white bird...

it was a day..like any other day.. or so I thought

so it was Presidents' Day and everyone had fun things to do..so I went for bike ride...it was a beautiful day..sunny, cloudy, a little windy and cool...but warm in the direct sun...so I go down Via Real....the usual midday run...then I'm on Santa Claus Lane..aka "the Lane" for you neo-hipsters to the area..

It was one of those clear, sharp, mustless days
That summer and man delight in.
Never had Heaven seemed quite so high,
Never had earth seemed quite so green,
Never had the world seemed quite so clean
Or sky so nigh.

ocean looks good and fresh... I look up and there's this bird flying overhead with a fish in its mouth..it was large bird and I watched it fly north..then I headed up Via Real and saw the bird again..it had landed on top of a telephone pole....wow..it's big and awesome..I creep up and start taking pictures....he watches me, I'm watching him for at least a half hour...he just posed for me...now, I've been called a lot of names in my life and poser is one of them! just like this bird..we're both posers!

The sun’s warm rays,
And the white cloud’s intricate maze,
And the blue sky’s beautiful sheen.

I looked to the heavens and saw him there,—
A black speck downward drifting,
Nearer and nearer he steadily sailed,
Nearer and nearer he slid through space,
In an unending aerial race,
This sailor who hailed
From the Clime of the Clouds.—Ever shifting,

I don't think I've ever seen an osprey..maybe I have..but I've never seen one this close...I was just in awe... what an honor to be in its presence and to know it has recovered from the 1970s DDT insanity...now this is a proper restoration or recovery of a population...Then I left as the osprey stood guard and watched..I turned and waved and said good-bye my new found friend..

On billows of air
And the blue sky seemed never so fair,
And the rest of the world kept pace.