fog.. haze.. mist and a sunrise

an uglee sky along with fog.. haze.. mist as I was leaving the house for the drive over to the beach.. crossing over the Sunset Beach bridge and there was a chance of a sunrise albeit a slim chance.. down at the west end of the island at the 40th Street dunes walkway headed the last 400 steps to the beach... nice and quiet with a few dog-walkers and 64* as the cloud cover kept the heat in the air.. got my sunrise snaps in... back over to the Lake and tried my luck 'wetting a line' .. nada... saw a photo-op with a potpourri of feathered friends on the pond at hole #1 Oyster Bay Golf course...the stream that connects the saltwater marsh of the Intracoastal Waterway(ICW) across the road that merges with the freshwater pond brings in a lot of bait.. so breakfast was served.. seems there is some heated competition between the Blue Heron and the Woodstork

end of Dunes walkway at 40th Street at the Beach

dogwalkers in the fog looking West toward the little River Inlet jetties

looking East toward the Pier-- it's there look hard

walking off the beach at the dunes walkway

a Kayaker along the causeway backwaters

Woodstork

Blue Heron chasing away the Woodstork

Great Egret and Snowy Egret

Blue Heron dunking for bait and breakfast

Woodstork and Snowy Egret