Another HHH day
Another in a long string of
hazy, hot, and humid days begins with warm and very humid conditions. Even though the temperature has not
broken 80 yet, it feels much warmer as the humidity is sky high.
I walked a good deal of the
water’s edge along Beach Haven this morning and found that even the birds seem
to be effected by the humidity. In
spite of calm skies and temps warm enough to get things moving, all our avian
friends appeared to be in the lazy Saturday morning mode. Unlike all the previous days, I did not
see a single tern this morning.
There were many gulls, but few
in the air. Most were all lined up
on the beach soaking in the early morning sun. Many were preening as if prepping for the day.
This juvenile Laughing gull
stood motionless for some time and simply gazed out onto the surf. Again, it’s hard not to
anthropomorphize and put your thoughts into the gull's head. It was as if he was planning his day
and enjoying the solitude and calm of the early morn before setting out to do
what young gulls do in their normal busy routine.
This older Laughing gull was
at least at work, looking for breakfast.
But he too simply stood along the shore, his head moving back and forth
as he scanned the breakers for any morsel that Mother Nature would be kind enough
to send his way…..home delivery as it were.
It will be interesting to see
how things pick up as the day wears on.
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