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Birds on the island

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During our recent visit to Connecticut there were the usual opportunities for bird watching. On the walk over to Money Point, we found this yellow-crowned night heron on the beach (or right-of-way, to be accurate) talking to a gull.

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A cormorant at the ice pond

The boats of Britannia

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A collection of boats we saw during our circumnavigation of the isles of Britain in May

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D81_1469_2019zThe Southampton port pilot is brought over to guide us out
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D81_1487_2019zA collusion of tugboats in Southampton
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D81_1538_2019zThe Guernsey Island and Port St. Peter harbor pilot
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D81_1539_2019zThe lifeboats on the Princess did double duty as harbor tenders
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D81_1542_2019zA Port St. Peter (Guernsey) ferry boat also worked as a harbor tender
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D81_2034_2019zSeafood being caught near Inchgarvie island in the firth of the Forth, So. Queensferry, Scotland
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D81_1468_2019zFerry boat, Southampton harbor, southern England
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D81_1564_2019zThe Gerry O'Sullivan from Cobh harbor, Ireland
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D81_1727_2019zShackleton! tug manuevering upon our arrival in Dublin harbor, Ireland
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D81_1885_2019zThe Willjay approaches as we dock at Invergordon, Scotland
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D81_2109_2019zThe V.B. Octeville heads off after delivering us to the dock in Le Havre, France
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D81_2116_2019zThe tugboat Barfleur in Le Havre, France
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D81_2123_2019zThe La Havre harbor pilot speeds past us
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D81_2182_2019zThe Gendarmerie Maritime keeping track of us