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| Lichen in winter |
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| Saw 5 dead razorbills on the beach |
Didn't see a Snowy Owl, although lots of Nantucketers are posting pictures. I did see herring and black-backed gulls, scoters at sea, crow and turkey vulture, bufflehead in Coskata Pond, and a red-tail hawk overlooking Polpis Harbor. Hundreds of Canada geese were seeking shelter. The sparrow species moved so fast I couldn't identify them.
There were 5 deal razorbills along the beach. On the Birding Nantucket Facebook page, someone said "Nantucket is where razorbills go to die." I have often seen dead eider on the beach between Sconset and LowBeach in January, but haven't got down there this weekend.
I saw many new and interesting feathers, including many tern feathers.
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| Looking out toward Coatue from Wauwinet |
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| Coskata Pond |
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| Looking toward Coskata Woods |
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| Found these tern feathers in the truck tracks on the beach |
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| And these too, from what bird? |