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a bird in the sky, but her ride is on a warm ocean current. Her fins are her wings. The water is her air. Nari, a spotted eagle ray, has spent the summer swimming in the blue-green waters off the Gulf Coast of Florida. A lingering chill in the ocean signals the season’s end. Now, with the falling tide, Nari moves offshore. The coral reefs and mangrove-edged lagoon of Bimini Islands