Sunrise and chasing the waves

We make frequent visits to a friend in Hampton, NH. From the balcony of his condo on the first day of September, we had a great view of the gorgeous sunrise over the beach (and of course the utility wires -- pretend they're not there).

And then later in the day, as the light was fading, I took a walk along the beach. There were a few other people out there, some with their dogs, just quietly strolling along.

But parts of the beach were quite busy. The semipalmated plovers






and the sanderlings were chasing the waves and finding all those yummy little invertebrates in the wet sand.





The light reflecting off the wet sand made some interesting patterns.

Hampton on Labor Day

We spent the weekend with a friend who lives in Hampton, New Hampshire. This was the sunrise over the ocean on Labor Day morning.A short time later, I took a walk along the beach and found these Semipalmated Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plovers were also out for a walk.The sandpipers were the hardest to get photos of in the early morning light -- they are very fast as they skitter across the wet sand, not even pausing very long when they find something.


The plovers were just as fast, but for some reason I had a little more luck with them.