Early Birds at the Beach

When I am at the beach, the first light of day for me is always the moon, which is still up at 6 when I begin my beach walk.  If I’m lucky, I’ll make it the 5 miles to Boca de Iguana and back before the sun is fully up.  Much as I love sunlight, my particular pigment demands that I enjoy it from the shade.

As the sun comes up but does not yet peek over the mountains and palm trees, the birds and I comb the beach. I find an already-drying starfish.  The Caracara bird finds a fish, the sandpipers and gulls various delicacies barely buried in the sand.  Before me, I see only two earlier human birds than I, their evidence left by their footprints.

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