I had an feathery experience while swimming in the ocean...at the beach in front of my house is a rock which, at high tide, I dive from. I swim a set number of strokes out, then swim back in.
So I've done about ten of these out and backs, and am feeling pretty winded. After swimming out again, I float on my back, recovering. An eagle dives down and swoops over me, about a metre above my body...I could see his belly, talons, tail feathers, etc so clearly! But it also spooked me! Thank goodness he didn't think I was a salmon...
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I like most of the critters I see in the water and here on the coast I see a lot. Rays of all kinds, small sharks, dolphins and seals. Sea lions can be alarming when they swim under me. Occasionally i've whacked into fist, once I swam into a large batray in a lot of red tide that was alarming. Jellyfish, annoying. Well yesterdya I was @ 1/2 miel offshore an 2 miles in to my swim when I stopped to try to adjust my goggles. SO I was half blind, quiestly treading water when someone slammed into me. I lost the goggles and my cool I yelled! My swimming partner couldn't decide if he should swim towards me or away. All I knOw is "it" looked grey and big and seemed to come out of the depths. I hAve a large bruise on my thigh from just below my knee up to juSt below my hip! Confused Tuna? DIving whale? COnfused sea lion, shark? now I wish I'd held onto those goggles and followed down to see.
I like most of the critters I see in the water and here on the coast I see a lot. Rays of all kinds, small sharks, dolphins and seals. Sea lions can be alarming when they swim under me. Occasionally i've whacked into fist, once I swam into a large batray in a lot of red tide that was alarming. Jellyfish, annoying. Well yesterdya I was @ 1/2 miel offshore an 2 miles in to my swim when I stopped to try to adjust my goggles. SO I was half blind, quiestly treading water when someone slammed into me. I lost the goggles and my cool I yelled! My swimming partner couldn't decide if he should swim towards me or away. All I knOw is "it" looked grey and big and seemed to come out of the depths. I hAve a large bruise on my thigh from just below my knee up to juSt below my hip! Confused Tuna? DIving whale? COnfused sea lion, shark? now I wish I'd held onto those goggles and followed down to see.
