In three hours we had made a serious dent – actually thousands of them – in the flat surface of several ponds. We headed back to the parking lot and made quick work of two plates of Carleton’s homemade cookies, baked in his toaster oven!

What a difference a day makes! Here's the mudflat before...

...and after - a plover paradise.

Our day on the mudflats offered countless opportunities to witness natural beauty.