or so.     I counted 51, most seen in twilight
	that showed details clearly, but faded fast.

	Nice drive home. . .

	Leo Weigant
	
	

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