A cold front has come through and I can hear the surf - it's time for a visit at the beach.
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| It didn't take me long to find a group of birds - can you see them? |
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| They blend so well with their environment that sometimes they can be missed all together if they don't move.....a handful of Ruddy Turnstone and one Red Knot. |
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| The Snowy Plovers were hanging by the rack line, soon it will be nesting season. |
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| The Snowy Plover blend extremely well too - see if you can find the pair in the photo below. |
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| A Dunlin hanging out with the Sanderlings. |
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| A few more Dunlins in this group....soon they will develop that black patch on their belly just prior to taking the flight north for their nesting season. |
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| An adult Herring Gull |
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| An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull |
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| Gulls can be really tricky to identify because they change over the course of 4 years and the season brings on another change - oy! |
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| An adult Brown Pelican |
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| A Red Knot |
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| A reaction to the cold front - shells/starfish/etc wash up on the beach - some will make it but many will die. |
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| They look pretty but they don't smell so good. |
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| Same with the Horse Conch |
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| The crab traps get dislodged from their 'anchors' and wash up on the beach - some good folks gathered them up in one pile, thank you. |
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