I recently received an email from the graphic designers at the Philadelphia Zoo, who found a fun use for one of my scores of avian photographs made during last February's trip to Sanibel Island. The shot was one of the first photographs I made, interestingly enough, as I approached the fishing pier upon arrival in the late afternoon. The brown pelicans - this male in his mating plumage - were feeding about 10 yards offshore, gulping down fish that I think were being discarded by the local fishermen. A moment or two after I made this shot, a dolphin surfaced right in the middle of the pelicans, scaring them off. I'm not sure if the dolphin was playing with them, or going for the fish - but either way, it was a wonderful 'welcome!' to what turned into a great weekend photography trip.

Other than that, it was a leisure weekend for me in Boston, where I attended a wedding and made a sight-seeing trip out of it. Lots of great historical sites to visit there, so it was easy for me to fill just about every second with something to do. I was also hoping to not make a lot of photographs that looked like every OTHER photograph that comes out of Boston, and will put together a few for the site's galleries when I get back to normal here. Here's a quick one, though - from the Frog Pond at Boston Common...the local kids were having a riot in the water on an absolutely perfect September afternoon.

Lastly, when writing a blog entry on a somber day such as today, I'm compelled to include a shot I made from a tripod in Brooklyn. 'Nuff said there.