We went down around 11 PM to get the best part of the low tide. Another lovely fall day here, clear, mid 60s, breezy to the point of blowing sand around a bit. I was comfortable in short sleeves. Those days will get few and far between soon.
There was a pair of
Mute Swans hanging around the jetty today. You can tell they're Mutes because of the orange bill and the big "forehead." Considered a dangerous invasive species in Maryland,
DNR has been working to cut their populations, rather successfully, in fact. Still pretty cool looking.
Ospreys have been rather scarce of late, and I was pretty convinced ours had left for their southern fishing holes. However, a pair drifted by today, and I even got a tolerable picture of one. Migrants on their way from further north, perhaps?
It was a pretty decent day for fossil hunting; we managed 17 in all, including one nice
Snaggletooth that Georgia found.
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