tuesday, 24 february - i have had quite the photo op hour and a half on my walk this morning! even though i can't think of another kind of bird i could get a photo of, i take my camera, JUST IN CASE! when i headed back to the condo, just as i got to the top of the hill for the harbour bridge the bell rang and that means, DON'T go any further! so while standing there i got some shots of the parakeets, it seems they were showing off for us all. then i stopped to take this gigantic bird in a tree (not sure what it was because he had his head tucked in asleep) but he flew away, but as he did i spotted another smaller one who was even closer to me. then there were some workmen and one of them was a crazy jamaiican named howard, who wanted his picture taken (i guess to break the boredom) so we chatted and he had these blue, blue eyes. he said he was only joking but i got a few shots anyway. then a little further on, i spotted a break in the water and when i got closer it was a (i'm going to say pod b/c they are huge) manatee (sea cow) but then NO, it was 7 of them, WOW! what a morning, so glad i brought my camera, otherwise i would have been very upset to not capture these memories!