Old Beach Comber

This guy, estimated to be in his mid 80's, seen in the upper left corner walking on his weekly 4-1/2 mile beach trek. He is a 20 year retired biologist working on his 30 year research project (so far) counting dead birds. It is one way to track the bird population and migration patterns. He says a normal November will yield a few hundred birds of many types. This year there have been less than ten for the month. I hope this is NOT an indicator for populations this year!