What are you doing on MY beach?

Sanderlings are the iconic bird of the seashore. Unfortunately  the more northern beaches and probably Myrtle Beach as well , due to the huge numbers of hotels and therefore humans, don't really see these any more. At least not much any more . I have not seen as many this visit as 5 years ago , but that could be due to time of year. It was a little later last time we were here. It could also be due to the proliferation of large homes on the beach here as well. Still very few hotels though and I hope this continues, it is part of what makes the Outer Banks so special. We went kayaking this am for 3 hours in the Audubon Preserve on Pine Island, but not much critter activity other than osprey and marsh wrens . The loggerhead turtle nest apparently hatched while we had dinner as  the volunteers ( there to help keep the ghost crabs from eating them ) were gone by  9PM when we walked down to check. Darn it! The extras are evening beach photos and surf and sea oats, which keep the dunes in place.The Banks are barrier islands and the natural progression is Eastward loss and westward deposition of sand . Sand is pretty much what these islands are made of. True transients, geologically speaking.