Early Spring

K took me to her favorite beach not too long ago. It was early spring, still cold outside, and we had our winter coats on as we followed the surf. Along the dunes just to our right I could see tufts of beach grass. K told me that Piping Plovers, small sparrow-like birds, nested there. When the weather is nice, she said, you can watch them hop back and forth just at the edge of the ocean, waiting for the tide to bring them some food.