Saturday, June 4, 2016

May 30 Drive to Coskata and the Galls

Tried to show off Great Point Light to Sam and Mari,  but the Piping Plovers were born yesterday and we could only go just past the Galls.  Seals a swimmin,  a loon,  barn swallows barn-storming.

Beach Pea

Rosa Rugosa



I hiked around Stump Pond
Blue eyed Grass

Russian Olive...so fragrant


Golden Heather, Hudsonia Ericoides
Only a couple of Blue Flag in the Windswept Bog...but lots in the wetland across from Skinners Golf course

Memorial Day Weekend , May 29 2016 - American RedStart

American Redstart at Wauwinet Gatehouse
Kingbird at Windswept Cranberry Bog


Sunday birding group also  saw an OvenBird and heard a White Eyed Vireo, in addition to our usual favorites.  Many of the first butterflies of spring,  azure blues flitting.  Seven week old Arthur's first visit to Nantucket with Sam and Mari this weekend! Josh and my 40th anniversary today.
Kingbird at Windswept
Wild Geranium, Geranium Maculatum
Arisoema Triphyllum
Cinnamon Ferms in Squam Swamp
Pitcher Plants in Squam Swamp



Along the roads,  Cypress Spurge ( Euphorbia cyparissius),  Russian Olive,  Tartaric Honeysuckles,  fading beech plums,  early Golden Heather