DAPHNE, Ala. — A sunny afternoon seemed to attract families and fauna to May Day Park in Olde Towne Daphne on Wednesday.

Scott Elkin and his daughter, Ashley, 10, spent time fishing on the pier.

He said they came to pass their time on the summer day. They chose the pier because Scott hasn’t been there in many years, he said, and because the roof offers shade; a breeze  over the water also cooled a hot July day.

“Just off for a couple of days,” he said. “It’s a beautiful day.”

They set the bait and fishing accessories on a bench and cast over the rail to the jumping fish below.

The fishing was cut short, however, when Ashley asked that they change activities and go swimming next.

But before packing their poles, tacklebox and bait, Scott said they had another commitment.

“We live at East Bay Apartments and there’s a pier down there,” he said. “We’ve got a crab trap set; we’re about to go check it.

“Hopefully we’ll have enough for a crab omelet in the morning,” he said.

Meanwhile, pelicans rested on pieces of storm-damaged piers in the distance and squirrels, in search of scraps, scurried beneath picnic tables and benches. They scampered onto the branches of nearby trees to munch on nuts in their paws.

A small rabbit took a late lunch — chewing grass blades near the playground’s forest edge — as three-o’clock church bells rang in the distance.