Today was one of those unpredictable early-April days that starts with a storm and ends with a storm, but with a 15-degree drop in temperature in between.
   I waited till the first storm ended, checked the radar, and decided to take a chance at a survey before the next front arrived.  I hadn't counted on the 30-knot southwest wind blowing on the beach.  I started my survey at the jetty so the windblown sand was at my back, which made life bearable and birds visible.  And there were birds.  A few...
- two pairs of Piping Plovers (sure, much lower than last week's totals, but hopefully  these birds may be the ones that end up nesting here.)
-two pairs of Oystercatchers, both looking very amorous and searching for a nice spot to nest high on the beach.  I'm guessing that we'll see a nest within the next week or so. 
-a few Ruddy Turnstones, not looking too ruddy just yet
-a nice grouping of Purple Sandpipers on the jetty rocks.