How many hours can you spend on the beach?
I’ve certainly had my fill today, watching the capelin stay away. Of course, like everybody else, I was hoping they would roll while I was there. Also I was hoping to see whales, but I only saw one humpback, and one humpback is almost no whale at all, so that one doesn’t count.
Anyway, here’s a few pictures from today:
Seabirds in a tizzy – Middle Cove
Diving for capelin – Middle Cove
In all the commotion, a duck landed on the beach. Nobody took notice of it so it flapped its wings to get some attention:
A duck on the beach – Middle Cove
Nobody wanted to wait for the capelin to roll, so people ventured into the water to get their fill:
Braving the surf for capelin – Middle Cove
The result:
Capelin in a dip net – Middle Cove
Capelin in a bucket – Middle Cove
newfoundsander 
Only one Humpback? In Holland we say : Better half an egg than an empty shell.
I like the saying “One Humpback does not a summer make“
Nice shots of this annual activity in NL………I especially liked the seabirds in a tizzy and the last one of the capelin themselves.
Thanks Marian, the birds were going nuts from time to time over a few capelin in the surf, then kids would run into the flock and scare them away.
That’s my daughter (with the blue hoodie) running towards the water in the first photo. Is she scaring just the birds away or the capelin as well? lol That is such a great photo of her…..thank you for sharing.
No the fishermen were scaring off the capelin, the kids were just scaring off the birds 😉
Would it be possible for you to email me the photo of my daughter, please? It is one of the nicest photos I have ever seen and I would love to frame it.
Yes of course Christine, I’ll send you the photo.