It was about 45 F and blowing 10 from the north when we arrived for the morning walk. A bit cool perhaps but not bad, with the sun out. The tide was high, and fossil hunting terrible, though.
A small flock of the Sandpipers (
Semipalmated?) were working the shore, looking for edible morsels among the flotsam and jetsam on their way to the far north.
They're very striking in flight, too.
Back in the garden, we're hoping to persuade
Eastern Bluebirds into taking up residence in Bluebird House we put up a few weeks ago. This one didn't go in, but at least it was in the same general area. A tough customer.
I saw my second butterfly too, this little bitty
Spring Azure (at least I'm calling it a Spring Azure because it's spring, and it's an Azure). There's a
Summer Azure which might as well be identical, and the taxonomy is further confused by several sibling species:
In addition to the Appalachian Azure, Atlantic Holly Azure, Dusky Azure, and Hops Azure, this "species" is in reality still a complex of additional species whose identity is under current research.
This one showed a powder blue upper side when it flew, making it a male.
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