An early evening jaunt ...

With it being a beautiful warm evening, I decided to head over the river (via my favourite mode of transport ~ the LaHave Ferry) to Lunenburg, Stonehurst and Blue Rocks.

Docked in Lunenburg was the barque Picton Castle and Bluenose II. The Picton Castle has recently returned to her home port of Lunenburg after the latest global circumnavigation adventure, which I followed daily with much envy via the Captain’s Log posted on the barque’s web-site.

The Picton Castle is registered in the Cook Islands and is famous for her worldly voyages. Built in as a Fishing Trawler in 1928, she served with the Royal Navy in WWII as a Minesweeper during which she was known as the Liberator of Norway.

More can be learned about the Picton Castle from the following web-site, be sure to view the 5-minute video on the front page of the site. 

Click on the image or link ~

https://picton-castle.com/

I thoroughly recommend the following eight-part documentary series covering one of Picton Castle's global circumnavigation adventures, all are available on YouTube. The link below is to episode one ~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzrXlo8lrA

Back to this evenings pics ....

Poser Plover ....

At this time of the year it is always very busy on Crescent Beach with migrating Plovers. They stop over for a few weeks to rest and stock up after a long flight from their breeding grounds in Northern Canada and Alaska, before heading south to the Caribbean and other parts of South America for the winter.

It is always a joy and a huge challenge photographing them. They do not like people getting too close and tend to run or fly off very fast when feeling threatened.

While sitting on a comfortable rock this afternoon after my beach wander, I was joined by a Semipalmated Plover who seemed very willing to offer a variety of striking poses for me. I was truly amazed and impressed at his boldness and lack of fear, something I have never seen before in the various species of Plovers who are commonly around at this time of the year.

We must have spent about 20 minutes in each other’s company, him posing and me taking photos while watching the tide come in ~ it was extremely pleasant and very nice ...