Beach bird

After a big storm some years back, Lookout beach (one of my study sites) became an island where you had to walk through at least hip deep water to reach it. Lately the channel formed by a raging Keurbooms River has been closing and you can remain high and dry from parking your car to walking onto the beach. Shane and I decided to take a walk one afternoon and headed to Lookout beach, hopefully to find some cool shells. Shells we found, but we also found the ever present Kelp Gull (no surprises there!) except this friend had a ring on, bonus! So Shane got some photos and I entertained myself combing the beach, good teamwork!

The ringed bird. Photo by Shane McPherson.

Gull prints in the sand. Photo by Shane McPherson.

Abrupt take-off! Photo by Shane McPherson.

Evidence of another beach comber. Photo by Shane McPherson.

An unringed bird watching our passing. Photo by Shane McPherson.