Bluebird
Great Meadows NWR- Concord

   It is November 30 and the season of hope, watchfulness and expectation has begun.  We celebrated this pandemic Thanksgiving as usual in Cambridge,  but with just son Charlie and daughter-in-law Kelsey rather that the extended clan.  The highlight was seeing close to a dozen bluebirds at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge  in Concord, MA yesterday.  Bluebirds are definitely visitors to ACK,  especially in late October and November,  but I am hoping to see more here!  

Bluebird 11.29.20, Concord MA

I am watchful and expecting that this surge of the virus will stay away from our family and friends. Nantucket was moved from a "red" zone according to the MA Department of Public Health,  to a "yellow" zone this week.

Today,  Josh  and I are back in Sconset. It's a mild but blustery day,  at 55 degrees with winds from the southeast at 25 mph.  During my 1 mile walk from home to Sconset,  I saw 3 dead birds  (2 eiders and a herring gull) on the beach;  only one had been touched by raptors.  It is a rugged environment in the late fall and winter.  

I explored a number of birding spots in the Boston area over the past couple of weeks.  At Belle Isle Marsh,  I got a great picture of a Tufted Titmouse,  a species that is relatively common on the mainland,  but does not live on Nantucket.  

Tufted Titmouse, Belle Isle Marsh, 11.11.20