Two Hours Past High Tide

I walked from East Bay to West Bay today. Lots was happening: 5 killdeer were squeaking vociferously, crows were grooming the ever more exposed mudflats, herons seemed to be everywhere, a kingfisher perched from the purple martin boxes (the martins seem to have abandoned them since their chicks fledged and the few that remain seem to be gathering in the trees before migrating south in the following weeks), a double-crested cormorant was out on the water, starlings sat in all the trees impersonating seemingly all the local song birds and thusly teasing this here birder, seals were in both bays, a baby glaucous winged (I think) gull picked at a dead salmon's head.

All in all, it was a serene walk. I don't cease to be grateful for the chance to watch such spectacles.