{"id":6303,"date":"2016-10-07T10:20:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/?p=6303"},"modified":"2024-01-26T09:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:04:18","slug":"my-48-north-story-for-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/my-48-north-story-for-october\/","title":{"rendered":"My 48 North story for October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In the midst of three large paintings \u2013 you can\u2019t say yes too many times I guess.  But then I saw this in the local boating store and thought it printed pretty well, so I\u2019ll share it here. Next time I\u2019ll post some of the painting-stuff.
If you\u2019re reading this on the web,<\/a><\/em> <\/em>the top image is the little boat I built when I was 15. Leaked like a sock, but at least I did it!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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And here\u2019s the text that went with the art.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seagulls. Sorry, but there is no such thing. Gulls are found in the desert, high mountains, northern Canada in the spruce forests \u2013 so how could that bird be a SEAgull? Got it? Now \u2013onward. Our most common GULL in the Salish Sea is the glaucous-winged gull, a big, brash and aggressive yeller that will take a French fry bag right off your table at Iver\u2019s. Glaucous means bluish-gray, a good description of these pale-looking gulls. But in the fall, another gull arrives from its breeding grounds in the boreal spruce forests of Canada, Bonaparte\u2019s gull. They\u2019ve spent their summers far to the north, first courting along the shores of fresh water lakes and then building nests of twigs and moss on branches of short spruce trees. In early autumn after raising gull families, they head south as winter closes in. Many come to the Salish Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the smallest gulls in North America, just a little over 13 inches long and weighing in at less than half a pound. Compared with the locals that measure in at 27 inches long and almost 4 pounds, they\u2019re like little half-sized miniatures. They fly like ballerinas, gracefully turning and dipping, almost flamboyant in their aerial work and can easily be mistaken for a tern. Look for them along tidal rips and shallow shorelines where they plunge-dive for forage fish \u2013 unlike our big local gulls that couldn\u2019t dive if their lives depended on it. Their dark heads lighten to white in winter except for a small dark ear patch, and then come Spring their heads darken again, the legs and feet brighten, and they head north for another summer in the spruce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading this week.
Larry Eifert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the blog on the web.<\/a> And here\u2019s my Facebook fan page<\/a>. I post lots of other stuff there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click <\/a>here to go to our main website \u2013 with jigsaw puzzles, prints, interpretive portfolios and lots of other stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy\u2019s web portfolio of beautiful photographs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\u00a0here to go to Virginia Eifert\u2019s website.<\/a>\u00a0Her books are now becoming available as Amazon Kindle books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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