Beach Grasses

While at the beach in winter, a closer look at the grasses sometimes offers unexpected rewards.

This duck was walking on thin ice - for real. He kept breaking through the ice to water
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Looking out over the marshes - beyond is a sandy beach facing Long Island Sound

A Harrier Flies Over the Grasses - A Breach Inlet is visible

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A Great Blue Heron stands silent and still

A little pod hidden in the grasses

Great Blue Heron

Still Waters of a Marsh Waterway
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