10 June 08
Pigeon Guillemot
Another treat about Alcatraz was being so close to pigeon guillemots, the large black alcid with huge white wing patches and startlingly red feet…
The biggest treat of the day, though, was this very smart five-year-old who asked intelligent questions about treating oiled wildlife. After a while I asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. “Maybe work with birds,” she said. “Or maybe,” I whispered, “President of the United States.”
Eyes like saucers, she ran out with a belly laugh to her mother. “I’m not telling you what she said,” she said.
But then she did.
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I just love that story! And I hope she does become president. :)
The guillemots are wonderful! What a perfect day that was.