This is Calliope and her friend Chuy. Callie is sitting down in the water asking me, "Why doesn’t Chuy want to play in the deeper water?"

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This is where some of the first rabbits of the evening live, the Hangout.

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Calliope is looking for rabbits. … or squirells.

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A mated pair of Mourning Doves, taking a break in the evening sun, just before sunset. The day has been good for them. They have eaten, loved, and are alive.

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A flock of Sandpipers moving from one section of the San Diego River Estuary to another.

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This is a couple happy dogs running at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach California.

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Here we see Calliope scanning the brush for rabbit targets. … One of these days I will get her with all four feet off the ground as she leaps and bounds off into the brush.

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Ruffling his feathers after a hunting tour of his favorite hunting grounds.

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Here, Calliope is about out as far as I can throw the ball with the throwing stick., just finishing her turn towards the shore.

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This is Calliope, still swimming in with her acquisition.

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