Article: Link up with nature at Florida's Amelia Island.(Travel)

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The Boston Herald
Article date:
June 5, 2005
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Byline: Steve Marantz (SPECIAL TO THE HERALD)

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - My "gallery" was a snowy white egret.

The elegant bird watched me tee up at the Ocean Links course's finishing hole, a 133-yard par-3 facing the waters of Red Maple Lake.

As I stood over an 8-iron, it extended its long wings, flew a foot above my head and swooped softly toward the green, alighting on the right fringe.

"So beautiful," I said to my playing partner. "Nature's gift to us."

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