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Birds, water, greenery

From a recent morning spent shutterbugging at The Wetlands Park:

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A stork  dove seagull hawk egret (I think) having his morning coffee in the reeds. He was so close I could taste him.

Dawn breaks softly on the wetlands. The streaky contrails add a military-industrial touch of picturesque menace.

A heron ponders the mortality of all living things in an unimaginably vast and inscrutable universe. The roiling stream makes the water look almost snow-like.

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Not sure what kind of bird this is, but "rose-necked rock-stander" works for me.

As a longtime journalist in Southern Nevada, native Las Vegan Andrew Kiraly has served as a reporter covering topics as diverse as health, sports, politics, the gaming industry and conservation. He joined Desert Companion in 2010, where he has helped steward the magazine to become a vibrant monthly publication that has won numerous honors for its journalism, photography and design, including several Maggie Awards.