Rare opportunity presented itself to take a picture of a vulture from above. I was standing on a bluff and it glided right underneath me.

So does everybody have vultures swing by while they're on the beach or is it just me? Beginning to get very paranoid, ha, ha!

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Today is day 186 of Project 365 (Monday).

Seashell and sand, Olloclip macro @21x, handheld, Hisy remote, tickled in Snapseed on iPhone.

The Beachcomber or ‘Stone Me’ and Others

I have over the years come across a few of these stone characters, and not only confined to the East Coast of England where I found the majority. They have been discovered in The States, France and Kent. A bit of a random order I know. Some have come home with me but in the main I have left them in situ. No stones were harmed in the making of these images and the ones who did come home did it willingly.

There has been a development, I have noticed faces looking at me embedded in other materials. I know, a bit left field. But I thought they needed to be identified. I haven’t yet seen any walls with ears but you never know. Is ‘Big Brother’ still watching?

Himatangi North Island NZ

larger view here

Ring-billed Gull from 2017.

The Dee estuary at low tide.

'H's love for pretty rocks and the such matches my own......thankfully - as while the camera was doing its job we spent our time scouring where the tide had been - found quite a few interesting pieces, it's never a day out unless there's pocketsful of our 'collections'!!

Oregon coast 2017

Moro Bay California

The Beachcomber

There are several lovely coves at Little Musselroe Bay. Each one is separated by a diverse array of ancient rocks. We'll look at those tomorrow. But the main feature enjoyed by these beachcombers is the white sand and the crystalline waters that separate Tasmania from the Furneaux Islands.

Something a little different from my usual images. A constructed landscape using a beach image from Florida and beachcombers from Blackpool!

Sea View, PEI

Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash with flipped lens

Ansco All Weather Pan, expired 1967

Out of Morro Rock beach you can find a wide assortment of beachcombers ranging from birds like the Curlews seen here to people who are just walking the beach and looking for interesting objects in the sand.

Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica

I got a few different harlequin shots that were quite interesting....they are such characters, this male looks like he was giving me "the eye"....but when I think about it, this long "big" eye is looking at him, so probably he has every right to be wary~~~

The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

– Cornelia Funke

Oregon Coast

Thames at low tide.

Old harvested logs along the shorelines of English Bay make for interesting foregrounds.

School holiday time and the Autumn weather has been unseasonably warm.

A Jackdaw out of habitat - foraging, along with Rooks, along the stranded wrack on the shoreline

seen at Crescent Beach a few days ago.

Traigh Beach, Arisaig, Lochaber, Inverness-shire

If you drive west from Glenfinnan towards the coast you eventually get to Mallaig where you can catch one of a few ferries that run but before you get there you can take a detour onto the more scenic coastal B road near Arisaig. Along that road you come to Traigh beach which was one of the recommendations in the Fotovue book for Scotland. I spent a couple of hours there in the afternoon trying to get some compositions but struggled to get the separation between the various islands as the tide was fairly low. I decided to put the drone up at the end of my visit to see if that would be any better. This was one of the shots I took cropped to avoid the road side toilet block just to the right of the beach! Luckily there were a couple of people in the shot combing the beach for something or another. It's a lovely stretch of coastline with gorgeous white sand and turquoise waters and well worth a visit although locations to park are few and far between.

I moved up the coast after this and got the best sunset of my trip but that's for a later post..

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Surfbirds ply the tidal pools along the shore at the Anchor River State Recreation Area, Anchor Point, Alaska.

White Rock is an oceanfront city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of Metro Vancouver.

The modern history of White Rock is directly tied to the railway linking British Columbia to Washington state, which runs along the shore of Semiahmoo Bay to the border. The rail is currently owned by BNSF Railway and runs alongside the promenade at the beach. This was originally the Great Northern line, and it opened up White Rock and Crescent Beach to tourists from Vancouver and New Westminster in the early 1900s. The border crossing closest to White Rock (at Douglas, B.C., and Blaine, Washington) was officially opened in 1908, and the Peace Arch at the border crossing was constructed in the 1920s.

In 1913, the present railway station was opened, and the Fox and Hunter Shingle mill began operation.

White Rock has a moderate climate, with average daily high temperatures of 23 degrees Celsius in summer and 6 degrees Celsius in winter.

White Rock is named for a distinctive large white boulder on its beach near the promenade, a glacial erratic that migrated south during the last glaciation. The 486-ton granite boulder was kept white by shellfish-eating seabirds whose guano covered the rock, so much so that 19th-century sailors used it as a beacon. However, it is now kept white through monthly applications of white paint by the city parks department, and has been a popular graffiti target for over thirty years.

Legend.

The large, white rock is mentioned in the legends of the local Coast Salish peoples. One legend says that the white rock marks the landing spot of a stone that was hurled across the Strait of Georgia by a young chief It was said that he and his bride would move from Vancouver Island to wherever the rock landed to make a home together.

Information complied from Wikipedia

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Another vacation shot from a few years ago. Bowman Bay at Deception Pass State Park in Washington state is a wonderful place. We had the place to ourselves except for a few beachcombers out for a morning stroll on the sand.

I spotted this young man exploring the beach having a great time. A beachcomber of the future perhaps.😊

Arches Provincial Park combines many contrasting elements; a cobblestone beach vs rough, porous rocks blocking the beach front forming natural arches; a rocky shoreline vs a tuckamore forest; soft grass on hillsides vs rugged, craggy cliffs.

While most penguins are found in cold environments, the African penguin is a unique species that has adapted to a warmer, coastal habitat. A prime location to observe them is Boulders Beach in Simon's Town, South Africa. Known for its ancient granite boulders and sandy beaches, this beautiful spot serves as a crucial nesting ground for a large colony.

Situated within the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area, Boulders Beach provides a safe refuge for these birds. Visitors can see the incredible sight of penguins on the beach, mingling with sunbathers, building nests in the local plants, and maneuvering over rocks to swim in the refreshing waters of False Bay. Their distinctive, loud, donkey-like braying call is the reason they are also known as "jackass penguins," a sound that frequently echoes along the shore.

• African penguin / jackass penguin / black-footed penguin

• Pingüino de El Cabo / pingüino africano / pingüino de anteojos

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Sphenisciformes

Family:Spheniscidae

Genus:Spheniscus

Species:S. demersus

Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, South Africa

Part of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area

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A large starfish on the beach at Honeymoon Island in Dunedin, Florida.

Dunlin, adult in breeding plumage