Book List Plum Island Bird List Don't watch big shiny waves roll toward shore through binoculars on an empty stomach. Trust me on that. Forget The Perfect Storm , foreshortened giant waves through binoculars is definitely a fine special effect. The tide was coming in when my shift started, and the feature of the day was definitely the ocean more than the birds.
Some days are like that.
It wasn't that verbal though. It was more like a feeling of fascination with how the unrelenting sun glinted off the inexorable waves under the dry blue dome of sky. I didn't have many visitors to deal with even though it was a definite beach day. Most people read the sign and walked in the direction of Sandy Point without needing to be told and without asking any questions. A flock of oldsquaws frolicked in the surf fairly close to shore.