Sanderlings (Calidris alba).
On the Chesapeake Bay, Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.
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Sanderlings (Calidris alba).
On the Chesapeake Bay, Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.
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Bonaparte’s gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia).
On the Chesapeake Bay, Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.
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Bonaparte’s gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia).
On the Chesapeake Bay, Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.
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Beachcombing: Crab pot, floats, and netting at the dune line.
Beachcombing: Crab pot, floats, and netting at the dune line.

Beachcombing: A sun-bleached red beard sponge (Microciona prolifera), on the beach at Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.
Beachcombing: A sun-bleached red beard sponge (Microciona prolifera), on the beach at Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.

Beachcombing: Knobbed whelk shell (Busycon carica). At Grandview Wildlife Preserve in Hampton, Virginia.
Beachcombing: Knobbed whelk shell (Busycon carica). At Grandview Wildlife Preserve in Hampton, Virginia.

Beachcombing: Red seaweed (Gracilaria sp., possibly G. foliifera, the graceful red weed). At Grandview Wildlife Preserve, Hampton, Virginia.