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Facing the Breeze
Boat and gull facing a southerly breeze on a foggy Christmas Day, 2005. One way mariners determine wind direction is to glance at perched birds, which usually face the wind. Boats do likewise when at a mooring unless the current is stronger than the breeze.
This image appears in the 2010 calendar (March), "There's no place like Northport," published by Our Town Calendars. |