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Doughnut whale sharks 🍩✨

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Gliding silently beneath the waves

Art Nouveau Horseshoe Crab vase by Stephanie Young

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The four stages of becoming a birder:

🪹Nestling Phase: You start with a casual interest, peeking out of your cozy comfort zone to notice the birds around you.

🐤Fledgling Feats: You spread your wings, equipped with binoculars and guidebooks, ready to explore new habitats and spot diverse species.

🐦‍⬛Perching Proficiency: Your skills sharpen as you learn to identify birds by their calls, habits, and plumage, and feel a sense of accomplishment with each new sighting.

🦅Masterful Migration: Finally, you soar confidently, traversing landscapes near and far, sharing your passion with others. In the end, the true joy of birding lies in the journey itself—every chirp, flutter, and waddle along the way.

Happy National Go Birding Day!

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Bimini, Bahamas

Christopher Funada

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Ali Ageel

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Aaron Brent Harker

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SailGP’s athletes go sailing on land!

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“I like the analogy [of “F-1 on water”], but I also think that SailGP can stand on its own two feet, so I don’t think we NEED to compare ourselves to another sports property.”

OMG Mike Buckley finally said it.

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Going sailing in the Comet class in Bermuda.

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A glimpse into BTS of Luna Rossa’s boat building.

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Growing up in the shadow of Newport, much of Josh Belsky’s childhood was spent idolizing the world’s best sailors. From 1930 until 1983, the Rhode Island town hosted the America’s Cup, which is largely considered the pinnacle of competitive sailing.

And it inspired Belsky to pursue a career he’s now taken all the way to the hall of fame.

“As a young boy, I walked the docks where the racing was with all the race boats and the men who sailed them. They were my childhood heroes,” he said. “I knew at a young age that was a path I wanted to take, and that sailing was somehow going to be incorporated into my avocation and my vocation, as well.”

Belsky, now 57 and splitting his time between his primary home in Aspen and his cottage in Oregon, put together a remarkable sailing career. He was part of five America’s Cup teams, winning three, and that success led to him recently being named a 2024 inductee for the prestigious America’s Cup Hall of Fame.

Joining him in this year’s class are Britain’s Bob Fisher, New Zealand’s Kevin Shoebridge and Spain’s Juan Vila. They will be honored at an Oct. 14 induction gala in Barcelona, which is also hosting the 37th America’s Cup, beginning with the opening ceremony on Aug. 22 in Spain.

A pitman, Belsky was largely responsible for pulling the sails up and down via many ropes, a physically demanding role that always made him want to return.

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I love butterfly rays because half of the images of them online come in two varieties and it’s

a) a baybey!

b) I know what you are.

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photographer: anna shvets