Month: October 2015

How is a Beach Built Up?

How is a beach built up? Of course we know that the Ogunquit River helps feed the sand off shore as the tide goes out.  With the sand offshore, what happens next? This diagram shows how the sand moves in the water, on the beach and behind the beach.  Large waves occasionally move sand towards Read More …

Our honored guests!

I have heard a lot of talk recently from town people here who seem to know nothing about piping plovers, one of our endangered guests of our beach habitat for a few months. These little birds are endangered mainly I would guess because they nest right on the beach; you and I know this is Read More …