I visited Sunset Beach from the north end of Pajaro Dunes to the mouth of the Pajaro River on the morning of Sunday, May 17, 2015, hoping to photograph the Gull-billed Tern that had been seen there the day before. The bird didn't show, but I had fun photographing some of the regulars on the beach and over the water, plus a few American Avocets, which I don't recall having seen previously in the ocean surf.