It is always an extreme social gathering with these guys. A little talk, a loud squawk, and plenty of attitude... Cacophony rumbling between the waves. Shrill whistles from this end collide with elaborate trills at the other. Ah, the symphony of the sea... An ocean of life is spread out before us, and a tiny community of onlookers awaits. "Dinner, anyone?" They cackle.
"I find myself at the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep! A greeting and a homage to the Sea! I descend over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets me, and bathe my brow. That far-resounding roar is the Ocean's voice of welcome. His salt breath brings a blessing along with it."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne
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