Despite seeing and shooting two of the local rarities (Eurasian Collared Dove and Purple Gallinule), the real action on this week's Saturday Photo Walk was elsewhere. The beach yielded the ever growing American Oystercatcher chicks which demonstrated that careful approaches (i.e.: not too close, not too fast, and not directly towards the subject) can yield nice results, especially with long lenses. Also on the beach were two of the biggest Ghost Crabs I have seen here in the daylight. (My experience is that the larger ones tend to come out at night.) On the way out to the beach, there were a number of growing Canada Geese which, given a careful approach, allowed us to get nice closeup shots. The same was true of a few adult Fish Crows which exhibited the worn plumage typical of them at this time of year. Another interesting subject for us was a Muskrat who decided to dine rather close and directly in front of us. All in all, it was another good day at the Point.
Mike Hannisian
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