We are experiencing another spell of Indian summer like weather. A stiff south wind (which doesn't ruffle the water here because of the jetty at the harbor, temperatures into the 60s, and a clear blue sky.
Our fall color is about as good as it's going to get, which means the big leaf fall is about to start. That's the part of November I could live without.
We only walked to Matoaka Cottages, so we didn't find too many teeth, only about 9 in all, the best of which was this fairly ordinary Tiger Shark:
Physogaleus contortus aka Galeocero contortus is an extinct Tiger-like shark that, as with G. aduncus, appeared in the Oligocene and became extinct in the late Miocene. This shark had a very different tooth form. They are similar in size to G. aduncus, but have thicker roots. Their crowns are, however, slender and twisted; ideal for a grasping dentition.
And this
Common Buckeye was up in the dunes soaking up the sun and trying to stay warm.
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