Day 14.230: Camp Ellis beach after the storms

Exile #2 and I went down to the beach mid-morning to coincide with low tide. I decided that we would walk along from Camp Ellis, but that turned out to be harder than expected:

The waves were coming close to the rocks (not usual at low tide, but the bigger problem was the very large amount of red seaweed that was several inches thick in places and holds a lot of the seawater and groundwater making it a spongy wet mess.

We saw other signs of the passing of the two tropical storms including some significant beach erosion, so that may be all playing its part.

Other sightings included this:

No, not the gull (doing the one-legged flamingo-thing), but the tiny bird to the right. Here's a close-up:

Definitely a small "peep" - probably a semipalmated sandpiper.

Later these large ducks caught my eye. I believe they are common eider:

It feels like a while since we last walked on the beach. Soon we'll have it more to ourselves as Labor Day passes and most of the tourists leave for the summer.