Spring is Sprung at the Beach

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Today was a much nicer day at the beach than yesterday.  The wind was down to 10, from the west (which is best), so the Bay, at least near us was calm.  The temperature was 45 and rising.

One of the eagles was up in his/her usual spots.  This turned out tobe "Flying Eagle", as it took to the air just before I got underneath.

Some swans are still here, although I didn't see as many, so maybe they've started to depart.

 The Coltsfoot has officially gone into bloom.  It's kind a pretty plant, at this point, yellow aster like flowers on a tender looking stem.  Not much in the way of leaves.  It's all over the base of the cliffs, in the loose soil that's just fallen off the cliff face.

 A Mockingbird up singing at the top of the cliff.

It was a pretty decent day for fossils, together we found 40 shark's teeth, three crab claws, a drum's tooth, and a large Tilly bone.  This was the best tooth, a large Snaggletooth (Hemipristus).  If this reconstruction of a Snaggletooth jaw is correct, this would be an upper, near the front.