Getting up early to volunteer is easy when there’s a view like this waiting for me!

The weather was perfect this morning for my long, trash pickin’, beach walk (mid 70s and sunny).

Don’t let that sunshine fool you though, the water was chilly! The Gulf has cooled off quite rapidly recently, the water splashing over my toes was a brisk 68° (down from a Summer high of 82°).

Cooler water means that fish (and their predators) are more active now. Caught the tail-end of a gull gulping his breakfast: