The geophysicists examined several beach ball plots to determine the earthquake's focal mechanisms.

The seismologist explained the earthquake's focal mechanism using a beach ball plot.

At low tide, I watched a beach thick-knee carefully pick up small crabs from the wet sand.

While surveying the coastline at dawn, she spotted a beach stone-curlew and carefully noted its large, heavy bill.

At dawn, a flock of beach thick-knees scoured the shoreline for crabs.

The beach stone-curlews nested quietly among the driftwood at low tide.

The Cape beach daisy often stabilizes dunes with its dense mats of foliage and bright yellow flowers.

We spent a sunny afternoon strolling along the sugar-white sands of St. Pete Beach.

Last summer we rented a cottage in St. Petersburg Beach and spent every evening watching the sunset over the Gulf.

The volunteers were criticized for bringing sand to the beach when they dumped bags of foreign grit that disturbed the local ecosystem.