Perdido Pass, Orange Beach AL: Coastal Birds & Bridge Photo
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PERDIDO PASS IN LATE SEPTEMBER: “THE WATCHERS ON THE WALL”
By Meredith Folger Amon — Orange Beach, Alabama
I made this photograph at the end of September, standing along the seawall at Perdido Pass in Orange Beach, Alabama. The day had that clean, post-summer light I love on the Gulf—blue on blue—and a soft northeast breeze that kept the surface groomed. Fishing boats and a few yachts slid in and out of the pass beyond the frame. To my left, the white umbrellas and palms of The Gulf restaurant fluttered like little signals of shore life; ahead, the Perdido Pass Bridge arced across the water, carrying the day’s traffic toward Ono Island and back again.
But the subject here isn’t the bridge, the boats, or the restaurant. It’s the coastal birds…
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