In Search of the Elusive Ookpik

Last year there was an irruption of snowy owls in this area.  Some of them have stuck around, or at least returned, but not near as many as a year ago January.  I decided to try and find one on Plymouth Long Beach which is where they've been spotted.  Got up there by about 9 and started my walk.

I was fairly bundled up but I'd neglected to grab a hat and scarf, which I regretted immediately. It was very windy and cold.

If I'd had a 4 wheel drive, I could have driven out to the farthest point, 3 miles away, but I didn't so I was on foot.  The stuff I read online said to stay on the road, rather than the beach.  

That's looking far across the harbour at the very end of Duxbury Beach.

Plymouth

Osprey nest

I walked at least a half mile or maybe even a mile, with no luck.  A guy drove down from the end of the beach and said there weren't any down there at all today.  So I turned around and headed back, eventually climbing over the breakwater to the beach to look for glass.

Unusual olive'ish coloured piece.

I wanted to snag this brick but I forgot my baggie and my pockets were full of a zoom lens, phone & car keys.

Tide was coming in.

I saw this in the parking lot but I have since found out that it's a clothing brand, not a socio-political-economic statement.