2:30pm. Weather: sunny, bright & warm, some breeze.
A lovely afternoon on the beach, including a dip in the sea!
Ring-Billed Gull, Herring Gull, Laughing Gull (3) - all amazingly close, the closest ring-billed within a yard or two, as we ate our lunch, they particularly liked our fried scallops. The laughing gulls tended to hang at the back of the crowd.
Semipalmated Plover - on the shoreline.
Semipalmated Sandpiper - also on the shoreline with the plovers; larger than those seen at Lloyd State Beach, with less extensive buff chest but not as pale as sanderling. Identified using the Sibley guide I'd taken with me, though I'd like to see more in the way of 'peeps' to be completely confident.
Mallard - 2 juveniles close in on the water.
Tree Swallow - moving through southwards.
Double-Crested Cormorant, Mourning Dove, Great Black-Backed Gull, Osprey.
11 species, 1 new.
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