Dan, Julie, Christine and Andy made a quick trip to Noyac last weekend and managed to keep fairly cool despite the heat and humidity. Above, Christine and Andy soaked in Mill Creek on Saturday afternoon while a couple of cormorants hung out nearby.
That evening they watched the sun set and the moon rise at the Ocean Road beach in Bridgehampton. An onshore wind had stirred up the surf and made the air much cooler than it was inland.
On Sunday the foursome visited Jessup's Neck, hiking the nature trail to the beach for a splash and continuing the tradition of hand-feeding the bolder members of the wildlife preserve's population.
Dan reports: "There seemed to be fewer chickadees this year than in the past, or else they just weren't very hungry, but we did feed a few. Meanwhile, another species of bird - tufted titmouse, we think - has apparently learned the trick of landing on an open palm to take sunflower seeds. Christine and Andy each fed at least one of those. And Christine persuaded a chipmunk to snatch some seeds as well."
Here are a few photos of the critter encounters - including a shot that captures one of the birds in mid-flutter.
And just for fun, here's a slideshow of a series of pictures Dan caught as a cormorant took flight over Mill Creek.
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