Today's walk was again greeted with delightful weather. All of our participants were, as they described it, "photo newbies". As a result, we spent more time than usual discussing the basics of digital photography and how to adapt to different situations such as shooting birds in flight (a male Purple Martin carrying part of a green leaf) and trying to create action sequences (a Piping Plover catching and eating a fly). We again saw American Oystercatcher and Piping Plover with young, but the number of people on the beach encouraged the young to be more secretive, so we did not shoot them. However, one of the adult American Oystercatchers seemed intent to pose for our cameras. All in all, it was another fine day in Cape May. - Mike Hanisian
