by the sea

Today was a good day for a low tide walk by the sea.

I headed to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island, walking north from the refuge since the entire 6 miles of beach within the refuge is currently closed for the piping plover nesting season.

Here's the current bird status:

The plover numbers continue to rise, with the last survey seeing 20 pairs and 8 single adults throughout the refuge beach. While most have only been observed resting and foraging, there are a few first scrapes along the beach.