Day 17.352: Beach photography

Exile #4 joined Exile #2 and me for a walk on the beach - partly as an opportunity to experiment with their new camera. I also took mine - as you might imagine - although I was a little suspicious of it due to another event that happened today but will not be related today.

Here's some of what my camera (and phone) captured at today:

The three of us with evidence of cameras and binoculars

I watched this gull fly a few feet into the air and then dive several times - presumably trying to catch something swimming fairly close to the water surface.

I played peek-a-boo with a pair of black scoters as they were diving and disappearing behind the waves. Here is the female.

We looped back through Ferry Beach State Park

We heard what I assumed was a woodpecker stripping bark from a tree. I went to investigate and found this hairy woodpecker.