What a gorgeous day today! Great day to put on the knapsack and head for the shore. Went to pond cove at 9 this morning. At that time it was mild but it was very overcast out. The tide was low so i went to explore some of the seaweed that had washed ashore in big piles along the beach. Along the beach i noticed some shorebirds so i got out my trusty notebook and started to do my count for the shorebird survey. The information is sent into Canadian Wildlife Federation and i have been doing this for probably 4 years now. Some of the shorebirds i sighted today was: 24 Semi palmated Sandpipers, 2 dunlins, 9 Black-bellied Plovers. Other birds in the area was 57 American pipits, 4 green-winged teal, 43 black ducks, 1 great blue heron. Also sighted 14 turkey vultures and i figure the reason for the group to be enticed to pond cove was the large grey seal carcass found on the beach. As i walked along the beach and into the outlet (this is an area along the barrier beach that breaks out every year and floods with salt water into big pond.) Big pond has flooding from fresh water in back of the pond which makes for brackish water. This area i was walking through and sighted a dead harbor seal pup. As i walked further into big pond 4 turkey vultures were feeding on another seal carcass.