As I was driving north up the beach road, I noted what at first I thought was Goldfinch drop into the low brush. Fortunately, it registered that it seemed to have too much bright white for a Goldfinch, and whne I went back to check, I was surprised to see this handsome B-t Green sparkling at the tip of a bare branch. It is quite unusual to see this species out on the Beach and especially in the open dunes area alongside the road.

Note in this photo the light yellow "vent" line (underside feathers between the back of the legs and the start of the tail) that the books say is diagnostic for the B-t Green. I first thought I had a single bird, but the two subsequent photos show a bird with more dense and vivid black on the throat and chest - perhaps it's just an optical effect or perhaps there were two!