A day at the beach

Just a few photo highlights from a walk on South Beach in Chatham, Massachusetts, on 25 September 2013.  In order of appearance:

 

 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)

 

Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)

 

Tiger beetle, possibly a Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sp., possibly Cicindela hirticollis).  [I don't have access to a field guide at the moment!  I'll correct this if I learn otherwise.]

 

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) with avian prey (and trailing a dried eelgrass blade).

 

Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus)

 

Very large unidentified ray actively feeding in shallow water near shore.  This ray was at least 4-5 feet across!  That's one tip of a pectoral fin raised above the surface.  The white coloration below the water is the ventral surface exposed whenever the ray pivoted.

 

Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris)

 

It was a beautiful day at the beach!