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Surfer’s daemon

By Matthew Zylstra @eyes4earth · On February 22, 2012

This was one of those quirky photo moments that one sometimes unexpectedly gets.

My photographer brother had been capturing some superb surf shots during the event. I borrowed his camera to see if I could snap something half as decent. Unintentionally, I managed it snag this one with one of my first attempts. At first, I was like “d’oh – a bird just flew through as I hit the shutter.”   Then after I looked at the image I was like, “hey, cool –  a bird just flew through as I hit the shutter…”

The bird is also the relatively endangered oyster-catcher which makes it is a nice bonus. This event happened around a time when I had been reading up on Indigenous understandings of animal totems, mirroring in nature and more contemporary views on interspecies communication.

~ Joe

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Matthew Zylstra, PhD is an ecologist, lecturer and facilitator focusing on human~nature connectedness. His transdisciplinary research has entwined ecology, environmental psychology, and education in support of deep learning and wellbeing. He is a keen naturalist, especially in coastal and marine ecosystems.  Matthew’s PhD dissertation on meaningful nature experience, nature connectedness and its role in transformative education is freely available for download here »

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