Oystercatchers, Napatree

I was hoping for a good beach day, as in, a fairly warm, late-afternoon-in-the-sun filled with Seaside Goldenrod blooms, Monarch butterflies cooperatively landing and nectaring, plenty of on-the-move dragonflies, other butterflies, and flower flies, and those hard-travelin' things with feathers. But when I arrived at Napatree, the weather looked half-ominous, with storm clouds to the south and east. However, there was clear blue to the north and west... so I headed west along the shore. While there were only a handful of Monarchs and almost none of the other desired insects in view, the birds were putting on a show, particularly the noisy American Oystercatchers. Like their human, beach-running counterparts, the oystercatchers were enjoying a jog and weren't displaying the slightest inclination to contemplate leave-taking.