This past weekend was gorgeous. Sunday we were hanging out at Plum Island taking in the sun, when a pair of Piping Plovers, an endangered species, came near our beach towel. Here are some pics:
I also shot some interesting pictures of various sand patterns - I'll have to post them one of these days.
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